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- Ronald Reagan press conference in Toronto immediately following the economic summit.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Educational Administration Gary Sykes delivers a talk entitled, "The Future of Education: School Choice Comes to Michigan", at the MSU Main Library. Sykes talks about these three prominent social questions discussed in America: how good or bad is the American educational system?; what kind of system do we want?; and what role should government play? He compares the decentralized education system in the U.S. with other very centralized systems in other countries. Sykes says that American schools are moving away from government control towards a system of regulated privatization and he explains how schools are funded in Michigan and how that model is radically changing. Questions from the audience follows. Sykes is introduced by librarian Ruth Ann Jones. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-12-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Theodore B. Olson, attorney for presidential candidate George W. Bush, opens oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the vote recount case Bush v. Gore. Olson suggests that the Florida Supreme Court was arbitrary in its decision about which votes should be recounted. Gore's attorney David Boies argues that Florida law is clear that where voter intent can be discerned the vote should be counted.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-12-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1975-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump holds a rally in Wisconsin to support Republican candidates. Trump opens the rally by saying that "threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy itself," and encourages politicians to "stop treating political opponents as being orally defective." He also blames the media for encouraging violence and talks about trade, tariffs, the economy, immigration, and crime. Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker and Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir also speak.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama urges Congress to vote in favor of extending the Social Security payroll tax cuts, scheduled to expire at the end of 2011. He says getting the cuts extended are his highest priority and that keeping money in the pockets of workers will help to spur the economy.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama salutes the progress that has "rippled across the African continent" in recent decades and encourages Africa's young people to continue pushing forward in pursuit of a brighter future. Obama says America's relationship with Africa is moving beyond the simple provision of assistance and foreign aid, to a new model of partnering between America and African countries calling for a partnership of equals focusing on opportunity, democracy, and peace. Held at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection