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exploring iconic photographs. everybody wrote one essay and we will see the historic images. the program is moderated by one of the coeditors, professor gary gallagher. peter has given me the official go-ahead. we are going to display mercy in this panel at the end of a long day. what we are going to do is go down the table. matt joan, aaron are our panel. we are each room to talk about our photograph and i will start with matt. i am going to start with mattgallman matt gallman because this book was his idea. is it ok if i stay seated? this is a book that we did and my job right now is to tell you about the impulse for this book. and what the book really is. they are sure got back there so you have no idea. shrink-wrapped back there so that you have no idea. i am going to tell you something that might shock you, the idea emerges over beer. [laughter] matt: we were sitting around and talking about what might be a good idea for a book. how about so that you have n ....
they would create special seeds for muslims to run for legislature and only muslim could vote for those particular people. so then you had parties who were breaking along religious lines. they did this this to divide and weaken the opposition and so on. but i was earlier on. during world war ii there is a moment at which fdr in the u.s. pressured the british very heavily in 1942 to give up india and granted so that they would join the fight against the nazis and the japanese. churchill, single-handedly resisted. the rest the rest of the government was ready to do this. but churchill was not. he threatened to resign if fdr kept pressing him. so they backed up. if they had intentions then i think there is no real momentum for pakistan in 1942 at all. you could ve handed power to unify government. the british would ve stay. nobody wanted to kick them on the middle of the on the middle the work. you would had a longer transition. and in addition to leaving too fast, they un ....
all be there are few things as democrats we should all be proud of from this convention. one is that the senator sanders campaign came together with the hillary clinton campaign. [applause] without the very spirited and engaging debate that we had ending gauge primary that be have those issues would not be the forefront of the national debate and that s very important that they are and that we were able to produce that platform. second is that another core strength of the democratic party and american values is that we care about our children and we don t ever give up and that is what you are going to hear about hillary clinton tonight. her life that started working with the children s defense defense fund and the core value of the democratic party and one the best things about america too. i think we should all be proud that tonight we will elect our first woman to be the nominee of a major political party. [applause] it s a pretty amazing moment and i think one th ....
it to him and he does. now i hasten to add as i said before, they are not like the others down the mountain.e he s not making any deal with him and those are the people. at you re thinking about those that are not in his blood family. what are their prospects, what is their future?e he sees himself acting as a slave holder to the people within his family and he s treating him in ways that most are not treated. ca we have a good question that can be answered yes or no. [laughter] you scared everybody. were you very critical when you were writing this belief and truth? we are critical when it s appropriate.ing beca the reviews are interesting butr there are people that think we hate them and some that are defending. it s hard to know. i think we ve try to be balanced about it. he s not god and he s not the devil. said the answer is yes and no. [applause] biography of thomas francis who led a failed uprising in ireland against british rule before leading a union ....
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