Alfred Mossman Landon
Alfred Mossman Landon 1887-1987, U.S. politician, b. West Middlesex, Pa. He was a banker and oil operator before he ran for public office. Landon served (1933-37) as governor of Kansas and gained a national reputation by his economic administration. As Republican candidate for president in 1936, running against Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he carried only Maine and Vermont. Nancy Landon Kassebaum-Baker is his daughter.
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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM:DR. KRISTIN M. LORD
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...defendMuslim populations residing in Kuwait and the Balkans. If the world justknew how much good we do, some argue, anti-American...delivering earthquake aid, only 15% of Pakistanisreported Third, the link between foreign assistance and more favorablepublic...
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Body Language: Sarah Palin, Sally Quinn, Lou Dobbs
Transcript from: The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network); 11/18/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...intellectual enough to handle the most powerful job in the world. Do you believe that?PALIN: I believe that I am, because...those people. Roll tape.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) O'REILLY: A third grader gets this, and you're resisting it. I want to know...
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Suitors Vie For British Candy Maker Cadbury
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 11/19/2009; ; 699 words
; ...the Swiss or the Belgians, British chocolate is the best in world and British children have been waking up on Christmas morning...simple reason that their figures were very disappointing in the third quarter, and they believe that the acquisition of Cadbury would...
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ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY ANDREW BAUKOL BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PANEL: BEYOND THE CRISIS: SUSTAINING GROWTH IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 11/19/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Recovery One year ago, the world's financial system faced the...Overthe past year, the IMF, the World Bank, and the regional development...African country tobe named the World Bank's top reformer in the...infrastructure, about one-third of which is for maintenance...
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TRANSPORTATION R&D:ALAN E. PISARSKI
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...takegreat pride in that accomplishment - and yet when we examine world trendswe see that many countries that had far worse records...Germanysaw fatality declines by more than 60% -- about a two-thirds decline inthe same period. Had we declined at that rate our...
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Who Needs College, And Who Shouldn't Go?
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 11/23/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...editor for career issues at U.S. News and World Report. Thanks very much, nice to have...Editor for Career Issues at U.S. News and World Report): My pleasure. CONAN: You...Start and first grade and second grade and third grade and fourth grade and all the through...
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The Case Of The President's Missing Charisma
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 11/25/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...helped elect George W. Bush in 2000. So third-party candidates usually have some effect...according to the Mayan calendar, the year the world ends. (Soundbite of laughter) RUDIN: So you know, if the world ends before Lou Dobbs runs for the Senate...
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DR. ERIC GOOSBY, AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR, DR. ERIC GOOSBY, AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR, HOLDS A STATE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING ON AIDS
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 12/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...s a combination of peopleall over the world who support people in country to put the...broughthope to millions of people across the world with its treatment and careprograms. In...We have gotten through approximately a third of the population that isin need of care...
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Analysis: Will Obama's Afghan Strategy Work?
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/2/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...counterinsurgency and the way that's worked in different parts of the world, is 18 months - not all of it being time when all the troops...but the president decided the other two messages outweigh the third. INSKEEP: We are going to talk about all those points you...
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REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS:RAY KOPP
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...with existing technology will likelybe very expensive. Doing so in the developing world with existing expensivetechnology is likely to be impossible. The third attribute concerns thescale and required efficiency of the effort. The U.S. economy...
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SIC 2064 Candy and Other Confectionery Products
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...candy and other confections made the third biggest consumer-food category in late...chocolate-covered candy bars in 1911. During World War I, Hershey and other candy makers...for that same dime. Immediately after World War I, however, sugar and chocolate prices...
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SIC 2082 Malt Beverages
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...the United States is the world's largest producer of beer...more than 20 percent of the world's volume. More than 1...second was Miller with the third-best selling product, Miller Light. Ranked third was Coors Brewing Company...
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SIC 3011 Tires and Inner Tubes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...top three firms controlled roughly two-thirds of the global market; the capital-intensive...for sales. More than 50 percent of the world's production of rubber goes into the...tire manufacturers once dominated the world industry, by the 1990s the four largest...
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SIC 3151 Leather Gloves and Mittens
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...gloves was often done on a piece-work basis in homes. After World War II, competition from cheaper labor abroad began to cut...5,068 in 2000. The leather segment employs roughly one-third of these workers. Further Reading U.S. Census Bureau...
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SIC 3261 Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures and China and Earthenware Fittings and Bathroom Accessories
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...or other materials; it has changed plumbing throughout the world. Organization and Structure The vitreous china plumbing industry...Wisconsin pottery operation, which emerged at that time as the third largest plumbing products company in the United States. As...
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