Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1997-2000)

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1997-2000)

207 episodes

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).


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President Jiang in America

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 8:53 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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America is Back to Normal

Published: Dec. 29, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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How Wrong We've Been, from Madison to Roosevelt

Published: Dec. 22, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 54 seconds

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An Embarrassing Relic of Authoritarianism

Published: Dec. 15, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds

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Bedazzled and Bewildered

Published: Dec. 8, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds

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It's a Nine Ring Circus and You'll Never be Bored

Published: Dec. 1, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds

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The Origin of the Continental Blow Out

Published: Nov. 24, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds

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The Florida re-count, 2000

Published: Nov. 17, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

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Paralysis by Analysis

Published: Nov. 10, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 49 seconds

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The Day of Judgement

Published: Nov. 3, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds

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Suffocating in an Ocean of Advertising

Published: Oct. 27, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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A Supreme Diarist

Published: Oct. 20, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds

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The World's Tumult and the Price of a Barrel of Oil

Published: Oct. 13, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 23 seconds

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There He Goes Again

Published: Oct. 6, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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A Vague Beast Called Big Oil

Published: Sept. 29, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Just the Facts, Ma'am

Published: Sept. 22, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

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Trouble with the English Language

Published: Sept. 15, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds

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Doing What Comes Naturally

Published: Sept. 8, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Father, God, Undefined

Published: Sept. 1, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 34 seconds

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Russia: The Victim of Democracy

Published: Aug. 25, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 32 seconds

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Mother Nature's Wild Fires

Published: Aug. 18, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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Running Mates and Carpet Baggers

Published: Aug. 11, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 37 seconds

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From Exciting Horserace to Exhibition Trot

Published: Aug. 4, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds

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From Party Convention to Coronation

Published: July 28, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 54 seconds

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Ghostly Applause for a News Blackout

Published: July 21, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 54 seconds

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Now Read On...

Published: July 14, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 23 seconds

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Where Have all the Answers Gone?

Published: July 7, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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Pursuing a Will-o-the-wisp

Published: June 30, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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This Great Festival of Consumerism

Published: June 23, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds

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A Wonderful Work or a Rat Trap?

Published: June 16, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds

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Polishing up his Escutcheon

Published: June 9, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 3 seconds

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Diet, Longevity and a Custard Pie

Published: June 2, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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A Giant Step for Womankind

Published: May 26, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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Historic Turning Points

Published: May 19, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds

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The China Bill and other Kickshaws

Published: May 12, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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The Outrageous David Merrick

Published: May 5, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds

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A Sordid Struggle

Published: April 28, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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Cycle of Boom and Bust

Published: April 21, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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The Year of the Census

Published: April 14, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Never-failing, Ever-soaring, High-flying, Hi-techs

Published: April 7, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds

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The Most Significant Event of Recent Times

Published: March 31, 2000, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds

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A National Figure of Charm and Pity

Published: March 24, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds

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Buying Judges and Acquiring a Patron Saint

Published: March 17, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 11 seconds

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A Brief Joust and Tumble with Sir Galahad

Published: March 10, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Double diplomatic turmoil

Published: March 3, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 3 seconds

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Fuelling Inflation

Published: Feb. 25, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 5 seconds

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Charles Schulz: A Great and Good Man

Published: Feb. 18, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Fickle Crushes and Volatile Markets

Published: Feb. 11, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 59 seconds

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Conventional Wisdom

Published: Feb. 4, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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A Gentleman but not a Scholar

Published: Jan. 28, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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What are Animals put on Earth For?

Published: Jan. 21, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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The Death of the Old Media

Published: Jan. 14, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 13 seconds

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A Breathtaking Global Tour and a Resignation

Published: Jan. 7, 2000, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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On Y2K Alert

Published: Dec. 31, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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Park Avenue's colourful Christmas

Published: Dec. 24, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Old Sentiment and New Honesty

Published: Dec. 17, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Renewed Concern Over Secondhand Smoke

Published: Dec. 10, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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The Last Demo Circus of the Year

Published: Dec. 3, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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The Most American of All American Festivals

Published: Nov. 26, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds

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Fortress America and Beloved Symbols of Britain

Published: Nov. 19, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Democracy in Action

Published: Nov. 12, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 20 seconds

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At the Centre of Things

Published: Nov. 5, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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That Fateful Night in Macbeth

Published: Oct. 29, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 59 seconds

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Wishful Thinking Overload

Published: Oct. 22, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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A Plea to the Senate

Published: Oct. 15, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 22 seconds

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Greed, Liquor, Jingoism and Bad Taste

Published: Oct. 8, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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The Arrival of the Golf Hooligan

Published: Oct. 1, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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The Ordeal of Hurricane Floyd

Published: Sept. 24, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 22 seconds

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Barkers at Pleasure Beach Side Shows

Published: Sept. 17, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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No Exempt Categories

Published: Sept. 10, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Re-Writing History

Published: Sept. 3, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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Grave Concerns

Published: Aug. 27, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds

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Close, but No Cigar

Published: Aug. 20, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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No Word from Mount Olympus

Published: Aug. 13, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Going to Pot or to Pluto

Published: Aug. 6, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 48 seconds

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Loneliness, Male Companionship and the Hunt

Published: July 30, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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Tyrants and Curses Live On

Published: July 23, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 27 seconds

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The Brewing of Racial Storms

Published: July 16, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Air Conditioning and Changes in Society

Published: July 9, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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The First Golden Paratrooper

Published: July 2, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Playing for Time

Published: June 25, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 20 seconds

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Freedom in America

Published: June 18, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Testing Times in the Advancement of Science

Published: June 11, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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Laws Doomed from the Start

Published: June 4, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Witticisms and Crazy One-Liners

Published: May 28, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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A Course in Manners

Published: May 21, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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Two Attitudes about China

Published: May 14, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Columbine High School shootings, 1999

Published: May 7, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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No Schadenfreude on Nato's Birthday

Published: April 30, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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What's Your Exit Strategy?

Published: April 23, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 43 seconds

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Whatever It Takes

Published: April 16, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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The Art and Curse of Television

Published: April 9, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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In the Hot Seat

Published: April 2, 1999, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Doves, Hawks, Owls and the People

Published: March 26, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Wholesale Flouting of the Law

Published: March 19, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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A Natural Gentleman

Published: March 12, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Played for a Sucker

Published: March 5, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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The Pursuit of Self-Determination

Published: Feb. 26, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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Our Long Holiday from History is Over

Published: Feb. 19, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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It ain't Over, Till it's Over

Published: Feb. 12, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Dot Dot Dash Dash, Over and Out

Published: Feb. 5, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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The Moral Pillar and the Moral Contortionist

Published: Jan. 29, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds

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Striving for a More Perfect Union

Published: Jan. 22, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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The US Senate trial of Bill Clinton, 1999

Published: Jan. 15, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 28 seconds

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Illuminating Events with Unpredictable Results

Published: Jan. 8, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds

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America, 1998

Published: Jan. 1, 1999, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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Decline in US personal savings

Published: Dec. 25, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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Operation Desert Fox begins

Published: Dec. 18, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Clinton impeachment hearing

Published: Dec. 11, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Thanksgiving 1998

Published: Dec. 4, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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Saddam's nuclear arsenal

Published: Nov. 27, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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Some memorable letters from America

Published: Nov. 20, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras and Nicaragua

Published: Nov. 13, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds

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Democrat victory 1998 midterms

Published: Nov. 6, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 44 seconds

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Congressional midterms 1998

Published: Oct. 30, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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John Glenn returns to Space

Published: Oct. 23, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 20 seconds

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Separated by Language

Published: Oct. 16, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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Presidential infidelities impeachment

Published: Oct. 9, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds

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The President's economic problems

Published: Oct. 2, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds

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George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Published: Sept. 25, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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George Wallace

Published: Sept. 18, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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Impeachment for Clinton?

Published: Sept. 11, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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Son of Black Monday

Published: Sept. 4, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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US cruise missile strikes

Published: Aug. 28, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 2 seconds

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The President will address the nation

Published: Aug. 21, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 37 seconds

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The threat of Y2K

Published: Aug. 14, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds

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Proposition 227, immigration and English

Published: Aug. 7, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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The evolution of the grand jury

Published: July 31, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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Clinton's high aproval rating and Monica Lewinsky

Published: July 24, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 42 seconds

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Texas heatwave and investigating Clinton

Published: July 17, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Roy Rogers and cinema cowboys

Published: July 10, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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Bad behaviour in tennis and chivalry in golf

Published: July 3, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Clinton in China, June 1998

Published: June 26, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Japan's economy, Louise Woodward and homosexuality

Published: June 19, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds

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El Nino making Congress restless

Published: June 12, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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Barry Goldwater (1909-1998)

Published: June 5, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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Immigrants to America and assimilation

Published: May 29, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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The Microsoft monopoly actions

Published: May 22, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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India's first nuclear tests

Published: May 15, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Medicine, inventions and the quick-fix

Published: May 8, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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California's progressive social legislation

Published: May 1, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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US anti-smoking legislation

Published: April 24, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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US financial regulation

Published: April 17, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Consequences of the Disability Act

Published: April 10, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 44 seconds

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Clinton sexual assault case thrown out

Published: April 3, 1998, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Constitutional rights

Published: March 27, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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St Patrick's Day controversies

Published: March 20, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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US power and responsibility abroad

Published: March 13, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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Bill Gates and the Senate Judiciary Committee

Published: March 6, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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Jerome Murray, inventor (1912-1998)

Published: Feb. 27, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 32 seconds

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Investigating President Clinton

Published: Feb. 20, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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The problems of military action in Iraq

Published: Feb. 13, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Clinton's contadictory polls

Published: Feb. 6, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 49 seconds

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The Monica Lewinsky scandal emerges

Published: Jan. 30, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Cuba after the fall of the USSR

Published: Jan. 23, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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New York society

Published: Jan. 16, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds

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Failing to predict the future

Published: Jan. 9, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Helping the homeless

Published: Jan. 2, 1998, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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A New York Christmas story

Published: Dec. 26, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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Financial crisis in Asia

Published: Dec. 12, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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American tourists

Published: Dec. 5, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds

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US national Holidays

Published: Nov. 28, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Sir Isaiah Berlin

Published: Nov. 21, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Judge Zobel and the Louise Woodward verdict

Published: Nov. 14, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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The Wall Street crash

Published: Oct. 31, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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The Kennedy Missile Tapes of 1962

Published: Oct. 24, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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El Nino

Published: Oct. 17, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Clinton's veto

Published: Oct. 10, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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Dr George Gallup (1901 - 1984)

Published: Oct. 3, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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American stereotypes on film

Published: Sept. 26, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds

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Rudolph Valentino

Published: Sept. 19, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Megan's Law

Published: Sept. 12, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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Princess Diana of Wales (1961-1997)

Published: Sept. 5, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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The 1997 United Parcel Service strike

Published: Aug. 22, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds

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Bottled water

Published: Aug. 15, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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Integration in San Francisco schools

Published: Aug. 8, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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Clinton: Prosperity and popularity

Published: Aug. 1, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds

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The end of civilisation

Published: July 25, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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James Stewart

Published: July 18, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds

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The Clinton re-election campaign

Published: July 11, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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The sovereignty of Hong Kong.

Published: July 4, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds

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Roswell UFO incident

Published: June 27, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Watergate - 25 years on

Published: June 20, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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Health scares

Published: June 13, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds

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William Clayton (1880-1966)

Published: June 6, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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The Kelly Flinn case

Published: May 30, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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Spending the nation's money

Published: May 23, 1997, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 46 seconds

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Sir Lionel Sackville-West (1827 - 1908)

Published: May 16, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Franklin D Roosevelt monument

Published: May 9, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds

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Tiger Woods' ethnicity

Published: May 2, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 41 seconds

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Nicotine addiction

Published: April 25, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Jackie Robinson (1919 1972)

Published: April 18, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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The Augusta National Golf Club

Published: April 11, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Al Gore's Chinese aeroplane deal

Published: April 4, 1997, 8 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Alan Greenspan

Published: March 28, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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Internet pornography

Published: March 21, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds

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Clinton's campaign money scandal

Published: March 14, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Protecting the freedom of speech

Published: March 7, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Astronaut John Glenn

Published: Feb. 28, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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American Airlines pilots' strike

Published: Feb. 21, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds

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OJ Simpson's damages

Published: Feb. 14, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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OJ Simpson guilty

Published: Feb. 7, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds

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Pope John Paul II (1920 2005)

Published: Jan. 31, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds

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A history of Washington DC

Published: Jan. 24, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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Presidential Inauguration

Published: Jan. 17, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds

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The Speaker of the House

Published: Jan. 10, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 20 seconds

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The Boston Massacre

Published: Jan. 3, 1997, 9 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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