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Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company, 2008. Centennial Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. John Lothers. The format is approximately 8.8 x 11 x .75 inches. [2], 240, [2] pages. Beautiful and very good DJ. Colorful Illustrations, Press Club Member List, Index. From a chance encounter by two reporters on a Washington street corner in February 1908, the National Press Club has grown to be the world's largest, most prestigious club run by journalists. It started as a watering hole and card room for newspapermen, but from the beginning its members have hosted and questions--most of the national and world leaders who shaped the 20th and now the 21st century. Reliable Sources: 100 Years at the national Press Club tells the story of the history-making events as well as the wackiness that only a club of journalists can create. Here is Nikita Khrushchev explaining why he would "bury us," Lauren Bacall draping her legs over an upright piano as Harry Truman plays, Sen. Joe McCarthy…
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