September 5, 1973 – President Nixon: A White House Press Conference
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Category: The Fourth Estate
The Ladybug Transistor – Live At Contempopranea Festival, Spain – 2004 -Past Daily Soundbooth
The Ladybug Transistor -live at Contempopranea Festival, Spain – July 23, 2005 – Chipping in would be better than great! Become a Patron! Brooklyn Indie collective The Ladybug Transistor, live at the 2004 Contempopranea Festival in Spain. A few explanatory notes by Jason Ankeny at AllMusic: Led by vocalist/guitarist Gary
March 20, 1939 – Voices Of Spring – Diplomacy In Overtime – The League Of Germanism
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March 18, 1958 – Cold War Punditry – Adlai Stevenson, Pierre Mendes France And Hugh Gaitskill
– CBS Radio – Radio Beat – Our Position Versus The Russians – March 18, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection At the time of this broadcast, March 18, 1958, the Cold War had been going on for some 13 years. Glimmers of hope every now and then, but some
March 17, 1947 – Tight Lips And Empty Pockets – East-West Diplomacy – A Call To End Occupation
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March 13, 1961 – East Berlin, OPEC, Cuba And Other Frying Pans.
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March 3, 1941 – Signing Your Country’s Life Away – The Bulgaria Treaty.
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February 13, 1951: War In Korea – Withdrawals, Maneuvering, Condemnation And Celebrations Of An Alliance.
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January 6, 1945-State Of The Union In Wartime – President Roosevelt Addresses Congress And The Nation
This January 6th we were still in the midst of a World War. The optimism which followed the Allied invasion of Europe in the Summer of 1944 was interrupted by a surprise German counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg just before Christmas. It threatened to cut the allied advance in half.
The World According To Conference Room 5 – October 29, 1949
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