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Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (/ˈkuːlɪdʒ/; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His conduct during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little.
Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration, and left office with considerable popularity. As a Coolidge biographer put it, He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength. Some later criticized Coolidge as part of a general criticism of laissez-faire government. His reputation underwent a renaissance during the Ronald Reagan administration, but the ultimate assessment of his presidency is still divided between those who approve of his reduction of the size of government programs and those who believe the federal government should be more involved in regulating and controlling the economy.


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Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Its area code is 413. Its ZIP code is 01201 (01202 and 01203 are zip codes for Pittsfield post office boxes only). The population was 44,737 at the 2010 census. Although the population has declined in recent decades, Pittsfield remains the third largest municipality in western Massachusetts, behind only Springfield and Chicopee.
In 2005, Farmers Insurance ranked Pittsfield 20th in the United States as “Most Secure Place To Live” among small towns with fewer than 150,000 residents. In 2006, Forbes ranked Pittsfield as number 61 in its list of Best Small Places for Business. In 2008, Country Home magazine ranked Pittsfield as #24 in a listing of green cities east of the Mississippi. In 2009, the City of Pittsfield was chosen to receive a 2009 Commonwealth Award, Massachusetts' highest award in the arts, humanities, and sciences. In 2010, the Financial Times proclaimed Pittsfield the Brooklyn of the Berkshires, in an article covering its recent renaissance.


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Calvin Coolidge | Wikipedia audio article

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- Socrates



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John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was an American politician and the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor. His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected Vice President of the United States in 1920, and succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small government conservative and also as a man who said very little, although having a rather dry sense of humor.
Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration, and left office with considerable popularity. As a Coolidge biographer wrote: He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength.Mainstream scholars have ranked Coolidge as a below-average president. He is praised by advocates of smaller government and laissez-faire, while supporters of an active central government generally view him less favorably, though most praise his stalwart support of racial equality.

Amelia Earhart | Wikipedia audio article

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Amelia Earhart


00:01:04 1 Early life
00:01:13 1.1 Childhood
00:02:49 1.2 Early influence
00:04:32 1.3 Education
00:05:17 1.4 Family fortunes
00:07:51 1.5 Spanish flu pandemic of 1918
00:09:10 1.6 Early flying experiences
00:12:16 2 Aviation career and marriage
00:12:26 2.1 Financial crisis
00:13:24 2.2 Boston
00:15:00 2.3 Transatlantic flight in 1928
00:17:15 2.4 Celebrity image
00:19:06 2.5 Promoting aviation
00:20:06 2.6 Competitive flying
00:22:53 2.7 Marriage to George Putnam
00:24:51 3 Transatlantic solo flight in 1932
00:26:48 3.1 Additional solo flights
00:29:08 4 Move from New York to California
00:30:58 5 World flight in 1937
00:31:09 5.1 Planning
00:33:25 5.2 First attempt
00:34:44 5.3 Second attempt
00:35:48 5.4 Departure from Lae
00:38:21 5.5 Radio equipment
00:45:12 5.6 Nearing Howland Island
00:49:38 5.7 Radio signals
00:55:12 5.8 Search efforts
00:59:34 6 Speculation on disappearance
01:00:31 6.1 Crash and sink theory
01:05:31 6.2 Gardner Island hypothesis
01:14:53 6.3 Japanese capture theory
01:19:11 6.4 Myths, legends, and claims
01:19:34 6.4.1 Spies for FDR
01:20:21 6.4.2 Tokyo Rose
01:20:51 6.4.3 New Britain
01:22:53 6.4.4 Assuming another identity
01:24:07 7 Legacy
01:25:33 7.1 Memorial flights
01:27:26 7.2 Other honors
01:34:45 8 In popular culture
01:38:31 9 Records and achievements
01:40:09 10 Books by Earhart



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Amelia Mary Earhart (, born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. In 1935, Earhart became a visiting faculty member at Purdue University as an advisor to aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to women students. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this day.