Letter From America By Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1997-2000)
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Sinopsis
Alistair Cooke on Bill Clintons second term including Monica Lewinsky scandal, the attempt to impeach him, the al-Qaeda attack on US embassies in east Africa and war in Kosovo.
Episodios
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Playing for Time
25/06/1999 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke reflects on why it takes so long for the judges in the Supreme Court to reach a verdict.
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Freedom in America
18/06/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke ponders on spontaneous protests and reveals what led up to Rosa Parks changing American history.
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Testing Times in the Advancement of Science
11/06/1999 Duración: 13minWith the US in uproar about genetically modified crops, Alistair Cooke remembers other scientific discoveries which caused controversy in their creation.
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Laws Doomed from the Start
04/06/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke explores how one man’s use of an electric golf buggy altered the meaning of a US disability law and remembers the UK’s struggle with daylight saving.
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Witticisms and Crazy One-Liners
28/05/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke tries to forget the worrying events like the Balkan wars in the news by remembering some witticism and anecdotes.
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A Course in Manners
21/05/1999 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke reflects on Germaine Greer and the feminist movement, and the new US course to teach taxi drivers and other civil servants good manners.
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Two Attitudes about China
14/05/1999 Duración: 13minAfter the bombing of a Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan, Alistair Cooke reflects on the subsequent souring of the American-Chinese relations.
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Columbine High School shootings, 1999
07/05/1999 Duración: 14minThe shootings by schoolboys in Columbine High School, Colorado and the long running fight between gun controllers and the National Rifle Association.
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No Schadenfreude on Nato's Birthday
30/04/1999 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke recalls his memories of 1949 when NATO was first created and considers the roles of the founding fathers.
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What's Your Exit Strategy?
23/04/1999 Duración: 13minOn the 50th anniversary of NATO, Alistair Cooke considers the power it wealds, President Clinton's tactics and the use of exit strategies.
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Whatever It Takes
16/04/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke considers why the only senator running for office who will acknowledge the NATO war is Senator John McCain.
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The Art and Curse of Television
09/04/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke considers the power television has in reflecting the real images of war and peace since the abolition of front-line censorship.
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In the Hot Seat
02/04/1999 Duración: 14minIn the light of NATO Airstrike against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Alistair Cooke reflects on the tactics of war from World War Two, to Vietnam, to the Gulf War.
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Doves, Hawks, Owls and the People
26/03/1999 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke considers the squawked warnings from two sides of the economic market plunge and the power held by Mr Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
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Wholesale Flouting of the Law
19/03/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke considers how US Presidents keep flouting the War Powers Resolution, San Francisco's immigrant population and the use of bulk carriers in shipping.
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A Natural Gentleman
12/03/1999 Duración: 13minIn a tribute to the placid, talented, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, Alistair Cooke reflects on the character of a gentleman.
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Played for a Sucker
05/03/1999 Duración: 13minIn the light of revelations about the CIA in Iraq, Alistair Cooke ponders the age old question; who watches the watchmen?
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The Pursuit of Self-Determination
26/02/1999 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke reflects on the influence of President Woodrow Wilson on redrawing the map of Europe after the First World War.
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Our Long Holiday from History is Over
19/02/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke reflects on the political fallout of President Clinton’s impeachment trial and a pilots' strike.
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It ain't Over, Till it's Over
12/02/1999 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke celebrates Americans who've coined famous lines and concludes that "it aint over, till it's over" for President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial.