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    • Series II.A. Video Group Vice President J. Richard Munro: Subject Files, 1972-1989, inclusive

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    The Group Vice President J. Richard Munro: Subject files cover the period of 1972 to 1989 and focus on the finances and operations of the Video Group and the companies within it. While this series contains materials from after Munro left the Video Group and became board president and CEO of Time Inc., the majority of materials are from 1977 to 1979 when he was vice president of the Video Group. The correspondence included in this series discuss advertising contracts, college courses, television show premieres, filmstrips, company transfers, local ordinances, franchises, agreements, project proposals, project plans and objectives, trips, budgets, background research, board meetings, status reports, wages, mergers, purchase proposals, speeches, monthly reports, preliminary budgets versus three-year plans, budget re-estimates, project analysis, wireless mic tests, incentive programs, Home Box Office (HBO) survey analysis, consulting services, profits, business consolidation, new cable services, viewing patterns, marketing, subscriber demographics, and possible television shows.

    Organized alphabetically.

    J. Richard "Dick" Munro began his career with Time Inc. in 1957. After holding other titles, he was named deputy to the group vice president for television and films in 1972, becoming vice president of the group shortly after. In 1978, when the television and films group formally became the Video Group, Munro remained as vice president but left this position in 1980. While Munro left the Video Group, he remained with Time Inc. and became executive vice president of the organization. At the same time that Munro became executive vice president, he also joined Time Inc.'s board of directors. In 1982, Munro was promoted to board president and Time Inc.'s chief executive officer. After Time Inc.'s merger with Warner Communicati

    Who Actually Discovered America?

    Christopher Columbus is without a doubt responsible for the Columbian Exchange—which through human agency recreated the lost world of Pangea. But was Columbus the first to discover America?

    The memory—and especially the statues—of Christopher Columbus have taken quite the beating over the last half-century. The great Lakota activist, Russell Means, once called him worse than Hitler, and the various Leftist movements of present-day America seem to concur. Some Italian-Americans have defended the Renaissance-era Genoan in their local neighborhoods and communities, but groups such as the Roman Catholic Knights of Columbus and the Daughters of Isabella have remained silent. Many in our present day are claiming that “silence is violence,” and in the case of poor Christopher Columbus, this is blatantly and tangibly true. The silent watch as the mobs deface our Columbus memorials. What they might do with names such as the “District of Columbus” or “Columbus, Ohio” remains to be seen. And poor Lady Liberty. She has been known as “Columbia,” the goddess of liberty. The recent movement against Christopher Columbus seems to have rendered her into and reduced her to nothing but a two-bit whore.

    As I watch these incredible outbursts of violence, I am reminded of Fisher Ames’s not-so-tactful comment in 1806:

    Our disease is democracy. It is not the skin that festers—our very bones are carious, and their marrow blackens with gangrene. Which rogues shall be first, is of no moment—our republicanism must die, and I am sorry for it. But why should we care what sexton happens to be in office at our funeral? Nevertheless, though I indulge no hopes, I derive much entertainment from the squabbles in Madam Liberty’s family. After so many liberties have been taken with her, I presume she is no longer a miss and a virgin, though she may still be a goddess.

    As I mentioned in the previous essay, Columbus is without a doubt responsible for the C

    Series I. Group Vice President of Television and Films J. Richard Munro: Computer Television Files, 1972-1976, inclusive

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    The Group Vice President of Television and Films J. Richard Munro: Computer Television Files cover the period of 1972 to 1976. The materials found in this series focus on finances and operation of Computer Television, a Time Inc. subsidiary which is often called CTI. Included in this series are statement of operations, agreements, Hilton Corporation and CTI reports, agreement overviews, feasibility studies, notes, financial statements, five year plan analysis, budget estimates, preliminary budget estimates and notes, budget reports, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, stock purchase agreements, clippings, travel itinerary, purchase proposals, weekly reports, reports on equipment investigations, personnel and organizational policies, United States labor charges against employer reports, press releases, and correspondence. The correspondence included in this series discuss CTI financing proposals, contracts, financing, medical expenses, company expenses, board meetings, employee contracts, purchase proposals, reports on CTI use, system issues, reports on the use of CTI in Hilton versus other hotels, upgrading room access, promotional materials, agreements, proposed financial plans, liquidation and sale of CTI, board meetings, system test results, monthly operating reports, project updates, negotiations, letters to board and shareholders on interest their interest to sell or acquire assets, project updates, system upgrades, revenue influences, and salaries.

    Organized alphabetically with general files at the front.

    J. Richard "Dick" Munro began his career with Time Inc. in 1957. After holding other titles, he was named deputy to the group vice president for television and films in 1972, becoming vice president of the group shortly after. In 1978, when the television and films group formally became

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    • Christopher Clark

    Australian historian working in England

    For other people named Christopher Clark, see Christopher Clark (disambiguation).

    Sir Christopher Munro ClarkFBA (born 14 March 1960) is an Australian historian living in the United Kingdom and Germany. He is the twenty-second Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. In the 2015 Birthday Honours, he was knighted for his services to Anglo-German relations.

    Education and academic positions

    Clark was educated at Sydney Grammar School from 1972 to 1978, the University of Sydney (where he studied history) and the Freie Universität Berlin from 1985 to 1987.

    Clark received his PhD at the University of Cambridge, having been a member of Pembroke College from 1987 to 1991. He is Professor in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and, since 1991, has been a fellow of St Catharine's College, where he is currently Director of Studies in History.

    In 2003, Clark was appointed lecturer in Modern European History and, in 2006, reader in Modern European History. His Cambridge University professorship in history followed in 2008.

    In September 2014 he succeeded Richard J. Evans as Regius Professor of History at Cambridge. In the birthday honours of June 2015, Clark was knighted on the recommendation of the foreign secretary for his services to Anglo-German relations.

    Professional career

    As he acknowledges in the foreword to Iron Kingdom, living in West Berlin from 1985 to 1987, during what turned out to be the last years of the divided Germany, gave him an insight into German history and society.

    Earlier work

    Clark's academic focus started with the history of Prussia, with his earlier researches concentrating on Pietism and on Judaism in Prussia as well as the power struggle, known as the Kulturkampf, between Bismarck's Prussian state and the Catholic Church. His scope has since broadened to embrac

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