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Blood Feuds And Big-Big Promises – October 1, 1980

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – The World Tonight – October 1, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The new month got off to a roaring start, this October 1st in 1980. The…

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October 1, 2014

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‘It’s A Five-Star Hotel. They Just Can’t Leave’ – Hostages In Iraq – August 19, 1990

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August 19, 2014

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‘Me And My Cousin Against The Stranger’ – August 15, 1990

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 15, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day on slow-boil, this August 15th in 1990. With the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait still fresh on…

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August 15, 2014

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Meanwhile . . .Back In Monrovia – August 5, 1990

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Information Network News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this August 5th in 1990 was unsettling, taken with a grain of salt accompanied by shrugged…

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August 5, 2014

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Greeted As Liberators, Pelted With Flowers – A Sales Pitch For War – 2003 – An Interview With Dick Cheney – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – vice-President Dick Cheney – September 19, 2003 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the current situation in Iraq spirals out of control, and as the much-predicted Civil…

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June 19, 2014

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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…

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June 12, 2014

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Not With Candy And Flowers – April 8, 2004

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – The World Today – April 8, 2004 – BBC World Service Ten years ago today, the stark reality that our involvement in Iraq wasn’t going to be met with…

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April 8, 2014

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Posturing, Saber Rattling And Remembering Stalin – March 5, 2003

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service – Newshour – March 5, 2003 – BBC World Service Looking at the days’ news from a different perspective. This time it’s news for this day in 2003…

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March 5, 2014

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Oh, Those Kids . . . . – February 28, 1997

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – February 28, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1997 (also a Friday) had much to do with the subject of Teen…

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February 28, 2014

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A Week Old And Day Strange – January 23, 1991

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Updates – January 23, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With Desert Storm a week old, this January 23rd, twenty-three years ago, the news was about…

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January 23, 2014

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