Tag CBS World News Roundup

Beauty Contests And Billygate – August 6, 1980

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 6, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this August 6th in 1980 was decidedly political in nature. It was a Presidential election year.…

Nervous Days – August 1, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 1, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this first day of August in 1994 was another mixed bag of hopeful and nervous. Hopeful,…

In The Manner Of Tired, Huddled Masses – July 31, 1979

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! A day wildly fluctuating between optimism, pessimism and huddled masses, this last day of July…

Half-Baked Plans – Completely Baked Ideas – July 30, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 30, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While much of the world was busily distracted by the Olympics in Los Angeles, a quiet pessimism was…

Riders Of The Campaign Trail – July 23, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Thirty years ago today we were knee-deep in anticipation of the 1984 Olympics and eye-ball deep in 1984…

Carrots Of Peace – Stampedes Of War – July 18, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 18, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As mad as the world seems this July 18th in 2014, it was just as mad – driven…

Another Hostage Crisis – June 19, 1995

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 19,1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day in history fairly groaning with dismal familiarity, this June 19th in 1995. The six-day hostage drama at…

The Blowing Of Pinatubo – June 12, 1991

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 12, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The last thing anyone expected was an eruption from a volcano thought extinct for some 600 years. But…

The Sound Of New Rioting – The Sound Of Big Promises – June 9, 1988

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 9, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day, another riot in Seoul, this June 9th in 1988. Students broke out of Youngsan University after…

Collective Amnesia – Selective Amnesia – June 4, 1987

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 4, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day in history with a lot of testimony going around, this June 4th in 1987. The Iran-Contra…