Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980)

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980)

300 episodes

From America’s great hope after Nixon’s election victory, to disillusionment after Watergate through to President Carter’s election. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alastair Cooke (1908 – 2004).

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Chrysler financial crisis deepens

Published: Dec. 26, 1980, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Haig joins Cabinet

Published: Dec. 19, 1980, 1:43 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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John Lennon’s assassination

Published: Dec. 12, 1980, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds

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The waiting game

Published: Dec. 5, 1980, 1:37 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 37 seconds

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Reagan's charm offensive

Published: Nov. 28, 1980, 5:27 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Reagan's political honeymoon

Published: Nov. 21, 1980, 5:16 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds

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Why the pollsters got it wrong

Published: Nov. 14, 1980, 5:14 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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Ronald Reagan’s victory, 1980

Published: Nov. 7, 1980, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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The World Series gets the vote, 1980

Published: Oct. 17, 1980, 9:53 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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The book-selling business

Published: Oct. 10, 1980, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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Independents switch to Reagan

Published: Oct. 3, 1980, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds

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Candidates claim victory in TV debate

Published: Sept. 26, 1980, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Small car sales boom

Published: Sept. 19, 1980, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Candidates consider TV debate

Published: Sept. 12, 1980, 3:26 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds

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American know-how

Published: Sept. 5, 1980, 3:20 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Energy assistance bill

Published: Aug. 29, 1980, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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America's Electoral College

Published: Aug. 22, 1980, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Jimmy Carter is nominated for re-election

Published: Aug. 15, 1980, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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Covering the 1980 presidential campaign

Published: Aug. 8, 1980, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 43 seconds

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Carter ratings lowest ever

Published: Aug. 1, 1980, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Bush to be Reagan's running mate

Published: July 25, 1980, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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Reagan wins Republican nomination

Published: July 18, 1980, 1:52 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Row over abortion ruling

Published: July 11, 1980, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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The Supreme Court

Published: July 4, 1980, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Unemployment looms in Hollywood

Published: June 27, 1980, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Isao Aoki, golfing hero

Published: June 20, 1980, 12:50 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Carter's visits fail to ignite campaign

Published: June 13, 1980, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Republicans solid for Reagan

Published: June 6, 1980, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Puerto Rican immigration

Published: May 30, 1980, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Mount St Helens erupts

Published: May 23, 1980, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Car sales slump

Published: May 16, 1980, 11:57 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Recession may finish Carter

Published: May 9, 1980, 2:54 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Why Vance quit

Published: May 2, 1980, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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Iranian hostage rescue attempt, 1980

Published: April 25, 1980, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Kennedy's last stand

Published: April 18, 1980, 2:39 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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New York transport strike

Published: April 11, 1980, 2:23 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Extension of primary elections

Published: April 4, 1980, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Kennedy's brief triumph

Published: March 28, 1980, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds

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Illinois crucial in presidential race

Published: March 21, 1980, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Inflation fuels alarm over policies

Published: March 14, 1980, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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Foreign policy wobbles

Published: March 7, 1980, 1:53 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Iran hostage crisis goes on

Published: Feb. 29, 1980, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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New Hampshire, the political weathervane

Published: Feb. 22, 1980, 1:26 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Carter's ultimatum under fire

Published: Feb. 15, 1980, 1:18 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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The Canadian Caper in Tehran, 1979

Published: Feb. 8, 1980, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds

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Carter steals rivals' thunder

Published: Feb. 1, 1980, 1:11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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UN vote condemns Soviets

Published: Jan. 25, 1980, 1:04 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Call for Olympics boycott

Published: Jan. 18, 1980, 11:58 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds

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Carter boosts arms budget

Published: Jan. 11, 1980, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 48 seconds

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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Published: Jan. 4, 1980, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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Iran sanctions stalled in UN

Published: Dec. 28, 1979, 12:09 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds

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Cambodian refugee crisis

Published: Dec. 21, 1979, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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US and Iran

Published: Dec. 14, 1979, 11:57 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Public back Carter on hostage crisis

Published: Dec. 7, 1979, 11:51 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 38 seconds

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Bungle claim over Iran hostage crisis

Published: Nov. 30, 1979, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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American embassy hostages stalemate

Published: Nov. 23, 1979, 11:39 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Tehran hostage crisis

Published: Nov. 16, 1979, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds

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Pork barrel politics

Published: Nov. 9, 1979, 11:28 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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Interest rates rise

Published: Nov. 2, 1979, 11:17 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds

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No more nukes

Published: Oct. 26, 1979, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds

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New York Times mistake

Published: Oct. 19, 1979, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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A common language?

Published: Oct. 12, 1979, 4:42 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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Pope John Paul II's visit

Published: Oct. 5, 1979, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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Dubious poll results

Published: Sept. 28, 1979, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Jean Seberg and the FBI, 1979

Published: Sept. 21, 1979, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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Soviet troops in Cuba

Published: Sept. 14, 1979, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Dalai Lama visits US

Published: Sept. 7, 1979, 4:22 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Murder of Lord Mountbatten

Published: Aug. 31, 1979, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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Stagnant economy warning

Published: Aug. 24, 1979, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Young's final diplomacy

Published: Aug. 17, 1979, 4 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Small earthquake in 'Frisco

Published: Aug. 10, 1979, 3:22 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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The politics of plain speaking

Published: Aug. 3, 1979, 3:17 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Carter reshuffles his team

Published: July 27, 1979, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Cabinet resignation call

Published: July 20, 1979, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Skylab crash lands

Published: July 13, 1979, 4:37 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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Carter silent on oil crisis

Published: July 6, 1979, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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Gromyko's threat to SALT treaty

Published: June 29, 1979, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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The murder of Bill Stewart in Nicaragua, 1979

Published: June 22, 1979, 8 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds

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John Wayne obituary, 1979

Published: June 15, 1979, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Pope visits Poland

Published: June 8, 1979, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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O.J.Simpson, sports star

Published: June 1, 1979, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Harvey Milk killing

Published: May 25, 1979, 12:27 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Petrol shortage in US

Published: May 18, 1979, 12:19 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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William Safire on Thatcher

Published: May 11, 1979, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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US v UK elections

Published: May 4, 1979, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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Press freedom

Published: April 27, 1979, 11:57 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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Lee Marvin property suit

Published: April 20, 1979, 11:48 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Government unable to vouch for nuclear safety

Published: April 13, 1979, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Three Mile Island Accident

Published: April 6, 1979, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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Inflation at 14.4 per cent

Published: March 30, 1979, 11:25 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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How Texas became American

Published: March 23, 1979, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Carter's popularity slumps

Published: March 16, 1979, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Mexico strikes oil

Published: March 9, 1979, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Jane Byrne voted Chicago mayor

Published: March 2, 1979, 11:59 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds

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Freedom of Information Act

Published: Feb. 23, 1979, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Oil rationing threat

Published: Feb. 16, 1979, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds

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Chinese visit rattles USSR

Published: Feb. 9, 1979, 11:13 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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Chinese state visit

Published: Feb. 2, 1979, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Carter's austere budget

Published: Jan. 26, 1979, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Shah flees Iran

Published: Jan. 19, 1979, 10:46 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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Pol Pot regime falls

Published: Jan. 12, 1979, 5:46 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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White Christmas in Vermont

Published: Jan. 5, 1979, 5:40 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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End of the year report, 1978

Published: Dec. 29, 1978, 5:31 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Carter and Taiwan

Published: Dec. 22, 1978, 5:25 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Human rights and the UN

Published: Dec. 15, 1978, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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Carter at the opera

Published: Dec. 8, 1978, 5:27 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Jonestown massacre

Published: Dec. 1, 1978, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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Mid-term election, November 1978

Published: Nov. 24, 1978, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Economic predictions, November 1978

Published: Nov. 17, 1978, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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NY newspaper strike ends

Published: Nov. 10, 1978, 5:07 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Mid-term elections

Published: Nov. 3, 1978, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds

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Inflation fears rise

Published: Oct. 27, 1978, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Carter's three bills passed

Published: Oct. 20, 1978, 3:43 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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Shevchenko's affairs

Published: Oct. 13, 1978, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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Airlines back Laker

Published: Oct. 6, 1978, 3:17 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Carter boosted by summit

Published: Sept. 29, 1978, 4:13 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Muhammad Ali, September 1978

Published: Sept. 22, 1978, 12:16 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Camp David summit

Published: Sept. 15, 1978, 3:11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 40 seconds

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New York's ethnic mix

Published: Sept. 8, 1978, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Energy bill at risk

Published: Sept. 1, 1978, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Carter vetoes defence bill

Published: Aug. 25, 1978, 1:28 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Long Island life

Published: Aug. 18, 1978, 1:20 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 37 seconds

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Using the First Amendment

Published: Aug. 11, 1978, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Joggers in Central Park

Published: Aug. 4, 1978, 1:04 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Billy Martin leaves Yankees

Published: July 28, 1978, 12:59 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Political prisoners

Published: July 21, 1978, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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US foreign policy unclear

Published: July 14, 1978, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds

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Fourth of July

Published: July 7, 1978, 10:53 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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Bakke case ruling

Published: June 30, 1978, 10:46 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Carter's civil defence policy

Published: June 23, 1978, 10:32 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 49 seconds

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Commencement

Published: June 16, 1978, 10:23 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 48 seconds

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Cities' finance problems

Published: June 9, 1978, 10:17 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 55 seconds

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The Grand Canyon

Published: June 2, 1978, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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Proposition 13

Published: May 26, 1978, 3:36 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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News timing

Published: May 19, 1978, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Murder of Aldo Moro

Published: May 12, 1978, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds

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Modern weddings

Published: May 5, 1978, 2:56 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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Protest and historical change

Published: April 28, 1978, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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Panama treaty agreed

Published: April 21, 1978, 2:39 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Inflation fears

Published: April 14, 1978, 2:27 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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New York financial crisis

Published: April 7, 1978, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Carter's broken promises

Published: March 31, 1978, 2:11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Snow in Mexico

Published: March 24, 1978, 1:56 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Holiday reading

Published: March 17, 1978, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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From Mexico

Published: March 10, 1978, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Dollar slumps in Europe

Published: March 3, 1978, 2:11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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Ten years after Tet, February 1978

Published: Feb. 24, 1978, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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Fighter planes for Egypt

Published: Feb. 17, 1978, 1:50 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Dr Strangelove and the Soviet spy satellite

Published: Feb. 10, 1978, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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Foreign correspondents

Published: Feb. 3, 1978, 1:41 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Mayor Koch snowed under

Published: Jan. 27, 1978, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Hubert Humphrey obituary

Published: Jan. 20, 1978, 1:29 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Radio City to close

Published: Jan. 13, 1978, 1:18 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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Domestic affairs

Published: Jan. 6, 1978, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Britons are too happy

Published: Dec. 30, 1977, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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Groucho Marx and Bing Crosby

Published: Dec. 23, 1977, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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Smallpox eradicated

Published: Dec. 16, 1977, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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National miners' strike

Published: Dec. 9, 1977, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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US defence of Israel

Published: Dec. 2, 1977, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds

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Sadat in Israel

Published: Nov. 25, 1977, 11:28 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds

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Armed service pregnancy

Published: Nov. 18, 1977, 11:20 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Local issues

Published: Nov. 11, 1977, 11:09 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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UN and plane hijacking

Published: Oct. 28, 1977, 10:47 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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The United Nations

Published: Oct. 21, 1977, 10:19 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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The World Series

Published: Oct. 14, 1977, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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The political filibuster

Published: Oct. 7, 1977, 4:21 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Ralph Nader tackles sport

Published: Sept. 30, 1977, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 43 seconds

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Arrival of autumn

Published: Sept. 23, 1977, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Anti-Semitism and WASPs

Published: Sept. 16, 1977, 3:43 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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The rat race

Published: Sept. 9, 1977, 3:39 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Panama Canal treaty

Published: Sept. 2, 1977, 3:20 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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'Son of Sam' killer caught

Published: Aug. 26, 1977, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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Death of Elvis, August 1977

Published: Aug. 19, 1977, 10:53 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Carter's energy bill

Published: Aug. 12, 1977, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds

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Media coverage of looting

Published: Aug. 5, 1977, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds

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Urban problems are universal

Published: July 29, 1977, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 37 seconds

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New York looting

Published: July 22, 1977, 1:44 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 32 seconds

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New York blackout

Published: July 15, 1977, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 44 seconds

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SALT talks

Published: July 8, 1977, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 41 seconds

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Loss of sportsmanship

Published: July 1, 1977, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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New York car parking ban

Published: June 24, 1977, 3:03 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Big cars are back

Published: June 17, 1977, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Royal Jubilee

Published: June 10, 1977, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Frost/Nixon interview cut

Published: June 3, 1977, 1:09 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Kingman Brewster

Published: May 27, 1977, 1:02 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds

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Health and safety

Published: May 20, 1977, 12:51 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Carter on energy policy

Published: May 13, 1977, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Frost/Nixon TV interviews, May 1977

Published: May 6, 1977, 10:23 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds

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Carter's first Europe visit

Published: April 29, 1977, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Corporal punishment ruling

Published: April 22, 1977, 12:20 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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Presidential expectations

Published: April 15, 1977, 12:14 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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US-Soviet arms talks collapse

Published: April 8, 1977, 12:06 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Carter's popularity soars

Published: April 1, 1977, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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When fact becomes fiction

Published: March 25, 1977, 10:49 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 28 seconds

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Falling standards of literacy

Published: March 18, 1977, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Carter cuts aid deals

Published: March 11, 1977, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 49 seconds

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Equal Rights hold-up

Published: March 4, 1977, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 14 seconds

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Collective bargaining law

Published: Feb. 25, 1977, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds

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Obscenity laws

Published: Feb. 18, 1977, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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First weeks of Carter presidency

Published: Feb. 11, 1977, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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Severe winter weather

Published: Feb. 4, 1977, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Government by the people

Published: Jan. 28, 1977, 5:52 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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President Carter inaugurated

Published: Jan. 21, 1977, 5:43 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds

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Carter's inauguration preparations

Published: Jan. 14, 1977, 5 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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Death with dignity law

Published: Jan. 7, 1977, 4:49 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Christmas in Vermont, 1976

Published: Dec. 31, 1976, 5:16 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Racial discrimination, 1976

Published: Dec. 24, 1976, 4:27 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Immigrant work ethic

Published: Dec. 17, 1976, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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Bertram Lance appointed budget director

Published: Dec. 10, 1976, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Friedman warns on inflation

Published: Dec. 3, 1976, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Assassinations committee

Published: Nov. 26, 1976, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Shining the light on payola

Published: Nov. 19, 1976, 3:11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds

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Jimmy Carter elected president, 1976

Published: Nov. 12, 1976, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds

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Presidential election, November 1976

Published: Nov. 5, 1976, 3:36 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds

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Presidential election polls, October 1976

Published: Oct. 29, 1976, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Politics v baseball

Published: Oct. 22, 1976, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Presidential candidates' TV debates

Published: Oct. 8, 1976, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Unsporting manners

Published: Oct. 1, 1976, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Carter Playboy interview, September 1976

Published: Sept. 24, 1976, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Vietnam asks for UN membership

Published: Sept. 17, 1976, 11:56 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Double-deck bus trouble in NY

Published: Sept. 10, 1976, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Jimmy Carter's background

Published: Aug. 27, 1976, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Reagan loses Republican nomination

Published: Aug. 20, 1976, 11:14 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Republican convention Kansas

Published: Aug. 13, 1976, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Ford bounces back in opinion polls

Published: Aug. 6, 1976, 10:52 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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China earthquake

Published: July 30, 1976, 10:37 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Special relationship especially warm

Published: July 23, 1976, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Private security firms

Published: July 16, 1976, 10:22 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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Britain's heatwave

Published: July 9, 1976, 1:56 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Party conventions

Published: July 2, 1976, 1:46 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Italian elections

Published: June 25, 1976, 1:31 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Ford and Reagan battle for Republican nomination

Published: June 18, 1976, 1:25 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Carter and Ford face conventions

Published: June 11, 1976, 1:19 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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Primary battle reaching climax

Published: June 4, 1976, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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California's Proposition 15

Published: May 28, 1976, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Maintenance workers strike

Published: May 21, 1976, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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US-USSR nuclear deal kept quiet

Published: May 14, 1976, 10:11 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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Panama blunder by Reagan

Published: May 7, 1976, 9:54 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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UN wasting money

Published: April 30, 1976, 9:44 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Spring heatwave, 1976

Published: April 23, 1976, 9:33 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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San Francisco transport strike

Published: April 16, 1976, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Anxiety over Soviet superpower

Published: April 9, 1976, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Ford boosts defence spending

Published: April 2, 1976, 12:20 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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Swine flu outbreak

Published: March 26, 1976, 12:14 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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The special relationship

Published: March 19, 1976, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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Social surveys

Published: March 12, 1976, 5:44 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Massachusetts primary, March 1976

Published: March 5, 1976, 5:28 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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First primary in presidential campaign

Published: Feb. 27, 1976, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds

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Presidential campaign begins

Published: Feb. 20, 1976, 1:09 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Gossip

Published: Feb. 13, 1976, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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Hearst jury selected

Published: Feb. 6, 1976, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 43 seconds

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Preconceptions about place

Published: Jan. 30, 1976, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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American political parties

Published: Jan. 23, 1976, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Musical comedy

Published: Jan. 16, 1976, 12:51 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Anne Armstrong appointed London envoy

Published: Jan. 9, 1976, 12:44 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Bicentennial year

Published: Jan. 2, 1976, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Ford loses Angola aid vote

Published: Dec. 26, 1975, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Moynihan angry over UN's Zionist vote

Published: Dec. 19, 1975, 4:52 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds

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NYC aid bill passed

Published: Dec. 12, 1975, 12:21 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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Hazards of ballet dancing

Published: Dec. 5, 1975, 12:14 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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Report uncovers CIA murder plots

Published: Nov. 28, 1975, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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Reagan declares candidacy

Published: Nov. 21, 1975, 4:09 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds

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Ford shakes up team

Published: Nov. 14, 1975, 3:36 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 27 seconds

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Stand-off over NYC finances

Published: Nov. 7, 1975, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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New bonds deal for NY finances

Published: Oct. 31, 1975, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Russians win US grain deal

Published: Oct. 24, 1975, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Ford-Rockefeller squabble over NY finances

Published: Oct. 17, 1975, 10:24 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds

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Networks refuse Ford air time

Published: Oct. 10, 1975, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Visit of Japanese emperor

Published: Oct. 3, 1975, 2:06 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Patty Hearst arrest, 1975

Published: Sept. 26, 1975, 9:49 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Assassination attempt on Ford

Published: Sept. 12, 1975, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Ford on Portuguese revolution

Published: Aug. 22, 1975, 1:01 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Grain export boycott

Published: Aug. 15, 1975, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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Nuclear power

Published: Aug. 1, 1975, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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The secret of longevity

Published: July 25, 1975, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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US/USSR handshakes, 1975

Published: July 18, 1975, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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The Helsinki Accords

Published: July 11, 1975, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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Tax exiles, July 1975

Published: July 4, 1975, 9:34 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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The Ford presidency

Published: June 27, 1975, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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Travel myths

Published: June 20, 1975, 10:49 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Big MAC saves New York

Published: June 13, 1975, 10:40 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Doctors' strike

Published: June 6, 1975, 10:16 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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English language problems

Published: May 30, 1975, 10:32 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 27 seconds

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Global climate change

Published: May 23, 1975, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Cambodia gunboat diplomacy

Published: May 16, 1975, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Arab-Israeli peace deal collapses, March 1975

Published: March 28, 1975, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds

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Women's Lib, 1975

Published: March 21, 1975, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Row over Cambodia aid

Published: March 14, 1975, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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US import restrictions, March 1975

Published: March 7, 1975, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds

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Changing United Nations

Published: Dec. 27, 1974, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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TV news coverage, 1974

Published: Nov. 29, 1974, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds

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Boston busing crisis, 1974

Published: Oct. 18, 1974, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds

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Gerald Ford, the new man in the White House, 1974

Published: Aug. 23, 1974, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds

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Nixon's resignation speech, August 1974

Published: Aug. 16, 1974, 4:40 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Nixon's resignation, 1974

Published: Aug. 9, 1974, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 29 seconds

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San Francisco: Detroit of the Pacific?

Published: June 7, 1974, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Duke Ellington

Published: May 31, 1974, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Corruption

Published: May 10, 1974, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds

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Nixon's tax returns go public

Published: Dec. 14, 1973, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 41 seconds

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Should Nixon resign?

Published: Nov. 9, 1973, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 38 seconds

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