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people will be looking for kids from harlem, saying, "oh, those kids are so great from harlem.ore kids from harlem to come in." then, we'll be successful. >> cbs moneywatch update sponsored by prescription flomax. >> mitchell: good evening. kuwait sold its 4.1 billion stake in citi group today making a profit of more than i billion dollars. regulators shut down six more banks this weekend raising the total for the year to 130. and "the blindside" won the weekend box office. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news. >> simon: tim donaghy was at the top of his game. a referee in the national basketball association, he loved the limelight, was considered one of the n.b.a.'s better refs, and was making almost $300,000 a year. but he was also living a secret life-- during the last four years of his 13-year career, he committed a personal foul. he betrayed the fans and the league by betting on n.b.a. games, including some he was officiating. donaghy won about 75% of his bets, an incredible percentage, confirmed by the f.b.i. tonight, tim donaghy speaks out publicly for the first time, telling us
people will be looking for kids from harlem, saying, "oh, those kids are so great from harlem.ore kids from harlem to come in." then, we'll be successful. >> cbs moneywatch update sponsored by prescription flomax. >> mitchell: good evening. kuwait sold its 4.1 billion stake in citi group today making a profit of more than i billion dollars. regulators shut down six more banks this weekend raising the total for the year to 130. and "the blindside" won the weekend...
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. ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord has come ♪ let earth receive her king >> larry: the harlem alumni ensemblery: and shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight.
. ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord has come ♪ let earth receive her king >> larry: the harlem alumni ensemblery: and shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight.
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carter phillips really is one of the harlem globetrotters, astonishing.ulously good on the argument peaciece and not one to draw attention to himself. everyone was whispering that he was going to actually say one of these expletives, because he had done it at the court of appeals. the judges were swearing and he was wearing and everyone was swearing. going into oral arguments, the scuttlebutt was that he was just going to go in there and because like a sailor at the supreme court, and at the last minute, he did not. i think it was an interesting choice to essentially say we are not going to be transgressive here. this particular court would not have thought it added. they would have thought it massively detracted. he made a very smart choice to argue the case and not do the bells and whistles that might work at the court of appeals. the object lesson is, it really was an allied air. i don't think the one would take away from this particular case that you should go in representing your daughter, get emotional, insult the chief justice and make everyone lau
carter phillips really is one of the harlem globetrotters, astonishing.ulously good on the argument peaciece and not one to draw attention to himself. everyone was whispering that he was going to actually say one of these expletives, because he had done it at the court of appeals. the judges were swearing and he was wearing and everyone was swearing. going into oral arguments, the scuttlebutt was that he was just going to go in there and because like a sailor at the supreme court, and at the...
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. ♪ joy to the world ♪ let earth receive her king >> larry: the harlem alumni ensemble. ♪ >> larry: and night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >>> good evening. happy holidays. we have a great hour of beautiful music for you tonight. we will start it off with something special. sting, amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off tonight with sting. accompanied by the terrific chris on trumpet, the old bass carol, gabriel's message. the setting, the beautiful cathedral church of st. john, the divine in manhattan. ♪ ♪ the angel came from heaven ♪ his wings drifted ♪ his eyes ♪ mary ♪ most highly feared ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ the blessed ♪ generations ♪ emanuel ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ ♪ the gentle mayory bowed her head ♪ ♪ to me it pleases god ♪ she said ♪ may soul shall defy us ♪ most highly favored ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ the angel gabriel from heaven came ♪ ♪ his wings drifted ♪ ♪ glor why ♪ gloria ♪ [ applause ] >> larry: to american classic. you will be hard-pressed to
. ♪ joy to the world ♪ let earth receive her king >> larry: the harlem alumni ensemble. ♪ >> larry: and night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >>> good evening. happy holidays. we have a great hour of beautiful music for you tonight. we will start it off with something special. sting, amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off...
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. ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord has come ♪ let earth receive her king >> larry: the harlem alumni ensembled shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight. we'll start it off with something special. sting, he's an amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off tonight with sting. accompanied by the terrific chris botti on trumpet, the old bass carol, "gabriel's message." the setting, the beautiful cathedral church of st. john the divine in manhattan. ♪ ♪ the angel gabriel from heaven came ♪ ♪ his wings as drifted snow ♪ his eyes as flame ♪ all hail said he thou lowly maiden mary ♪ ♪ most highly favored maid gloria ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ for the blessed above shouts be ♪ ♪ oh generations ♪ ♪ by some shall be emmanuel ♪ foreseers foretold ♪ most highly favored lady ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ ♪ the gent
. ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord has come ♪ let earth receive her king >> larry: the harlem alumni ensembled shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight. we'll start it off with something special. sting,...
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you know, right down the street from harlem children's zone. look up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york city, are the efforts to take examples and breed them within themselves locally? >> let me start by suggesting that you talk to the gentleman right behind you. richard coleman is with the achievable dream program with newport news who have children come to school i think it was 98% on free introduced lunch. overwhelming minority. and there is no achievement gap at that school. the secretary of education visited about two or three weeks ago and so we're hoping that the secretary will incorporate some of what we're doing in newport news at the achievable drea
you know, right down the street from harlem children's zone. look up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york...
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you know, right down the street from harlem children's zone. look up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york city, are the efforts to take examples and breed them within themselves locally? >> let me start by suggesting that you talk to the gentleman right behind you. richard coleman is with the achievable dream program with newport news who have children come to school i think it was 98% on free introduced lunch. overwhelming minority. and there is no achievement gap at that school. the secretary of education visited about two or three weeks ago and so we're hoping that the secretary will incorporate some of what we're doing in newport news at the achievable drea
you know, right down the street from harlem children's zone. look up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york...
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sort of like a harlem globetrotter's criss-cross sequence. >> joe: if you are just tuning in, ovechkintrom on the board. back hander there. out of the air, by michal neuvirth. caps in front by 2. leading in a number of ways when you look at the nhl plus/minus leaders. >> greg: looking there, and there is the sergeant. i salute him in his plus/minus, joe. terrific. simplefying the game, staying back, really getting the red light and staying home. misses wide. >> joe: and they had return there. >> greg: even better than the first one as he came right across. look at him using the glove, neuvirth showing signs of that in the 1st. >> joe: a 21-year-old czech. another draft pick of the capitals 06. turned out to be quite nice. matt bradley will spill it on the toronto half. laich organizes with otherwise. and -- otherwise. names there. -- otherwise. i thought they usually get home work calls, joe, here in toronto. >>> the one goal here compliments of ovechkin. >> greg: and down wide. able to wrap it off the boards, all the way. as green swings t break out begins. right on target for brooks
sort of like a harlem globetrotter's criss-cross sequence. >> joe: if you are just tuning in, ovechkintrom on the board. back hander there. out of the air, by michal neuvirth. caps in front by 2. leading in a number of ways when you look at the nhl plus/minus leaders. >> greg: looking there, and there is the sergeant. i salute him in his plus/minus, joe. terrific. simplefying the game, staying back, really getting the red light and staying home. misses wide. >> joe: and they...
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and it was very interesting because cater phillips who really is one of the harlem globe trotters is astonishing but really doesn't do a lot of flash. he's just meticulously good on the argument piece and not one to draw attention to himself or anything else. everybody was whispering going into this argument that he was going to actually say one of these fleeting words because he'd done it at the court of appeals and, in fact, not only had he done it but the court of appeals but the whole court of appeals turned into a sailor's bar where the judges were swearing and he was swearing and it was one of the most fun oral arguments and the scuttlebutt was he was going to go in there and cuss at the sailor at the supreme court and at the very last minute he didn't. and i think it was an interesting choice. to essentially say we're not going to be transgressive here. this particular court wouldn't have thought it was, it added -- i think they thought it massively detracted and he made what i think is a very, very smart choice to argue the case. and not do the bells and whistles that might e
and it was very interesting because cater phillips who really is one of the harlem globe trotters is astonishing but really doesn't do a lot of flash. he's just meticulously good on the argument piece and not one to draw attention to himself or anything else. everybody was whispering going into this argument that he was going to actually say one of these fleeting words because he'd done it at the court of appeals and, in fact, not only had he done it but the court of appeals but the whole court...
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a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem. he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect. they are not truly worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of hypocrisy and capricious law- enforcement by pursuing its offenders. this came into my life in 1992 when i had cancer and had to go through chemotherapy. chemotherapy always always -- almost always creates nausea, and i found myself using marijuana to deal with that. i think bill's wrestling with this issue helped me indirectly. it prepared the intellectual grounds for it. i know i certainly had no problem writing about this, working for "national review."
a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem. he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect....
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a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem. he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. an. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect. they are not truly worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of hypocrisy and capricious law- enforcement by pursuing its offenders. this came into my life in 1992 when i had cancer and had to go through chemotherapy. chemotherapy always always -- almost always creates nausea, and i found myself using marijuana to deal with that. i think bill's wrestling with this issue helped me indirectly. it prepared the intellectual grounds for it. i know i certainly had no problem writing about this, working for "national revi
a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem. he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. an. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that...
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you know, right down the street from harlem children's zone. up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york city, are the efforts to take examples and breed them within themselves locally? >> let me start by suggesting that you talk to the gentleman right behind you. richard coleman is with the achievable dream program with newport news who have children come to school i think it was 98% on free introduced lunch. overwhelming minority. and there is no achievement gap at that school. the secretary of education visited about two or three weeks ago and so we're hoping that the secretary will incorporate some of what we're doing in newport news at the achievable dream pro
you know, right down the street from harlem children's zone. up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york city,...
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i lost my apartment in harlem. i was pushed out, you know. i can't afford it. i'm living back at home, and thank god, i have a place to go. what they should not be my path at age 44. but i'm not ashamed to say this. you know? i was more ashamed that people with hiv were being held. i'm more ashamed that the drug companies are running this world. i'm more ashamed that we're not talking truthfully about the lack of food. people have a blackberry before they will have food on their table. and what is that? that to me is hellish. you know, and i think we have to talk about what's going on. even when i went to get help from the welfare department, the guy took six personal calls while talking to me, and then muffled to his supervisor, what is this white girl doing up your moaning about the fact that she can't afford her apartment? you know, and i'm sorry. that's a bs on any level. i don't care what color i was when i walked in there. i d
i lost my apartment in harlem. i was pushed out, you know. i can't afford it. i'm living back at home, and thank god, i have a place to go. what they should not be my path at age 44. but i'm not ashamed to say this. you know? i was more ashamed that people with hiv were being held. i'm more ashamed that the drug companies are running this world. i'm more ashamed that we're not talking truthfully about the lack of food. people have a blackberry before they will have food on their table. and what...
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like the harlem globetrotters. if you're an austin peay fan, you're a washington general now. >> bucket of water in the face can't be far behind, can it? john wall, 10-0 run. any thoughts of austin peay mounting the upset at rupp arena have been araced with that run -- erased with that run. too early to call it done with 5:14 to play. austin peay has been, if nothing else, resilient. all season long and in this ballgame today. caldwell. orton says try something else. orton is another great fresh freshman that is living in the shadow of the rest of them. kentucky comes away with it. wall. one-on-one. lost the dribble. wow. got sloppy now. blake corner. fraley. who has it? anybody's guess. like a fumble in football. find out who is at the bottom. it will be austin peay's ball. >> kyle: you have to love the effort by both teams though. looks slippery. watch this. five guys jumped on it. >> kyle: mike stuart on one knee to make that call. >> matt: 4:30 to play. kentucky leading austin peay by 19. score not indicative o
like the harlem globetrotters. if you're an austin peay fan, you're a washington general now. >> bucket of water in the face can't be far behind, can it? john wall, 10-0 run. any thoughts of austin peay mounting the upset at rupp arena have been araced with that run -- erased with that run. too early to call it done with 5:14 to play. austin peay has been, if nothing else, resilient. all season long and in this ballgame today. caldwell. orton says try something else. orton is another...
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i dubbed them the harlem globetrotters because they're so perfect, never missed a shot. is a sensibility that if you to prevail in oral argument, you just need to hire one of these top guns. that was not always the case. it is just not that interesting sometimes. i thought i would pick for my chapter in oral argument done by a rank amateur, someone who had never set foot in the supreme court, who had only benefit, it was a surgeon by training, and really should not have any place there at all. which was the oral argument you'll probably remember several years back, the gentleman who is challenging the assertion of under god in the pledge of allegiance. he was challenging it on behalf of his daughter, who he thought should not have to be compelled to say the word god. i think we all thought going into the oral argument that this was going to be a debacle. for those of us who have followed him a little bit or heard him before, he had that quality of being just the absolute wrong person to argue a case at the court. he was incredibly brilliant, but very smug, angry, persona
i dubbed them the harlem globetrotters because they're so perfect, never missed a shot. is a sensibility that if you to prevail in oral argument, you just need to hire one of these top guns. that was not always the case. it is just not that interesting sometimes. i thought i would pick for my chapter in oral argument done by a rank amateur, someone who had never set foot in the supreme court, who had only benefit, it was a surgeon by training, and really should not have any place there at all....
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a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem.nd he got a postcard from milton friedman. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect. they are not truly worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of hypocrisy and capricious law- enforcement by pursuing its offenders. this came into my life in 1992 when i had cancer and had to go through chemotherapy. chemotherapy always always -- almost always creates nausea, and i found myself using marijuana to deal with that. i think bill's wrestling with this issue helped me indirectly. it prepared the intellectual grounds for it. i know i certainly had no problem writing about this, working for "national review." bill wrote a column about it. the only time it affected my worked, you will remember dan qua
a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem.nd he got a postcard from milton friedman. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect. they are not truly worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of...
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yet everything from kalamazoo to harlem -- we have everything from kalamazoo to harlem.hat were out there. one, there are businesses that are looking for the that there that are profitable and can raise money. the key is to match them up with banks that are in a position to lend. there are some banks that have seen the increase in the savings rate and higher deposits give them a pretty good capital base, but they are still constrained by some regulatory restraints. we are looking to see if there is a possibility to cut some of the red tape. we don't have direct influence over the independent regulators, but we think that the more that we can highlight and in some ways the pendulum may have swung too far in the direction of not lending, after a decade in which it had gone way too far in the direction of getting money out the door no matter the risk. if we can get that balance right, but for businesses and communities out there -- we just need to help make that happen. i also had a discussion with all of these bankers about the prospects for financial with the tort reform.
yet everything from kalamazoo to harlem -- we have everything from kalamazoo to harlem.hat were out there. one, there are businesses that are looking for the that there that are profitable and can raise money. the key is to match them up with banks that are in a position to lend. there are some banks that have seen the increase in the savings rate and higher deposits give them a pretty good capital base, but they are still constrained by some regulatory restraints. we are looking to see if...
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impressed by a book by claude brown called "man child and the promised land," about heroin use in harlem and he came out with anti-drug statements and proposals running for mayor. and he got a postcard from milton friedman. it explained in post card length why this was wrong. so it was something that bill thought about and wrestled with, and then he added to it an issue of the magazine in 1996 or 1997 called "the drug war is lost." it was a symposium of articles. he was passing judgment on a whole thing. i think his judgment was that marijuana has that effect that are bad, not probably worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of hypocrisy and capricious law enforcement by pursuing offenders. this came into my life in 1992, when i had cancer and had to go through chemotherapy. chemotherapy almost always creates knowledge of -- nausea, and i found myself using marijuana to deal with that. i think bill's wrestling with this issue helped me indirectly. it prepared the intellectual grounds for it. i had no problem writing about this working for "national review."
impressed by a book by claude brown called "man child and the promised land," about heroin use in harlem and he came out with anti-drug statements and proposals running for mayor. and he got a postcard from milton friedman. it explained in post card length why this was wrong. so it was something that bill thought about and wrestled with, and then he added to it an issue of the magazine in 1996 or 1997 called "the drug war is lost." it was a symposium of articles. he was...
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carter phillips really is one of the harlem globetrotters, astonishing.ot ever do a lot of flash. he is meticulously good on the argument peaciece and not one to draw attention to himself. everyone was whispering that he was going to actually say one of these expletives, because he had done it at the court of appeals. the judges were swearing and he was wearing and everyone was swearing. going into oral arguments, the scuttlebutt was that he was just going to go in there and because like a sailor at the supreme court, and at the last minute, he did not. i think it was an interesting choice to essentially say we are not going to be transgressive here. this particular court would not have thought it added. they would have thought it massively detracted. he made a very smart choice to argue the case and not do the bells and whistles that might work at the court of appeals. the object lesson is, it really was an allied air. i don't think the one would take away from this particular case that you should go in representing your daughter, get emotional, insult t
carter phillips really is one of the harlem globetrotters, astonishing.ot ever do a lot of flash. he is meticulously good on the argument peaciece and not one to draw attention to himself. everyone was whispering that he was going to actually say one of these expletives, because he had done it at the court of appeals. the judges were swearing and he was wearing and everyone was swearing. going into oral arguments, the scuttlebutt was that he was just going to go in there and because like a...
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we have everything from kalamazoo to harlem. they focused mostly on farm loans. there were general themes. one, there are businesses that are looking for loans that are profitable and ready to make money, and the key is to match them up with banks that are in a position to lend. there are some banks that are seeing the increase in the savings rate, giving them a pretty good capital base. they are still constrained by some regulatory restraints. we are looking to see if there are possibilities to cut some of the red tape. we do not have direct influence over our independent regulators, but we think the more we can highlight, perhaps the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of not landing after a decade in which it may have gone way too far the other direction of giving money out with too much risk. if we can get that balance right, there are businesses and communities that are ready to grow again. we have to help make that happen. i also had a discussion with all of these bankers about the prospects for financial regulatory reform. as i said, many of the is
we have everything from kalamazoo to harlem. they focused mostly on farm loans. there were general themes. one, there are businesses that are looking for loans that are profitable and ready to make money, and the key is to match them up with banks that are in a position to lend. there are some banks that are seeing the increase in the savings rate, giving them a pretty good capital base. they are still constrained by some regulatory restraints. we are looking to see if there are possibilities...
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randolph moved to the harlem district of new york city in 1911, when where he organized black voters in favor of labor rights. in 1970, he co-founded a magazine, the messenger, calling for more opportunities for african-americans in the war industry. in 1955, he organized the brotherhood of sleeping carporters. this was the first serious effort to organize a labor union for the pullman company, one of the biggest companies and a major employer of black americans. they agreed to a compromise in 1937, win page increases, shorter workweeks and overtime workweeks. in 1941, mr. randolph proposed a march on washington to protest war industries and propose the desegregation of the armed forces. the march was canceled after president franklin roosevelt issued order 8802 which called for an end to discrimination. mr. randolph's nonviolent efforts led to the signing of another executive order on july 26, 1948, signed by president truman to ban discrimination in the armed forces. in addition to these accomplishments, mr. randolph was an active participant in a number of organizations and causes
randolph moved to the harlem district of new york city in 1911, when where he organized black voters in favor of labor rights. in 1970, he co-founded a magazine, the messenger, calling for more opportunities for african-americans in the war industry. in 1955, he organized the brotherhood of sleeping carporters. this was the first serious effort to organize a labor union for the pullman company, one of the biggest companies and a major employer of black americans. they agreed to a compromise in...
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a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem. he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. an. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect. they are not truly worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of hypocrisy and capricious law- enforcement by pursuing its offenders. this came into my life in 1992 when i had cancer and had to go through chemotherapy. chemotherapy always always -- almost always creates nausea, and i found myself using marijuana to deal with that. i think bill's wrestling with this issue helped me indirectly. it prepared the intellectual grounds for it. i know i certainly had no problem writing about this, working for "national revi
a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem. he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. an. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that...
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sutton rose from the democratic clubhouse it is of harlem to become the longest serving manhattan borough president and, for more than a decade, the highest ranking black elected official in new york. coming up next, we're going take a look at the supreme court midterm here with greg stohr, who joins us from bloomberg news, to talk about cases the court is considering, ones they've already reviewed, and what's ahead. that's ahead. we'll take a break here and be back with your calls, too, here on "washington journal." >> unprecedented, on the record conversation with 10 supreme court justices. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular, and the idea that we should yield to what the public protest is is quite foreign to what it means to have a country under the rule of law. >> tonight, chief justice john roberts and associate justice john paul stevens, interviews with supreme court justices, 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of our original documentary on the supreme court on d.v.d. it's part of c-span's "ameri
sutton rose from the democratic clubhouse it is of harlem to become the longest serving manhattan borough president and, for more than a decade, the highest ranking black elected official in new york. coming up next, we're going take a look at the supreme court midterm here with greg stohr, who joins us from bloomberg news, to talk about cases the court is considering, ones they've already reviewed, and what's ahead. that's ahead. we'll take a break here and be back with your calls, too, here...
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environment, on the lack of health care and all those things, the last time i checked the poverty in harlem does not look all that different from the poverty in anacostia, but those children are operating two full grade levels ahead of ours. so, clearly, money is not the answer. we can throw a lot of money into the school districts, which we have here in d.c., and those are the outcomes that we have produced. so if money's not the answer, the question is, what is? and my, my proposition has been that we need to radically alter the quality of, of human capital in the district. and so this is what i'm going to leaf you with. -- leave you with. eric is about to come out with a study that will show that if you were to take the bottom 6-10% of ineffective teachers in this country, that it would -- and replace them with just average teachers, so you're taking the worst 6-10% and you're replacing them with average teachers, not the highest performers, not the rock stars, we would literally catapult this country in term thes of achievement levels to at least canada who, i believe, is about sixth, a
environment, on the lack of health care and all those things, the last time i checked the poverty in harlem does not look all that different from the poverty in anacostia, but those children are operating two full grade levels ahead of ours. so, clearly, money is not the answer. we can throw a lot of money into the school districts, which we have here in d.c., and those are the outcomes that we have produced. so if money's not the answer, the question is, what is? and my, my proposition has...
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a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem.he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect. they are not truly worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of hypocrisy and capricious law- enforcement by pursuing its offenders. this came into my life in 1992 when i had cancer and had to go through chemotherapy. chemotherapy always always -- almost always creates nausea, and i found myself using marijuana to deal with that. i think bill's wrestling with this issue helped me indirectly. it prepared the intellectual grounds for it. i know i certainly had no problem writing about this, working for "national review."
a lot of it was about heroin use in harlem.he came out when he was running for mayor with some very anti- drug statement or proposal, and he got a postcard from milton friedman. he explained why this was wrong. this was something build lot about and wrestled with, and not just marijuana, he added an issue in the magazine called "the war on drugs is lost." it was a symposium. he was passing this judgment on the whole thing. i think his judgment was that yes, marijuana has that effect....