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Buying Friends And Influencing Destiny – May 20, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 20, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It wouldn’t be the 80s without El Salvador and this May 20th in 1984 was no different. Flush…

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May 20, 2014

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Hopeful In Sri Lanka – Less So, If Your Last Name Was Moon – May 14, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 14, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 14th in 1984 was hopeful, as far as the kidnapped Americans in Sri Lanka…

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May 14, 2014

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Shapes Of Things – March 13, 1985

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 13, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1985 started with a funeral. Soviet Premier Konstantin Chernenko, after only 13 months in office,…

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March 13, 2014

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Turning Up The Heat – Cranking Up The Rhetoric – October 7, 1980

Click on the link here for Audio Player – News for October 7, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With four weeks to the day until the 1980 Presidential Election would be over, all eyes…

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October 7, 2013

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October 22, 1980 – The October Surprise (sort of).

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for October 22, 1980 News for this October 22nd in 1980, in addition to feverish campaigning on the parts of the Carter and Reagan camps, was word that a possible breakthrough…

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October 22, 2012

Buying Friends And Influencing Destiny – May 20, 1984

Hopeful In Sri Lanka – Less So, If Your Last Name Was Moon – May 14, 1984

Shapes Of Things – March 13, 1985

Turning Up The Heat – Cranking Up The Rhetoric – October 7, 1980

October 22, 1980 – The October Surprise (sort of).

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