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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Episodes

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    Carter's visits fail to ignite campaign

    President Carter's visits to trouble spots seen as political.

  2. Republicans solid for Reagan

    Democrats waver over candidates while the Republicans back Reagan.

  3. Puerto Rican immigration

    Learning the lessons from New York's Puerto Rican influx of the 1950s.

  4. Mount St Helens erupts

    Mount St Helens eruption damages almost a quarter of the country's crops.

  5. Car sales slump

    Sales of US-made cars fall by a third in just one year.

  6. Recession may finish Carter

    Carter's ratings slump as recession bites.

  7. Why Vance quit

    Secrets and lies behind Secretary of State's resignation.

  8. Iranian hostage rescue attempt, 1980

    President Carter's attempt to rescue the US hostages being held in Iran ends in tragedy.

  9. Kennedy's last stand

    Senator Kennedy's last hope of winning backing for presidential vote.

  10. New York transport strike

    Mass transport workers' strike hits New York.

  11. Extension of primary elections

    How suspicion of party bosses led to extended primary elections.

  12. Kennedy's brief triumph

    Landslide win for Kennedy in New York primary.

  13. Illinois crucial in presidential race

    Illinois primary gives clues to likely presidential contenders.

  14. Inflation fuels alarm over policies

    Carter under fire over inflation, yet primaries go his way.

  15. Foreign policy wobbles

    Outcry as US changes its vote on West Bank settlements.

  16. Iran hostage crisis goes on

    No movement over US hostages held in Iran.

  17. New Hampshire, the political weathervane

    Keeping an eye on the political weather for the New Hampshire primary.

  18. Carter's ultimatum under fire

    President's threat over Olympic boycott criticised.

  19. The Canadian Caper in Tehran, 1979

    The Canadian rescue of US diplomats during the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran.

  20. Carter steals rivals' thunder

    President's State of the Union speech steals rivals' rhetoric.

  21. UN vote condemns Soviets

    Soviet allies back West in UN vote against invasion.

  22. Call for Olympics boycott

    Carter weighs up boycott of Moscow Olympics.

  23. Carter boosts arms budget

    President to beef up military spending in wake of Soviet aggression.

  24. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

    Carter stunned by Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

  25. Iran sanctions stalled in UN

    Move to enforce sanctions against illegal Iran regime held up by UN.

  26. Cambodian refugee crisis

    Refugees starve as Cambodian regimes block food aid.

  27. US and Iran

    US goes it alone over respondng to Khomeini's takeover of Iran.

  28. Public back Carter on hostage crisis

    Public boost for President Carter's measured response on hostage crisis.

  29. Bungle claim over Iran hostage crisis

    White House had been warned of possible embassy seizure in Tehran.

  30. American embassy hostages stalemate

    Frustration over impotence of America on embassy hostages.

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