Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Bush Sr Years (1989-1992)
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George Bush’s presidency, the Panama invasion, the Soviet bloc collapse and the first war in Iraq. Alistair Cooke's fascinating look at American life.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
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An economic summit
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Dec 24, 1992 |
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The English language and immigration
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Dec 18, 1992 |
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Casablanca 50th anniversary, 1992
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Dec 11, 1992 |
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Clinton's economy
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Dec 04, 1992 |
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Millicent Fenwick
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Nov 27, 1992 |
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The executive branch
|
Nov 20, 1992 |
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Predicting elections
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Nov 13, 1992 |
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Bill Clinton's clothes
|
Nov 06, 1992 |
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Election predictions and certainties
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Oct 30, 1992 |
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The business of sport
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Oct 23, 1992 |
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Columbus: hero or villain?
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Oct 16, 1992 |
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Electoral debates past and present
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Oct 09, 1992 |
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Touring authors
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Oct 02, 1992 |
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Historical events of the 20th Century
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Sep 25, 1992 |
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Black Wednesday 1992
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Sep 18, 1992 |
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Burma and Quentin Burdick
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Sep 11, 1992 |
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Moving to Mexico
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Sep 04, 1992 |
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Hurricanes 1992
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Aug 28, 1992 |
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Conventions and opinion polls
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Aug 14, 1992 |
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Clark Clifford
|
Jul 31, 1992 |
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Ross Perot withraws
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Jul 24, 1992 |
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A history of party conventions
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Jul 17, 1992 |
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Canada and other democracies
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Jul 10, 1992 |
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Olympic sportsmanship
|
Jul 03, 1992 |
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Extradition and freedom of speech
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Jun 26, 1992 |
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United Nations' first reporters
|
Jun 19, 1992 |
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Military downsizing and Rio
|
Jun 12, 1992 |
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The problems with the two party system, 1992
|
Jun 05, 1992 |
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Ross Perot runs for American presidency
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May 29, 1992 |
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The end of the LA riots
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May 22, 1992 |
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Space shuttle Endeavour
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May 15, 1992 |
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Cities and social problems
|
May 08, 1992 |
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Riots in Los Angeles, 1992
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May 01, 1992 |
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Columbus and Asimov
|
Apr 24, 1992 |
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Tax fraud
|
Apr 17, 1992 |
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Perils of the welfare state
|
Apr 10, 1992 |
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The Army of North Virginia
|
Apr 03, 1992 |
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The French and immigration
|
Mar 27, 1992 |
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The bank of the House of Representatives
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Mar 20, 1992 |
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What Richard Nixon did next
|
Mar 13, 1992 |
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Pat Buchanan
|
Mar 06, 1992 |
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Judge Clarence Thomas
|
Feb 28, 1992 |
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Japanese Americans 1942
|
Feb 21, 1992 |
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New Hampshire primaries 1992
|
Feb 14, 1992 |
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Events of 1991
|
Feb 07, 1992 |
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US defence spending
|
Jan 31, 1992 |
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Governor Bill Clinton
|
Jan 24, 1992 |
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Operation Desert Storm
|
Jan 17, 1992 |
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Japanese trade
|
Jan 10, 1992 |
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American public schools
|
Jan 03, 1992 |
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Shared concerns in Britain and America
|
Dec 27, 1991 |
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America’s recession and Russian nuclear security
|
Dec 20, 1991 |
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Robert Maxwell and libel law
|
Dec 13, 1991 |
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Biden and Kinnock
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Dec 06, 1991 |
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George H W's popularity in 1991
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Nov 29, 1991 |
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David Duke
|
Nov 22, 1991 |
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The lucky George Bush
|
Nov 15, 1991 |
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Robert Maxwell and Fred MacMurray
|
Nov 08, 1991 |
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Tobacco brands at the 1991 World Baseball Series
|
Nov 01, 1991 |
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1991 Cambodian peace treaty
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Oct 25, 1991 |
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Sexual harassment and Judge Clarence Thomas
|
Oct 11, 1991 |
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America’s children, families and education
|
Oct 04, 1991 |
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Relations between Israel and the US
|
Sep 30, 1991 |
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Colonel Oliver North's trial
|
Sep 20, 1991 |
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Congressional hearings
|
Sep 13, 1991 |
|
President Bush and Winston Churchill
|
Sep 06, 1991 |
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Gorbachev's nuclear arsenal
|
Aug 30, 1991 |
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The August Coup, 1991
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Aug 23, 1991 |
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UN economic sanctions
|
Aug 16, 1991 |
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Mayor David Dinkins asks NYC public
|
Aug 09, 1991 |
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President George W H Bush’s re-election
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Aug 02, 1991 |
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Bank of Credit and Commerce International scandal
|
Jul 26, 1991 |
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Gorbachev and the G7 summit
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Jul 19, 1991 |
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Stress related illness
|
Jul 12, 1991 |
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Gavrilo Princip kills Duke Franz Ferdinand
|
Jul 05, 1991 |
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Nude dancing in Indiana
|
Jun 28, 1991 |
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Boris Yeltsin's White House visit
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Jun 21, 1991 |
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Michael Weiss the zip code wizard
|
Jun 14, 1991 |
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Freedom of Information
|
Jun 07, 1991 |
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Tompkins Square Park Riot (1988)
|
May 31, 1991 |
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Passive smoking and cholesterol control
|
May 17, 1991 |
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President Bush’s heart surgery
|
May 10, 1991 |
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May Day protest in Moscow
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May 03, 1991 |
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Nancy Reagan's biography
|
Apr 26, 1991 |
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Gorbachev’s Japanese investment trip
|
Apr 19, 1991 |
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President Bush defends Gulf War
|
Apr 12, 1991 |
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CNN post-war malaise
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Apr 05, 1991 |
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Gorbachev's Yeltsin rally ban
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Mar 29, 1991 |
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Ambassador Glaspie's interventions
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Mar 22, 1991 |
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John Maynard Keynes
|
Mar 15, 1991 |
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End of the Gulf War
|
Mar 08, 1991 |
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Kuwait on the map
|
Mar 01, 1991 |
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Drought and domestic partnerships
|
Feb 22, 1991 |
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Indecent behaviour during war
|
Feb 15, 1991 |
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Airport terrorist attack fears
|
Feb 08, 1991 |
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Gulf War censorship
|
Feb 01, 1991 |
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Saddam Hussein or the Bogie Man
|
Jan 25, 1991 |
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The Gulf War begins, January 1991
|
Jan 18, 1991 |
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Pan Am declares bankruptcy
|
Jan 11, 1991 |
|
Legal guns vs murder rates
|
Jan 04, 1991 |
|
Vermont, snowboarders, and Nancy Cruzan
|
Dec 28, 1990 |
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Gender-specific terminology and Michael Milken
|
Dec 21, 1990 |
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Black Americans in the armed forces
|
Dec 14, 1990 |
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Pearl Harbour, Dick Cheney and Saddam Hussein
|
Dec 07, 1990 |
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Margaret Thatcher and travelling during Thanksgiving
|
Nov 23, 1990 |
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150,000 more troops to Iraq
|
Nov 16, 1990 |
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1990 mid-term elections
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Nov 09, 1990 |
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The CIA and Kuwaiti conspiracy
|
Nov 02, 1990 |
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Intervention in the Gulf and no new taxes
|
Oct 26, 1990 |
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President Bush and the 1990 national budget
|
Oct 19, 1990 |
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End of the fiscal year, 1990
|
Oct 12, 1990 |
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The 14th amendment
|
Oct 05, 1990 |
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A unanimous United Nations
|
Sep 28, 1990 |
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New York - a melting pot?
|
Sep 21, 1990 |
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Chernobyl and the Star Wars defence program
|
Sep 14, 1990 |
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James Baker and Russians in Iraq
|
Sep 07, 1990 |
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The Path To Kuwait, 1990
|
Aug 31, 1990 |
|
Shipbuilding In California
|
Aug 17, 1990 |
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NYC's new immigrants
|
Aug 03, 1990 |
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William J Brennan and David Souter
|
Jul 27, 1990 |
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The Cambodian guerilla coalition
|
Jul 20, 1990 |
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The 1990 World Cup
|
Jul 13, 1990 |
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Independence Day 1990
|
Jul 06, 1990 |
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Nelson Mandela In America
|
Jun 29, 1990 |
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An Indepedent Quebec
|
Jun 15, 1990 |
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Diane Feinstein
|
Jun 08, 1990 |
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Richard Paul Pavlik
|
Jun 01, 1990 |
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Memorial Day, 1990
|
May 25, 1990 |
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Greta Garbo and Jim Henson
|
May 18, 1990 |
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Robert Mapplethorpe in Cincinnati
|
May 04, 1990 |
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The End of the Eighties - Great or Greedy?
|
Apr 27, 1990 |
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Earth Day, 1990
|
Apr 20, 1990 |
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Diverse peoples under one language
|
Apr 13, 1990 |
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Harry Bridges
|
Apr 06, 1990 |
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President Bush's broccoli
|
Mar 30, 1990 |
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Pearl Harbour and church attendance
|
Mar 23, 1990 |
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Apocolyptic cults
|
Mar 16, 1990 |
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The final flight of the SR-71 Blackbird
|
Mar 09, 1990 |
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Nicaraguan election 1990
|
Mar 02, 1990 |
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Presidential speechwriters
|
Feb 23, 1990 |
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Kansas City
|
Feb 16, 1990 |
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US Foreign policy and defence spending
|
Feb 09, 1990 |
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McEnroe and Gorbachev
|
Feb 02, 1990 |
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Foreign aid budget
|
Jan 26, 1990 |
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Changes to the American Family
|
Jan 19, 1990 |
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A brand new decade - 1990
|
Jan 12, 1990 |
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The capture of General Noriega, 1990
|
Jan 05, 1990 |
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1989 in review
|
Dec 29, 1989 |
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American intervention in Panama
|
Dec 22, 1989 |
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Dan Quayle and the Soviet Union
|
Dec 15, 1989 |
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Soviets need soap, December 1989
|
Dec 08, 1989 |
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Thomas Paine and the uprisings in Czechoslovakia and Hungary
|
Dec 01, 1989 |
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Hurricane Hugo, Galileo, and the cranberry scare of 1959
|
Nov 24, 1989 |
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The opening of the Berlin Wall, 1989
|
Nov 17, 1989 |
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1989 local elections and the defeat of propostions S and P
|
Nov 10, 1989 |
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Coverage of the 1989 earthquake and the domestic partnership bill
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Nov 03, 1989 |
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1989 earthquake in California
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Oct 27, 1989 |
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Nimitz freeway collapse
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Oct 20, 1989 |
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The failed coup against Manuel Noriega
|
Oct 13, 1989 |
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Emission controls in California
|
Oct 06, 1989 |
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Bush's 1989 speech at the United Nations
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Sep 29, 1989 |
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The reunification of Germany and Mayor Edward Koch
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Sep 22, 1989 |
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The Wall Street crash and Crown Prince Humbert
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Sep 15, 1989 |
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Narcotics, interdiction and Columbian drug lords
|
Sep 08, 1989 |
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The US Open, Wimbledon and air conditioning
|
Sep 01, 1989 |
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Protection of property by the Declaration of Independence
|
Aug 25, 1989 |
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Colin Powell and "Mickey" Leland
|
Aug 18, 1989 |
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James Baker in Mexico
|
Aug 11, 1989 |
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Colonel William R Higgins
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Aug 04, 1989 |
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Chinese refugees at UC Berkley
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Jul 28, 1989 |
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1989 economic summit in Paris
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Jul 21, 1989 |
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The 1812 earthquake in Tennessee
|
Jul 14, 1989 |
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Abortion law thunderbolt
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Jul 07, 1989 |
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The New York water shortage
|
Jun 30, 1989 |
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The desecration of the American flag
|
Jun 23, 1989 |
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Liberty in China
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Jun 16, 1989 |
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Tiananmen Square protests, 1989
|
Jun 09, 1989 |
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Claude Pepper
|
Jun 02, 1989 |
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Jim Wright and the Baltic rebellion
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May 26, 1989 |
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The Soviet-Chinese relationship
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May 19, 1989 |
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Colonel North's orders
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May 12, 1989 |
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Oliver North's jury
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May 05, 1989 |
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The Missouri abortion case
|
Apr 28, 1989 |
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Happy birthday, Charlie Chaplin
|
Apr 21, 1989 |
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Atlanta and Augusta
|
Apr 14, 1989 |
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James Munroe's declaration of independence
|
Apr 07, 1989 |
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A Portrait Of Washington, D.C.
|
Mar 31, 1989 |
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The New York City Board of Estimate
|
Mar 24, 1989 |
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Food safety and standards
|
Mar 17, 1989 |
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The continuing case of John Tower
|
Mar 10, 1989 |
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John Tower and Colonel North
|
Mar 03, 1989 |
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Satanic Verses outcry
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Feb 24, 1989 |
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1989 Soviet-Chinese summit
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Feb 17, 1989 |
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Revenue enhancements and the Nixon files
|
Feb 10, 1989 |
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Ethical behaviour
|
Feb 03, 1989 |
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Bush's stance on abortion
|
Jan 27, 1989 |
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Bush's first week and 'African-Americans'
|
Jan 20, 1989 |
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The inauguration of George Bush, 1989
|
Jan 13, 1989 |
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George Bush, the 41st president
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Jan 06, 1989 |