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Letter from America Episodes

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    Dan Quayle for vice president

    George H W Bush chooses Dan Quayle as Vice-Presidential candidate.

  2. President Reagan鈥檚 final Republican Convention

    President Reagan gives his farewell address at the Republican convention in Kansas.

  3. Ed Koch, Mayor of New York

    A look at the daily tasks and problems faced by New York's mayor Ed Koch.

  4. Day care and recreation

    The unexpected success of the newspaper USA Today; day care becomes an election issue.

  5. America's polluted waters

    The polluted state of America's waters, coastline and lakes.

  6. Democratic National Convention, 1988

    Michael Dukakis is nominated as presidential candidate at the 1988 Democratic convention.

  7. Indict and remand

    The purpose and history of the US Grand Jury, the meanings of indict and remand.

  8. Iran Air Flight 655

    An Iranian civilian airliner is shot down by US missiles killing all on board.

  9. Seeing justice done

    Television simplifies court cases to a point where they are seen as a sports contest.

  10. Goodbye to men's clubs

    Supreme Court rules that all-male clubs discriminate.

  11. The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door of 1963

    The 25th anniversary of the desegregation of the University of Alabama.

  12. Bush will win it

    Dukakis faces too many hurdles to overcome the Reagan feel-good factor.

  13. Golf in Russia

    Never mind the summit, the news is out that golf is coming to Russia.

  14. Nancy Reagan's astrologer, 1988

    New book exposes First Lady's use of astrologer to dictate the president's diary.

  15. Lame duck President Reagan, 1988

    What power does the outgoing President Reagan really hold?

  16. The forgotten William Le Queux

    The death of Kim Philby and the influence of Edwardian spy writer William Le Queux.

  17. Irving Berlin turns 100, 1988

    A look at the life and career of songwriter Irving Berlin at the age of 100.

  18. George H W Bush nominated

    The background of George H W Bush, the new Republican presidential candidate.

  19. Stanton Delaplane (1907-1988)

    Memories of a travel writer and Pulitzer prize-winning San Francisco Chronicle columnist.

  20. The Augusta National, 1988

    Getting away from it all, at America's most beautiful golf course.

  21. Correspondents answered

    Correcting mistakes, and also misinterpretations.

  22. Democrat agony

    Jesse Jackson tops up support as Democrat selection goes on.

  23. Warnings for Gorbachev

    Observers fear that Gorbachev's reforms could end in a coup.

  24. California public health laws

    Drought, new rules on illegal immigrants in California, the rise of the super computer.

  25. 1988 presidential primaries

    As the primaries begin, the Democrats are still ambivalent about their contenders.

  26. Black Monday remembered

    Memories of the global stock market crash of 19th October 1987.

  27. Serious Money

    Broadway failure of a sermon for our time.

  28. New Hampshire

    The state still living in what it deems to be Reagan's golden age.

  29. Caucus system

    What is the caucus system of nominating candidates for public office?

  30. 05/02/1988

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

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