Author: Louis Graves
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Category : Debts, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: Keith Robinson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244462194
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Willard Straight was famous as a reporter and diplomat, but he was also a good artist and musician. His musical achievements are less well known, but he often performed these "Four Kipling Songs" at parties and gatherings with his friends. They are sensitive and musical settings of great poetry. He was a graduate of Cornell University and also one of its benefactors.

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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 770

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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1096

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Author: Thomas W. Jones
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501736345
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 349

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In stark and compelling prose, Thomas W. Jones tells his story as a campus revolutionary who led an armed revolt at Cornell University in 1969 and then altered his course over the next fifty years to become a powerful leader in the financial industry including high-level positions at John Hancock, TIAA-CREF and Citigroup as Wall Street plunged into its darkest hour. From Willard Straight to Wall Street provides a front row seat to the author's triumphs and struggles as he was twice investigated by the SEC—and emerged unscathed. His searing perspective as an African American navigating a world dominated by whites reveals a father, a husband, a trusted colleague, a Cornellian, and a business leader who confronts life with an unwavering resolve that defies cliché and offers a unique perspective on the issues of race in America today. The book begins on the steps of Willard Straight Hall where Jones and his classmates staged an occupation for two days that demanded a black studies curriculum at Cornell. The Straight Takeover resulted in the resignation of Cornell President James Perkins with whom Jones reconciled years later. Jones witnessed the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11 from his office at ground zero and then observed first-hand the wave of scandals that swept the banking industry over the next decade. From Willard Straight to Wall Street reveals one of the most interesting American stories of the last fifty years.

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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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Vol. 34 includes "Special tariff conference issue" Nov. 6, 1925.

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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 956

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Author: Martin Uden
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113664119X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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In earlier times, for the Chinese, Korea was 'the country of courteous people from the east', and for westerners 'the land of the morning calm' or 'hermit kingdom'. In this fascinating collection of writings on times past in Korea the author helps to lift the veil on this once closed country, providing the reader with a wide selection of first-hand accounts by travellers who 'discovered' Korea - some as snapshots by those passing through, others more detailed evaluations of Korean culture and everyday life by those who spent time there. The collection covers a period of over 400 years - from Hendrik Hamel's journal of the 1600s to early 20th century records, such as Roy C. Andrew's 1918 published account of his expedition, entitled Exploring Unknown Corners of the 'Hermit Kingdom'.

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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1152

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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1078

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