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February 4, 1980 – ABSCAM: New Word In The Dictionary.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6822″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 4, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this February 4th in 1980, a new Acronym entered our Dictionary –ABSCAM, which stood for Abdul Enterprises Scam or Arab Scam implicated at least 8 Senators and Congressmen over accepting

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January 1, 1956 – Looking Ahead At A New Year – Is America Changing? Has It Changed? – Past Daily Reference Room.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”54246″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 1, 1956 – New World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] 1956 seems so deep in the distant past that to many, any discussion of it would be purely in the abstract. But 1956 was a pivotal year on many levels,

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December 29, 1958 – Years Of Crisis – 1958 – Recapping A Year In The Life.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11783″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 29, 1958 – Years Of Crisis: 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Since we’re rapidly (and thankfully) approaching the end of 2020, the somewhat pained looks back at the year start now. But rather than mull over 2020 here (since everyone else will

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December 11, 1957 – A Word Or Two From Frank Lloyd Wright + A Lot Of Christmas Music – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18485″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 11, 1957 – Nightline – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] There was a time when radio had a habit of mixing things up – going from serious news or conversation to festive holiday music didn’t seem that much of a jarring

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Books, Reading And The Quality Of Life – 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”53684″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 26, 1948 – Chicago University Roundtable – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Books In The Modern World – Chicago University Roundtable – NBC Radio – September 26, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depending on your age and your environment,

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September 25, 1968 – Crisis On Campus – Student Anti-War Protests Sweep America

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”52990″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 25, 1968 – Newsfront – EEN-NET – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Newsfront – Crisis In Higher Education – September 25, 1968 – EEN-NET – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1968 – a year of protest. And all across the country, the College Campus

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