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Gorby mania

The INF treaty signing and Mikhail Gorbachev's popularity in the US and Europe.

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Gary Hart confesses

Admission of affairs sink Hart's chances of the Democrat nomination.

• 14 mins

The Democrat Convention of 1924

The disordered state of the Democrat campaign and their chaotic convention of 1924.

• 15 mins

Missile treaty questioned

INF treaty to end medium-range nuclear weapons may leave Europe defenceless say critics.

• 14 mins

McCarran-Walter Act repealed

Odious law quietly repealed after 35 years.

• 14 mins

Caucus system

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

• 15 mins

New Hampshire

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

• 14 mins

Serious Money

Broadway failure of a sermon for our time.

• 14 mins

Black Monday remembered

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

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1988 presidential primaries

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

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California public health laws

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

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Warnings for Gorbachev

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

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Democrat agony

Jesse Jackson tops up support as Democrat selection goes on.

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Correspondents answered

Correcting mistakes, and also misinterpretations.

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The Augusta National, 1988

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

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Stanton Delaplane (1907-1988)

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

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George H W Bush nominated

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

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Irving Berlin turns 100, 1988

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

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The forgotten William Le Queux

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

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Lame duck President Reagan, 1988

What power does the outgoing President Reagan really hold?

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Nancy Reagan's astrologer, 1988

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

• 14 mins

Golf in Russia

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

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Bush will win it

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

• 14 mins

The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door of 1963

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

• 15 mins

Goodbye to men's clubs

Supreme Court rules that all-male clubs discriminate.

• 14 mins

Seeing justice done

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

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Iran Air Flight 655

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

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Indict and remand

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

• 15 mins

Democratic National Convention, 1988

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

• 15 mins

America's polluted waters

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

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