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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…

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February 4, 2021

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February 2, 1989 – The Trail Points East – Search For Suspects In PanAm Bombing.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19417″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 2, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this second day of February in 1989 had much to do with suspicions in the terrorist bombing of PanAm…

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February 2, 2021

February 1, 1946 - Picket lines outside Steel Mill

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February 1, 1946 – Peace, Strikes And Cross-Country Flights

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”25588″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 1, 1946 – World News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 1, 1946 – starting a new month with the same old problems: Strikes, strife and accusations – as…

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February 1, 2021

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January 25-February 11, 2011 – The Odyssey Of Tahrir – Arab Spring And The Ouster Of Mubarak –

January 25-February 11, 2011 – News Reports – interviews – eyewitness accounts – BBC -ABC (Australia) – CBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 25-February 11, 2011 – Ten years ago. Maybe not that far in the deep-distant past,…

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January 26, 2021

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January 25, 1979 – Postcards From Tehran

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6669″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 25, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With no end in sight and protests continuing and becoming more violent, the situation in Iran on this day in 1979…

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January 25, 2021
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January 18, 1956 – Looking At The Rose Through World Colored Glasses – John Foster Dulles.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6551″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 18, 1956- Keys To The Capitol – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] For the week ending this day in 1956, all attention seemed to be on an interview, conducted by Life…

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January 18, 2021

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January 15, 1984 – Bringing Central America To The Boil – And The Word Is Sandinista.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19096″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 15, 1984 – World News This Week – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Thirty-seven years ago this week, the simmering stew of politics and saber-rattling hit the boiling point in Central…

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January 15, 2021

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January 13, 1982 – The Big Freeze Of ’82 – The On-Going Situation In Poland – A Sit-Down With Hosni Mubarak.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19065″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 13, 1982 – CBS Radio Hourly news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] This January 13th in 1982 was probably not all that far removed from most January 13th’s on the Eastern half of…

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January 13, 2021

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January 7, 1957 – Cold War: Wages Of Fear – Dividends Of Discontent – The World According To January.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11942″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 7, 1945 – Cedric Foster News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Change the names and the circumstances and this could just as easily be almost any recent year as it was…

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January 7, 2021

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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…

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December 29, 2020

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