Tag George H.W. Bush

Postwar Europe – The High Price Of Everything – The Winter Of Discontent – November 15, 1947

Postwar world - Rome - November 1947

November 15, 1947 – An approaching Winter and a time of much discontent in the Postwar world. The slow rebuilding of Europe was complicated by mass flooding which wiped out crops and added a severe food shortage to the already…

Wayward Whales – A Bug-Ridden Embassy – The Dawn Of Perestroika – October 27, 1988

Whales

CBS World News Roundup – October 27, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The good news for this October 27th in 1988 was two California Grey Whales, stranded in the waters off Alaska, finally heading for open waters, behind…

Election ’88: Two Weeks To Know If It’s Bush Or Dukakis – October 26, 1988

Mike Dukakis

October 26, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 26, 1988 – Two weeks until Election Day. Only this particular October 26th the election was between Michael Dukakis and George H.W. Bush. News from…

SCOTUS: Dawning Of The Age Of Clarence – October 20, 1991

Clarence Thomas

– ABC World News This Week – October 20, 1991 – ABC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 20, 1991 culminated a week of contentious questioning and cross-examination over President Bush’s nomination of Clarence Thomas to the…

Campaign ’92 – Iowa Caucuses – President Harkin? – February 10, 1992

February 10, 1992 - Iowa Caucuses

– February 10, 1992 – Campaign ’92 – The World Tonight – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 10, 1992 – Today was the day of the much-anticipated Iowa Caucuses for this election year. Although it came…

October 4, 1990 – Corazon Aquino And Coup Number 7 – Kuwait Under Saddam – The Bush Budget Plan

Seventh Coup Attempt

For the seventh time since she took office four years earlier, Philippines President Corazon Aquino was faced with yet another military coup. From 1986 to 1990 numerous coup attempts were enacted on the Aquino administration and the new Philippine government.…

March 31, 1990 – The View From Vilnius – Gorbachev And The Break-Away Republics.

Gorbachev

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20438″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 31, 1990 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this last day of March in 1990 had much to do with the rapidly-becoming-former Soviet Union. March 1990 was Lithuania’s…

January 19, 1981 – Last Full Day Of The Carter White House – Pins And Needles From Tehran

Jimmy Carter - Oval office

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”31586″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 19, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] January 19, 1981 – The last full day in the White House for Jimmy Carter. And it was spent on pins…