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North and South Korean Relations
Dr. Lee spoke on the current relations of North and South Korea and the hopes of change in uniting the Koreas.
Type: Media
Republican and Democratic National Chairmen
Mr. Brown and Mr. Black spoke at the National Press Club about yesterday's elections and what the results mean for each party.
Type: Media
National Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Rostropovich answered audience questions about his perceptions of music and why he believes music to be a vital part of national culture. He explained the need for money to support the orchestra and how more funds will be needed to support the arts in the Soviet Union due to the recent political and economic reforms.
Type: Media
Military Strategy in the Middle East
Director Graham's address focused on the inability of the United States to defend itself against the rapid proliferation of long-range ballistic missiles. Discussing their past use in World War II and their current development and production in third-world countries such as Iraq, Mr. Graham pointed out that the threat of ballistic missiles leaves the United States and its allies at a clear military disadvantage.
Type: Media
Great Books of the Western World
Philosopher Mortimer Adler talked about the history and significance of the Great Books of the Western World college courses and adult education programs. He said that in 1921 John Erskine introduced the first Great Books course at Columbia University. Later Professor Adler introduced the Great Books to University of Chicago Law School President Robert Maynard Hutchins, and they taught the Great Books course together. Other topics included the criticism of the Great Books programs, beginning in 1988, as too Eurocentric and lacking women and minority authors. After his presentation Professor…
Type: Media
The Making of The Civil War
Mr. Burns described the five year project of making the television program, The Civil War. Broadcast during five evenings in October, 1990, twenty hours in all, it had the largest audience of any PBS program ever telecast.
Type: Media
Changes in Soviet Armed Forces
Major Lopatin, a leader of the military reform movement in Moscow, spoke about changes in the Soviet armed services. He is a member of the Soviet Congress of People's Deputies. He recently resigned from the Soviet Communist Party.
Type: Media
Events in Angola
Jonas Savimbi discussed recent events in Angola. On Tuesday, Savimbi met with Pres. Bush to discuss U.S. aid for his forces in Angola where war has been raging for more than a decade.
Type: Media
Presidential Privacy
David Eisenhower is the grandson of the late former president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1986 Mr. Eisenhower published a chronicle of his grandfather's wartime policies and activities from 1943 to 1945. He is now working on two more books about President Eisenhower. In his speech, David Eisenhower described the differences between President Eisenhower's time and the present day in concepts of presidential privacy.
Type: Media
Public Broadcasting
Ms. Rockefeller spoke on "Public Broadcasting: Report from the Field." She was appointed president and CEO of WETA in October, 1989. WETA-TV in Washington, DC broadcasts such programs as the "MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour" and has the third largest public radio audience in the U.S. Ms. Rockefeller is the daughter of former Sen. Charles Percy and the wife of Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
Type: Media