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Keeping secrets

Some decisions governments make are best not known.

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Labor Day parades end

Labor Day parades become a thing of the past as US workforce turns away from unions.

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Tougher drug laws

Congressmen back House bill for tougher drug laws as Reagan crusades against misuse.

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United Nations in decline

Once the hope of the world, the UN is now toothless - and broke.

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US interference in UK politics

Badly-timed statement from US defence secretary upsets Labour Party conference.

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The Third Man

The resignation of Bernard Kalb, a man of principle.

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Reykjavik Summit, October 1986

Reagan and Gorbachev's disarmament summit in Reykjavik ends in failure.

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James McGill Buchanan

Nobel economist James McGill Buchanan and his self-interest theory.

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A Boston wake

Celebrating the Boston Red Sox's non-victory.

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Democrats take Senate

Close call in off-year Senate elections, but Democrats win the day.

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Teflon President on sticky ground

Reagan admits to Iran arms deal as hostage is freed.

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The Iran-Contra scandal revealed, 1986

America reacts to revelations of a US arms for hostages deal with Iran.

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An unhappy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving holiday soured by ongoing revelations over Iran-Contras deal.

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The credibility gap

Work begins to rebuild the president's credibility.

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Voters believe Reagan lied, December 1986

Poll shows half of Americans believe President Reagan knew about money for Contras.

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Mayor Clint Eastwood

The Carmel mayor who's keeping the bad guys off the streets.

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Presidential memory loss

Doctor queries whether Reagan is telling the truth - and simply doesn't remember.

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Dairy buy-out

Milk glut results in federal buy-out of herds.

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Economic variations

Economics guru Galbraith warns of parallels with 1929 crash.

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Reagan and the Iran-Contra scandal

The effect of the Iranian arms for hostages deal on President Reagan's popularity.

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Presidential press conferences

The insatiable demand for us all to know everything, now.

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Farewell to stereotypes

Cultural exchanges usher in a new era of Soviet-American relations.

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Surveillance and espionage in the Cold War

Security concerns at the US embassy in Moscow and at the founding of the UN in 1945.

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US-Canada relations sour

Continuing problem of acid rain from US industry hitting Canada's natural resources.

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Playing nuclear chess

Chess strategy and the nuclear arms limitation talks.

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Ethics in government

Personal gain - the reason why so many politicians fall foul of corruption.

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Garbage disposal

Time to call a halt to the practice of using landfill to dispose of our rubbish.

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In the money

Will the sky really prove the limit when it comes to ever-expanding amounts of money?

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The return of Richard Nixon, 1987

The re-emergence of Richard Nixon into public life after the Watergate scandal.

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Election envy

US looks in envy at the ease - and cheapness - of a British General Election.

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