It had survived other crises, including the Great Depression.
Yes, it ran an ad that included Osama bin Laden in a montage of crisis images that also included the Great Depression and Hurricane Katrina.
See a book reading list (PDF) for main headings including the Great Depression, the Asian and emerging markets crisis and the dotcom bubble.
21.5: The percentage drop in pay in New York City's securities industry in 2009, the biggest year-to-year decline in the last 80 years, including the Great Depression.
Mr. Bernanke said later that the crisis in the fall of 2008 was "the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression".
The B.I.S. has indeed had a fascinating and sometimes shady history on the front lines of major events, including the Great Depression, World War II and the formation of the European Monetary Union.
But Vicki Bernstein, who recruits people from other careers to teach in New York City, pointed out that in other periods of national turmoil, including the Great Depression and the Vietnam War, people were drawn into teaching and stuck with it for the rest of their working lives.
These reminders of bygone days have helped the Derby thrive during some of the darkest periods in recent American history, including the Great Depression and the post-Watergate 1970s, when a record crowd of over 163,000 attended the centennial Run for the Roses, a figure not surpassed until 2011, a year marked by high unemployment and two foreign wars.
But Mr. Mancinelli took a liking to the craft — "I enjoy talking to people, it's the best part of the job," he said — and for nearly nine decades has been holding forth on topics both mundane and momentous, including the Great Depression, World War II, the Beatles and 27 Yankee championships.
