Category U.S. Intervention

Loans, Mergers And Bloody Gloves – February 21, 1995

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup w/Mitchell Krauss – February 21, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Not really an earth-shattering day, unless you consider the long-term implications of a $20 billion loan…

Outrage Over Ocalan – February 18, 1999

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service – Newshour – February 18, 1999 – BBC Radio News for this day in 1999 was about the capture and arrest of Abdullah Ocalan, founding member of the…

Emotions And World Problems – 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Chicago University Roundtable of The Air – Emotions And World Problems – Oct. 31, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One gets the impression the latest round of violence gripping seemingly…

Bubbling Under – Boiling Over – North Africa – February 13, 1958

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Life And The World – Hot Spots in North Africa – February 13, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the movements for independence from European powers gained…

The Fine Art Of Juggling – The Fine Act Of Screams – Feb. 7, 1964

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC-Radio News – Sec. of State Dean Rusk – Press Conference – WABC News – February 7, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Depending on your age at the time, the…

Times Have Passed And Things Have Changed – February 7, 1992

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – February 7, 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Political season was upon  us, this February 7th in 1992. Incumbent President George Bush (the elder) was touting…

Jumping The Gun On Birthdays – Open Season On Truckers – February 4, 1983

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Reagan Press Conference Birthday surprise – News On The Hour – February 4, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This February 4th in 1983 started off with a…

You WILL Get Together And Talk And You WILL Reach An Agreement . . . – January 29, 1999

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service – Newshour – January 29, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day, fifteen years ago, was about limits being reached, endurance vanished and nerves frayed…