The Brian Lehrer Show: A Window into Wealth

The Brian Lehrer Show

A Window into Wealth

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

740 Park Avenue is more than just an affluent address. It has been home to executives of the most storied US corporations since its construction in 1929 -- just before the stock market crash and the depression. Find how how Manhattan’s richest apartment building is a window into the history of American wealth

"NJ: You Got a Problem With That?"

Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter
- on a new official slogan for New Jersey and post-election politics

» New Jersey's official slogan website

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Nets Gain?

Charles Gargano, chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation,
- says it's time to move ahead with Ratner's Brooklyn project

» The Empire State Development Corporation

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How Political Islam Made It Big In The Middle East

Fawaz Gerges, The Christian A. Johnson Chair in Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College and author, The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global (Cambridge University Press, 2005),
- on the rise of jihadist movements

» Fawaz Gerges (Cambridge University Press)

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The 740 Club

Michael Gross, author, The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building (Broadway Books),
- on life inside a top New York City apartment building

» The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building

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WH to Levin: You Lie

This email from the White House Press office ('Setting The Record Straight') caught our interest yesterday. It seems to signal a new aggressiveness in striking back at Democrats who say that W 'misled' the American people, as Stevenson and Jehl aptly describe in today's Times.

Will it work? Will Democrats get scared? Is this blurring the lines between press office and political work? Stay tuned for more...