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Bear, Stearns & Co. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Federal National Mortgage Association. Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) Mutineries dans les prisons New York (État) Attica 20e siècle Prisonniers Violence envers New York (État) Attica 20e siècle United States Violence dans les prisons New York (État) Attica 20e siècle Whitney, Henry Melville 1839-1923 Whitney, William C. (William Collins) 1841-1904Filter By Subjects
Bear, Stearns & Co. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Federal National Mortgage Association. Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) Mutineries dans les prisons New York (État) Attica 20e siècle Prisonniers Violence envers New York (État) Attica 20e siècle United States Violence dans les prisons New York (État) Attica 20e siècle Whitney, Henry Melville 1839-1923 Whitney, William C. (William Collins) 1841-1904Summary: "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSSummary: Inspired by the Jesuit saying, "Give me a child until he is 7 years old, and I will give you the man," in 1964 Granada Television commissioned a short documentary wherein producers profiled 14 7-year-old children, and loosely speculated on what sort of lives they might lead. It was meant and received as an indictment of the British class system, which seemed most inflexible in 1964. Almost as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Granada Television Ltd. 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORSummary: In the late 19th century, as America's teeming cities grew increasingly congested, the time had come to replace the nostalgic horse-drawn trolleys with a faster, cleaner, safer, and more efficient form of transportation. Ultimately, it was Boston, a city of so many firsts that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RACSummary: Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, when a violent five-day standoff between mostly black and latino inmates and law enforcement took place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022