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Letter from America Episodes

  1.

    Hurricane Gloria

    Be thankful for today's weather forecasting when it's hurricane season.

  2. 1985 Mexico City Earthquake

    The alleged corruption stalling the recovery of Mexico City after a ruinous earthquake.

  3. On the 40th anniversary of the United Nations

    The closure of the East River Drive ahead of the meeting of the UN in New York.

  4. Summer's end, September 1985

    As the summer folk depart coastal places can settle back into normal life.

  5. Hurricane Elena, 1985

    An increase in the legal drinking age to 21, and the path of Hurricane Elena.

  6. Kevin Curren and Flushing Meadows

    A grey cloud hangs over the career of tennis player Kevin Curren.

  7. Moscow's spy dust

    Uproar over Soviet use of 'spy dust' to keep track of Americans in Moscow.

  8. General Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese surrender

    A recollection of the end of the conflict in the Pacific during the Second World War.

  9. The president's nose

    President Reagan admits to having skin cancer removed from nose.

  10. Francis Perkins and the US deficit

    Francis Perkins memoires, and an analysis of Reagan's plan to reduce the deficit.

  11. South Africa boycott

    Arguments over whether to pull out US companies from South Africa.

  12. Reagan has surgery

    When you're the president, your health is everyone's concern.

  13. Sport and tax avoidance

    Winners with a sporting chance of tax avoidance.

  14. TWA hostages released

    The deal that never was but which helped release the hostages.

  15. No comment

    When the president's 'No comment' is the right reply.

  16. TWA plane hijack

    Outrage over Middle East hijacking of TWA plane.

  17. Being a good politician

    Magnanimity, the gift which makes a good politician.

  18. Hotel strike in New York

    New York hotel workers strike over new pay structure.

  19. Simpler taxes suggested by president, 1985

    Reagan outlines plan to simplify America's tax structure.

  20. Defining death

    New definition of when death occurs will assist medical staff.

  21. Trade deficit with Japan

    Strong dollar sees trade deficit soar as US shoppers buy Japanese.

  22. Voters back Bitburg visit

    Fears over president's visit to Bitburg military cemetery unfounded.

  23. Contra aid cut off

    Blow to Reagan as House ends aid to Nicaragua's Contras.

  24. Senator Sam Ervin

    In praise of Sam Ervin, the Southern senator who chaired the Watergate hearings.

  25. Anniversaries to remember

    Presidential gaffe over wartime anniversary.

  26. Politicising the dictionary

    Politically-slanted definitions have appeared in a new Oxford dictionary.

  27. Street crime fears

    Self-defence fears over rising street crime.

  28. MX funding agreed

    Reagan wins plan to build more MX missiles.

  29. Strong dollar hits jobs

    Exports down as strong dollar sees buyers seeking cheaper producers.

  30. Reagan budget defeated

    President's campaign pledge of 'no more taxes' unlikely to be upheld.

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