Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1997-2000)
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Bill Clinton’s second term was dominated at home by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the attempt to impeach him, but there were major events abroad with the al-Qaeda attack on US embassies in east Africa and the war in Kosovo. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).
| Episode | Date |
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President Jiang in America
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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America is Back to Normal
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Dec 29, 2000 |
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How Wrong We've Been, from Madison to Roosevelt
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Dec 22, 2000 |
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An Embarrassing Relic of Authoritarianism
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Dec 15, 2000 |
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Bedazzled and Bewildered
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Dec 08, 2000 |
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It's a Nine Ring Circus and You'll Never be Bored
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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The Origin of the Continental Blow Out
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Nov 24, 2000 |
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The Florida re-count, 2000
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Nov 17, 2000 |
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Paralysis by Analysis
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Nov 10, 2000 |
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The Day of Judgement
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Nov 03, 2000 |
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Suffocating in an Ocean of Advertising
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Oct 27, 2000 |
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A Supreme Diarist
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Oct 20, 2000 |
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The World's Tumult and the Price of a Barrel of Oil
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Oct 13, 2000 |
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There He Goes Again
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Oct 06, 2000 |
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A Vague Beast Called Big Oil
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Sep 29, 2000 |
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Just the Facts, Ma'am
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Sep 22, 2000 |
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Trouble with the English Language
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Sep 15, 2000 |
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Doing What Comes Naturally
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Sep 08, 2000 |
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Father, God, Undefined
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Russia: The Victim of Democracy
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Aug 25, 2000 |
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Mother Nature's Wild Fires
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Aug 18, 2000 |
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Running Mates and Carpet Baggers
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Aug 11, 2000 |
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From Exciting Horserace to Exhibition Trot
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Aug 04, 2000 |
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From Party Convention to Coronation
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Jul 28, 2000 |
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Ghostly Applause for a News Blackout
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Jul 21, 2000 |
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Now Read On...
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Jul 14, 2000 |
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Where Have all the Answers Gone?
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Jul 07, 2000 |
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Pursuing a Will-o-the-wisp
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Jun 30, 2000 |
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This Great Festival of Consumerism
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Jun 23, 2000 |
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A Wonderful Work or a Rat Trap?
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Jun 16, 2000 |
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Polishing up his Escutcheon
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Jun 09, 2000 |
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Diet, Longevity and a Custard Pie
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Jun 02, 2000 |
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A Giant Step for Womankind
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May 26, 2000 |
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Historic Turning Points
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May 19, 2000 |
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The China Bill and other Kickshaws
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May 12, 2000 |
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The Outrageous David Merrick
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May 05, 2000 |
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A Sordid Struggle
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Apr 28, 2000 |
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Cycle of Boom and Bust
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Apr 21, 2000 |
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The Year of the Census
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Apr 14, 2000 |
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Never-failing, Ever-soaring, High-flying, Hi-techs
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Apr 07, 2000 |
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The Most Significant Event of Recent Times
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Mar 31, 2000 |
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A National Figure of Charm and Pity
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Mar 24, 2000 |
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Buying Judges and Acquiring a Patron Saint
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Mar 17, 2000 |
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A Brief Joust and Tumble with Sir Galahad
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Mar 10, 2000 |
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Double diplomatic turmoil
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Mar 03, 2000 |
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Fuelling Inflation
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Feb 25, 2000 |
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Charles Schulz: A Great and Good Man
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Feb 18, 2000 |
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Fickle Crushes and Volatile Markets
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Feb 11, 2000 |
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Conventional Wisdom
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Feb 04, 2000 |
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A Gentleman but not a Scholar
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Jan 28, 2000 |
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What are Animals put on Earth For?
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Jan 21, 2000 |
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The Death of the Old Media
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Jan 14, 2000 |
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A Breathtaking Global Tour and a Resignation
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Jan 07, 2000 |
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On Y2K Alert
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Dec 31, 1999 |
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Park Avenue's colourful Christmas
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Dec 24, 1999 |
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Old Sentiment and New Honesty
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Dec 17, 1999 |
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Renewed Concern Over Secondhand Smoke
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Dec 10, 1999 |
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The Last Demo Circus of the Year
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Dec 03, 1999 |
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The Most American of All American Festivals
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Nov 26, 1999 |
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Fortress America and Beloved Symbols of Britain
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Nov 19, 1999 |
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Democracy in Action
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Nov 12, 1999 |
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At the Centre of Things
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Nov 05, 1999 |
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That Fateful Night in Macbeth
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Oct 29, 1999 |
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Wishful Thinking Overload
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Oct 22, 1999 |
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A Plea to the Senate
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Oct 15, 1999 |
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Greed, Liquor, Jingoism and Bad Taste
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Oct 08, 1999 |
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The Arrival of the Golf Hooligan
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Oct 01, 1999 |
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The Ordeal of Hurricane Floyd
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Sep 24, 1999 |
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Barkers at Pleasure Beach Side Shows
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Sep 17, 1999 |
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No Exempt Categories
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Sep 10, 1999 |
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Re-Writing History
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Sep 03, 1999 |
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Grave Concerns
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Aug 27, 1999 |
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Close, but No Cigar
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Aug 20, 1999 |
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No Word from Mount Olympus
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Aug 13, 1999 |
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Going to Pot or to Pluto
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Aug 06, 1999 |
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Loneliness, Male Companionship and the Hunt
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Jul 30, 1999 |
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Tyrants and Curses Live On
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Jul 23, 1999 |
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The Brewing of Racial Storms
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Jul 16, 1999 |
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Air Conditioning and Changes in Society
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Jul 09, 1999 |
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The First Golden Paratrooper
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Jul 02, 1999 |
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Playing for Time
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Jun 25, 1999 |
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Freedom in America
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Jun 18, 1999 |
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Testing Times in the Advancement of Science
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Jun 11, 1999 |
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Laws Doomed from the Start
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Jun 04, 1999 |
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Witticisms and Crazy One-Liners
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May 28, 1999 |
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A Course in Manners
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May 21, 1999 |
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Two Attitudes about China
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May 14, 1999 |
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Columbine High School shootings, 1999
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May 07, 1999 |
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No Schadenfreude on Nato's Birthday
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Apr 30, 1999 |
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What's Your Exit Strategy?
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Apr 23, 1999 |
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Whatever It Takes
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Apr 16, 1999 |
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The Art and Curse of Television
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Apr 09, 1999 |
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In the Hot Seat
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Apr 02, 1999 |
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Doves, Hawks, Owls and the People
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Mar 26, 1999 |
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Wholesale Flouting of the Law
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Mar 19, 1999 |
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A Natural Gentleman
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Mar 12, 1999 |
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Played for a Sucker
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Mar 05, 1999 |
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The Pursuit of Self-Determination
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Feb 26, 1999 |
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Our Long Holiday from History is Over
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Feb 19, 1999 |
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It ain't Over, Till it's Over
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Feb 12, 1999 |
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Dot Dot Dash Dash, Over and Out
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Feb 05, 1999 |
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The Moral Pillar and the Moral Contortionist
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Jan 29, 1999 |
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Striving for a More Perfect Union
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Jan 22, 1999 |
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The US Senate trial of Bill Clinton, 1999
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Jan 15, 1999 |
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Illuminating Events with Unpredictable Results
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Jan 08, 1999 |
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America, 1998
|
Jan 01, 1999 |
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Decline in US personal savings
|
Dec 25, 1998 |
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Operation Desert Fox begins
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Dec 18, 1998 |
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Clinton impeachment hearing
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Dec 11, 1998 |
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Thanksgiving 1998
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Dec 04, 1998 |
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Saddam's nuclear arsenal
|
Nov 27, 1998 |
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Some memorable letters from America
|
Nov 20, 1998 |
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Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras and Nicaragua
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Nov 13, 1998 |
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Democrat victory 1998 midterms
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Nov 06, 1998 |
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Congressional midterms 1998
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Oct 30, 1998 |
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John Glenn returns to Space
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Oct 23, 1998 |
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Separated by Language
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Oct 16, 1998 |
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Presidential infidelities impeachment
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Oct 09, 1998 |
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The President's economic problems
|
Oct 02, 1998 |
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George Gershwin (1898-1937)
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Sep 25, 1998 |
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George Wallace
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Sep 18, 1998 |
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Impeachment for Clinton?
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Sep 11, 1998 |
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Son of Black Monday
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Sep 04, 1998 |
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US cruise missile strikes
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Aug 28, 1998 |
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The President will address the nation
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Aug 21, 1998 |
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The threat of Y2K
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Aug 14, 1998 |
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Proposition 227, immigration and English
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Aug 07, 1998 |
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The evolution of the grand jury
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Jul 31, 1998 |
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Clinton's high aproval rating and Monica Lewinsky
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Jul 24, 1998 |
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Texas heatwave and investigating Clinton
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Jul 17, 1998 |
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Roy Rogers and cinema cowboys
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Jul 10, 1998 |
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Bad behaviour in tennis and chivalry in golf
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Jul 03, 1998 |
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Clinton in China, June 1998
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Jun 26, 1998 |
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Japan's economy, Louise Woodward and homosexuality
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Jun 19, 1998 |
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El Niño making Congress restless
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Jun 12, 1998 |
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Barry Goldwater (1909-1998)
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Jun 05, 1998 |
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Immigrants to America and assimilation
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May 29, 1998 |
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The Microsoft monopoly actions
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May 22, 1998 |
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India's first nuclear tests
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May 15, 1998 |
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Medicine, inventions and the quick-fix
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May 08, 1998 |
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California's progressive social legislation
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May 01, 1998 |
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US anti-smoking legislation
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Apr 24, 1998 |
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US financial regulation
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Apr 17, 1998 |
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Consequences of the Disability Act
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Apr 10, 1998 |
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Clinton sexual assault case thrown out
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Apr 03, 1998 |
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Constitutional rights
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Mar 27, 1998 |
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St Patrick's Day controversies
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Mar 20, 1998 |
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US power and responsibility abroad
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Mar 13, 1998 |
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Bill Gates and the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Mar 06, 1998 |
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Jerome Murray, inventor (1912-1998)
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Feb 27, 1998 |
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Investigating President Clinton
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Feb 20, 1998 |
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The problems of military action in Iraq
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Feb 13, 1998 |
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Clinton's contadictory polls
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Feb 06, 1998 |
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The Monica Lewinsky scandal emerges
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Jan 30, 1998 |
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Cuba after the fall of the USSR
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Jan 23, 1998 |
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New York society
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Jan 16, 1998 |
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Failing to predict the future
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Jan 09, 1998 |
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Helping the homeless
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Jan 02, 1998 |
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A New York Christmas story
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Dec 26, 1997 |
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Financial crisis in Asia
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Dec 12, 1997 |
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American tourists
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Dec 05, 1997 |
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US national Holidays
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Nov 28, 1997 |
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Sir Isaiah Berlin
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Nov 21, 1997 |
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Judge Zobel and the Louise Woodward verdict
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Nov 14, 1997 |
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The Wall Street crash
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Oct 31, 1997 |
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The Kennedy Missile Tapes of 1962
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Oct 24, 1997 |
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El Niño
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Oct 17, 1997 |
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Clinton's veto
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Oct 10, 1997 |
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Dr George Gallup (1901 - 1984)
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Oct 03, 1997 |
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American stereotypes on film
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Sep 26, 1997 |
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Rudolph Valentino
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Sep 19, 1997 |
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Megan's Law
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Sep 12, 1997 |
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Princess Diana of Wales (1961-1997)
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Sep 05, 1997 |
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The 1997 United Parcel Service strike
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Aug 22, 1997 |
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Bottled water
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Aug 15, 1997 |
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Integration in San Francisco schools
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Aug 08, 1997 |
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Clinton: Prosperity and popularity
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Aug 01, 1997 |
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The end of civilisation
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Jul 25, 1997 |
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James Stewart
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Jul 18, 1997 |
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The Clinton re-election campaign
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Jul 11, 1997 |
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The sovereignty of Hong Kong.
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Jul 04, 1997 |
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Roswell UFO incident
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Jun 27, 1997 |
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Watergate - 25 years on
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Jun 20, 1997 |
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Health scares
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Jun 13, 1997 |
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William Clayton (1880-1966)
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Jun 06, 1997 |
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The Kelly Flinn case
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May 30, 1997 |
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Spending the nation's money
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May 23, 1997 |
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Sir Lionel Sackville-West (1827 - 1908)
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May 16, 1997 |
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Franklin D Roosevelt monument
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May 09, 1997 |
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Tiger Woods' ethnicity
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May 02, 1997 |
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Nicotine addiction
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Apr 25, 1997 |
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Jackie Robinson (1919 – 1972)
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Apr 18, 1997 |
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The Augusta National Golf Club
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Apr 11, 1997 |
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Al Gore's Chinese aeroplane deal
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Apr 04, 1997 |
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Alan Greenspan
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Mar 28, 1997 |
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Internet pornography
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Mar 21, 1997 |
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Clinton's campaign money scandal
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Mar 14, 1997 |
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Protecting the freedom of speech
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Mar 07, 1997 |
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Astronaut John Glenn
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Feb 28, 1997 |
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American Airlines pilots' strike
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Feb 21, 1997 |
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OJ Simpson's damages
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Feb 14, 1997 |
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OJ Simpson guilty
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Feb 07, 1997 |
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Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005)
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Jan 31, 1997 |
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A history of Washington DC
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Jan 24, 1997 |
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Presidential Inauguration
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Jan 17, 1997 |
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The Speaker of the House
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Jan 10, 1997 |
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The Boston Massacre
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Jan 03, 1997 |