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  • of this remarkable ins titution, a n d here you are today -- ready to turn y our knowledg e and skills to new fi elds o But with a ll you&.· per c ~pt:ion, with all your brainpower, I w m1der if you know h ow gr eat i s the pride in you of those who are i n th i s
  • , Rice University ChandlerDavidson Political Science, University of New Orleans Raul A. Gonzalez, Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas Judith Haydel, Associate Professor of Government, McNeese State Universily ReneaHicks, Special Assistant Attarney
  • with water. Every drpp is precious. Yeste1·day, I dedicated a new, man-made lake in Hartland which embodies tllo concept of Water Harvestin[, Local, state, and national agencies have cxciting plans for the development of that lake. As 1 drove into Woodstock
  • , thr ough Head Start, many t housands of children are receiving the help and the challenge they need to enable them to enter school with hope. From the resaarch laboratories, new vaccines bave been created to p revent measles and German measles. - 1­
  • an America~ you have to know them, as well a s the cities like :New York, Francisco, and ';/auhing ton. It i s ver:1 appropriate the. t we end our trip in just the kind of set ting whe:!:' L our democracy b cgins. Over the past five da ys . I have had
  • in the van of the progressive spirit of the New South, historically it has unfailingly been in that vanguard. North Carolina has not only seemed to take the lead in pro­ viding to its boys and girls, young men and women that indispensable way to a better
  • . U11ore jobs than there otherwise could have been. Wirtz 1s In Oklahoma alone, when the tax reduction is totally effective, it will generate an increase in total income of $315, 000, 000 and create 21, 000 new jobs. The poverty bill is helping us
  • t o its nati ve Indians has come late but it haa come. And new we all face the hop eful but challenging fut ure togethe r. Not long ago , t he President t old a delegation of visitors: "Every night when I go t o bed I ask myself wh at did we do t
  • . Archives Researchers-The Library gave credentials to 312 new researchers during the year. A survey revealed that 66% of those using the collections are from out of town; 34 % are from Austin (mainly from the University of Texas). It further showed that most
  • not qualify for either [program], has become the great albatross of this new right in America." "It wasn't possible to put cost controls in in 1965," Wilbur Cohen maintained. "It would never have passed the Congress." In fact, Califano pointed out, Presi­ dent
  • tomb in New York City, seen from the Hudson River, on the day it was dedicated in 1897. (Library of Congress, Division of Prints and Photographs.) 3 GRANT SCHOLAR SPEAKSAT EXHIBIT OPENING When the exhibitopened at the Library,John Simon, editor
  • to their own wages. •"Husbands could will children to someone else. If you died. your husband could decide he wanted to give your children to his best friend down the road. •"Widows in New York State could not live in their house more than 40 days after
  • of The Redwoods National Park, the Wilderness Act, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Reminiscences in New Willis Hurst, cardiologist who attended President Johnson through the years, came to the Library to launch a book of reminiscences about LBJ
  • heard a woman tell me that she was saved from financial bondage because a new government program -- Medicare -- covered the staggering expenses of her mother's l t!.St long illness. That program bas touched the lives of 20 million otber Older Americans
  • , 000, 000 and create 13, 000 new jobs. I am a Democrat and proud of it. I have - - for 29 years -­ had a front row seat on what the government and the m en and women who play the hard, daily role in it, do about the problems that come before them. And I
  • when this tree gr ew to c aturi ty it wo uld s hade gener ations ye t m born and that a President rs daily wo rk, like this tree , e;hould be f o.r cor e than his own tiae. This was no t t he e xpression o f a philos o phy new t o c y husband . It has
  • or a horse's hoof or a man's head. They will of course put as many as they can back together, and they haven't finished digging up the whole thing, because China is a vast storehouse of man's life for centuries. So whenever they build a highway or build a new
  • , and current fellow workers1,000 in all-assembled to honor the former First Lady in a salute that in­ cluded serious tributes, hilarious hi- jinks, a mammoth cake, and the premiere of a new film, "Lady Bird Johnson: A Life," produced by Charles Guggenheim
  • disarray. The other group [believe] it was a war about the balance of power in all of Southeast Asia-from the South China Sea down to the critical Straits of Malacca including Thailand and Malaysia. Indonesia and Singapore. Australia and New Zealand. While
  • of them thirty years from now? What kind of faciliti s will they be, in this very new age of high-tech c mmunications? ''Thirty years ago little attention was paid to their museums. Today the museums are an integral part of the libraries and perform
  • Online October 6, 2009 Tuesday 4:01 AM GMT A snapshot of some first ladies' staffs BYLINE: By The Associated Press SECTION: DOMESTIC NEWS LENGTH: 203 words First ladies are dogged by questions about why someone who isn't elected or paid, or who isn't
  • Online October 6, 2009 Tuesday 4:01 AM GMT A snapshot of some first ladies' staffs BYLINE: By The Associated Press SECTION: DOMESTIC NEWS LENGTH: 203 words First ladies are dogged by questions about why someone who isn't elected or paid, or who isn't
  • periods a leader emerged and a new majority part~· was. formed. Nothing that has happened so far would indicate that will not hap­ pen again.'' Larry Saba to: "We "ill han politi­ cal:parties, because as our founders discovered, ifs really the only way
  • :"es t.o be a ci t y planner, a landscape ::rchitect, a. forester , eve:~ a good ga1--denc:r, is assured of a place in t:;:-_i.s most e'.>l;citing new adventure, the r er.'.a king cf our cities 2rid towns . I b$lieve P.!nGricans a~e not just