(1)___ In his Gettysburg Address,Abraham Lincoln spoke fewer than 300 words,but those words have become memorable.Franklin D.Roosevelt set the standard for later presidents in his 30 "fireside chats",which aired on the radio and dealt with the Great Depression and World War Ⅱ. Beginning...
“His speech is noteworthy because he understood the opportunity he had to seize the historic moment—foregoing a separate celebration for his nomination during a time when most of the country was reeling from the effects of the Great Depression—and how to capitalize on the new communication tech...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt handily beat incumbent Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election. The country was deep into the Great Depression, and the public felt that Hoover did not fully sympathize with their plight and was not doing enough to alleviate it. No one was quite clear on what ...
Hitler’s speeches had a profound impact on the German population. They provided a sense of purpose, identity, and belonging to a nation reeling from the effects of World War I and the Great Depression. By promising to restore Germany to its former glory, he captured the aspirations of the...
1933 – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt –First Inaugural Address– Considering FDR served four terms during the end of the Great Depression and through World War II, it stands to reason that he would have some pretty famous speeches. His first inaugural address from 1933 is also remembered ...
Packard asks the question “How was HP different? “Bill and I started at the beginning of the Great Depression of the 1930s. “To be able to do this while we were doubling our business every year in the early days of the war we had to achieve nearly 100% increase in our return in...
Franklin Roosevelt understood the importance of higher education to the future of the nation then enduring the pain of the Great Depression. He gave the commencement address at Temple University, where he received an honorary degree, on February 22, 1936—Washington’s birthday. Hear his words: ...
In this world a great deal of the bitterness among us arises from an imperfect understanding of one another. Erect in Birmingham a great Educational Institution, properly educational; educational of the feelings as well as of the reason; to which all orders of Birmingham men contribute; in ...
“With that thought in mind, then, I would like to recount some of the ways the electronics industry has benefitted [sic] from – in fact, to a large degree, owes its very existence to – American universities. In doing so, I hope you will agree with me that our industry, in partic...
Packard says that “The best tribute to the contribution that AEA has made to the electronics industry in America is the fact that it has steadily grown from a very modest beginning thirty-five years ago to become the largest and most effective trade association for the industry. ...