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☆ Japan’s Indy 200: Remembering the first time IndyCars raced at Fuji Speedway
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Emiko Jozuka For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She is the daughter of the Japanese photographer Joe Honda. Joe Honda ArchiveCommercial opportunityIn the 1960s, Japan was emerging as an advanced and high-tech nation following its defeat in WWII. “The groundwork for the Indy 200 was already laid by then, and the Japanese were ready and willing to pay for racing,” he said. Rare intimacyFive months before the Indy 200, Clark had been invited to test-drive the Fuji road course. Joe Honda ArchiveCultural shiftsIn 1966, no Japanese drivers or cars participated in the exhibition Indy 200 race.

Persons: Joe Honda, Japan CNN —, Jim Clark, Honda, Jackie Stewart, Chris Amon, Akira Jin –, –, Shingo Shiozawa, Riki Ohkubo, ”, —, ” Jackie Stewart, Nissan Sunny, Jack K, Yamaguchi, Jin –, Japan –, Shiozawa, Jack Brabham, Clark, Graham Hill, Ohkubo, Honda’s, Colin Chapman, “, ‘, ’ ”, Donald Capps Organizations: CNN, Japan CNN, Jim Clark Motorsport Museum, Indianapolis, IndyCar, Fuji International, Honda, Boys, Indy, Fuji, Japan, Nissan, Prix, Suzuka, Formula, Fuji International Speedway, Bolshoi Ballet, Leningrad Philharmonic, United States Auto, Triple Crown, Motorsport, Monaco, Nippon Auto Club, Speedway, Automotive Society of Historians Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Fuji, Scotland, New Zealand, American, Asia, America, Mie, Indianapolis

☆ The Rise and Fall of SBF
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Andy Kessler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyI first got to know author Michael Lewis, then of “Liar’s Poker” fame, when in the mid-1990s I took him around Silicon Valley in an old beat-up convertible. I told stories and showed him where the first integrated circuit and microprocessor were invented, plus Xerox Parc and its beanbag chairs, Hewlett Packard and Intel. As we drove around, I shared my history with entrepreneur Jim Clark, his time at Silicon Graphics and early days with Netscape, and of the venture capitalist Glenn Mueller, who committed suicide after being denied access to invest.

Persons: Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Dan Henninger, Mark Kelly, Michael Lewis, “, Hewlett, Jim Clark, Glenn Mueller Organizations: Getty, Xerox Parc, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Silicon Graphics, Netscape Locations: Silicon

☆ DeSantis collects wins as Florida Legislature caps whirlwind session, teeing up possible White House bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a conference titled "Celebrate the Faces of Israel" at Jerusalem's Museum of Tolerance, on April 27, 2023. Measures like the restrictive abortion law DeSantis signed could help him in a GOP primary, but may reduce his appeal in a general election. Lawmakers have also passed multiple measures that could help clear DeSantis' path to the White House, if and when he decides to run. "The entire session was focused on Governor DeSantis' run for president," said Jim Clark, a University of Central Florida senior lecturer and political commentator, in an interview. On top of those issues, DeSantis in March waded into the "school choice" debate by signing a bill expanding Florida's school voucher system.

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☆ One civil rights icon has been overlooked in history books. His family is trying to change that.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Claretta-Bellamy-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Claretta Bellamy | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

This was why he believed they made such perfect activists in the civil rights movement. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. kneels in prayer with the Rev. Family photoAfter visiting the courthouse, the Reeses’ tour continues to the Brown Chapel AME. They also hold weekly discussions on a program called “The Lineage Podcast,” where they “fill in certain holes of the civil rights movement.”The Rev. “I always say that I feel honored to even be connected to a part of history that a lot of people are yearning for,” Marvin Reese said.

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