(averill) in rumba, you have a clave. the clave pattern is the key to the rhythmic structure of the ensemble. in rumba guaguanco the clave sounds like this: [claps] the first side, if you divide this pattern in half, has three beats. and the second half has two beats. and this is an asymmetric pattern and its asymmetry is critical to the sound of the entire ensemble. the musicians have to take this key and relate their drumbeats to this fundamental pattern that structures the entire musical ensemble. african musics and afro-caribbean musics have had a profound influence on pop musics throughout the world... notably in the development of the rhythm section. african-american musicians, who were marching in the early brass bands in new orleans used bass drums, snare drums, cymbals-- put them together into a repeating rhythmic unit. and later on, when this music moves indoors, musicians put these together into a single set--the drum set. [band playing dixieland] the drum set and the bass are called the rhythm unit in a band a

group, their circle included young men like colt porter, dean acheson, future secretary of state, averil herman, future governor of new york and cabinet member, and other future leaders in many fields. yale and the other ivy league schools still produce leaders, but they're very different places now. and the types of leaders who come out are very different as well. back then yale was much smaller. it was all male. it was mostly wealthy. it was almost entirely was p -- wasp, and a very high percentage of the students came from multi generational lines at yale. for instance the mcleish brothers on their mother's side were the fourth generation of the family to have attended yale. truly they were part of an american aristocracy and one that still sends many of its children into power in this country. they were also part of a very powerful campus social system that motivated them to achieve and to be recognized. in their day what they had was, what they tried to show was they had something called sand. that was something they spoke of because of the grit that used to be thrown on railroad tr

averill harriman of new york did not know how to give a speech. truman finally settled on a 72-year-old partially blind man, alben barkley of kentucky. you have to ask yourself, and i think it is fair to ask, why, when stevenson is saying no and vinson has said no, does truman settle on barkley who definitely wanted the job. truman says i am going to give you support and does it in the presence of advisors. barkley is in the room and truman says i will give you my support at the convention and barkley takes him at his word. if you go to wikipedia, where all good knowledge goes to die, and you type in " republican convention 1952," this is what shows up. not the convention but the draft eisenhower movement. the myth of the draft continues. so many writers want to perpetuate it, and it wasn't so. it didn't happen. he allowed his name to be put in in january, then he runs himself. that is not a draft. taft is so far ahead, that they had to change the rules. a fair play amendment. the amendment that said you could not vote on anything before the conve