Letter From America By Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1993-1996)
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- Duration: 47:32:44
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Synopsis
Alistair Cooke on Bill Clintons first term. The Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accords, gays in the military, the North American Free Trade Agreement and attempted healthcare reform.
Episodes
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Atlanta Olympics 1996
09/08/1996 Duration: 14minThe commercialisation and crass television coverage of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and the effect that an influx of money has on sport.
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The welfare and healthcare reform debate
02/08/1996 Duration: 13minThe presidential race, US welfare and healthcare reform and the prurience and pressure surrounding the TWA flight 800 crash investigation.
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The TWA Flight 800 crash
26/07/1996 Duration: 13minThe TWA Flight 800 crash and the media coverage of the accident, the casino life of the financial markets and Bob Dole's reluctance to embrace the 1990s.
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The Helms-Burton Bill
19/07/1996 Duration: 13minThe Helms-Burton bill, which penalises foreign companies doing business with Cuba, Senator Jessie Helms and tobacco , and the importance of Southern states to President Clinton.
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Melvin Belli (1907-1996)
12/07/1996 Duration: 14minA reflection on the life and legal crusade of the flamboyant US celebrity lawyer Melvin Belli, self-proclaimed defender of the 'little helpless guy'.
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1996 Russian presidential elections
05/07/1996 Duration: 13minBoris Yeltsin's victory in the Russian presidential elections, the relative novelty of universal suffrage in the West and the need for democracy, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.
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Max Factor Jr and make-up (1904 - 1996)
21/06/1996 Duration: 14minThe death of Max Factor Jnr. and the origin of the word "make-up" are the subjects considered by Alistair Cooke.
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Bob Dole to run for president
14/06/1996 Duration: 13minWith Bob Dole resigning from the Senate, Alistair Cooke examines the legislator's time as Senate leader and explores the uncertain future of the Republican Party.
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Timothy Leary (1920 -1996)
07/06/1996 Duration: 13minThe death of Timothy Leary, the impact of LSD in the 1960s, and the need for each generation to rebel against the one before, as chronicled by Alistair Cooke.
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Memorial Day, 1996
31/05/1996 Duration: 14minMemorial Day, now indistinguishable from Veteran's Day, leads Cooke to consider on how recognition of military service has changed and, how Bill Clinton joined the US army.
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Single issue groups
24/05/1996 Duration: 13minThe unique power of single issue groups in American presidential elections and President Clinton's stance on gay marriage are discussed by Alistair Cooke.
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The debate over assisted suicide
17/05/1996 Duration: 13minThe preparations for the upcoming presidential elections, and the resurgence of the legal and moral debate over assisted suicide in the US, as considered by Alistair Cooke.
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Diplomacy and the Star Wars defence program
10/05/1996 Duration: 14minThe diplomacies of Wilson and Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan's Star Wars defence programme, and the American response to international elections, as detailed by Alistair Cooke.
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Kennedy's rocking chair
03/05/1996 Duration: 14minThe sale of President Kennedy's rocking chair, JFK's ailments and the discreetness of the press, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.
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Erma Bombeck
26/04/1996 Duration: 13minThe life and work of columnist Erma Bombeck, "America's only woman humourist", and writer of "At Wit's End", is remembered by Alistair Cooke.
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The South Florida University bomb
19/04/1996 Duration: 13minThe University of South Florida's reaction to a bomb threat leads Alistair Cooke to consider the emergence and nature of America's new anti-terrorism laws.
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The Montana Freemen
12/04/1996 Duration: 13minThe rise of Montana's armed insurgents, their historical inheritance and their opposition in the FBI, as chronicled by Alistair Cooke.
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Euthanasia and the terminally ill
05/04/1996 Duration: 13minEuthanasia, and the right to die for the terminally ill, the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, and Dr Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan doctor who has helped 27 dying people.
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Perot, Buchanan and Dole
29/03/1996 Duration: 13minRoss Perot and Pat Buchanan's challenge to Bob Dole in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and how a thief in the night may yet undo Bill Clinton.
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The first Letter from America 1946
22/03/1996 Duration: 13minOn the 50th anniversary of his Letter from America broadcasts Alistair Cooke re-presents the first talk, describing his return from an austere Britain to a bountiful New York.