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Nashville now and then: Nixon paints the town red

Republicans rally for their man against Kennedy in '60 (story includes home-movie footage shot from within motorcade), and we dig into the past of two famed Nashville cemeteries
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Nashville now and then: A voice from our past

Listen in as we celebrate one Nashville citizen's 101st birthday by hearing her tell of her encounters with history.... Also: A VP candidate from Nashville helps sway a presidential election, the high court buries Tennessee's state income tax, and the state's first interracial marriage takes place without incident
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100th anniversary of the birth of Nashville's most accomplished entrepreneur

A look at the life of Jack Massey

Power steering: Wealth, leadership and the destiny of Nashville

An excerpt from the multi-author book Nashville: An American Self-Portrait, edited by John Egerton and E. Thomas Wood

2000: A year of historic endings and new beginnings

It was a year that few in Nashville's business community will forget. A venerable name in the financial community went by the wayside. A Nashville-based company that people here knew little about became the focus of one of the worst product-liability controversies in history. And the steward of the Grand Ole Opry endured a series of strategic upheavals.

Letter reveals big payday for hundreds at J.C. Bradford

Attached list yields payout amounts for more than 100 partners who made at least $1.2M each
[as published in Nashville Post print supplement]

Two top J.C. Bradford execs get millions from jump in ownership-stakes before sale

[Fri 11:50 a.m. Sep 22]-What's the J.C. Bradford & Co. name worth?

BIZ QUIZ ANSWERS 13 THRU 15

Here are the answers to the last three questions of the NashvillePost.com history quiz, which was published in the Aug. 21 print edition.

The meteor that hit the capitol, and other tales

Editor's note: NashvillePost.com did its best to cover the chaotic final weeks of the legislative session. In doing so, reporter Bill Carey accumulated his share of amusing anecdotes and quotes.

Mr. Bradford speaks with NashvillePost.com about the sale of his 73-year-old firm

[Fri 4:30 pm Apr 28]--The scion of Nashville's last locally-owned, dominant financial-services company explains why he is selling J.C. Bradford & Co. to Paine Webber Group for $620 million.

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