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March 11, 1979 – Searching For The World’s Oldest Dream – A Middle-East Peace Settlement.

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March 11, 2021

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It’s 1967 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s Monday Night, October 2, And BMR Means Better Music Radio on KFWB

Another installment of Teenage life in the 1960s and the L.A. Radio that was inseparable along with it. Tonight it’s BMR and KFWB and Monday night, October 2, 1967. The news was strange – San Francisco just had the Death…

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January 30, 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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America The Violent – 1969 – The Ghastly Things We Do – A Society Of Folded Hands – Past Daily Reference Room

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January 15, 2021

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

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January 15, 2021

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

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December 29, 2020

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December 18, 1981 – Revenge Of The Warsaw Pressure Cooker – The Saga Of Solidarity.

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December 18, 2020

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December 17, 1999 – Unfolding A Plot – Threats Of Carnage: Real And Disgruntled.

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December 17, 2020

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December 15, 1981 – The Official Press Says Poland Is Calm –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18545″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 15, 1981 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A world of unease, this December 15th in 1981. Starting with news of a purported calm descending over Poland in wake of…

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December 15, 2020

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December 9, 1982 – A Monument Held Hostage – A Massacre In Lebanon – The Passing Of A Country Legend.

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December 9, 2020

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