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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Episodes

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    Moscow's spy dust

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

  2. General Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese surrender

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

  3. The president's nose

    President Reagan admits to having skin cancer removed from nose.

  4. Francis Perkins and the US deficit

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

  5. South Africa boycott

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

  6. Reagan has surgery

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

  7. Sport and tax avoidance

    Winners with a sporting chance of tax avoidance.

  8. TWA hostages released

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

  9. No comment

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

  10. TWA plane hijack

    Outrage over Middle East hijacking of TWA plane.

  11. Being a good politician

    Magnanimity, the gift which makes a good politician.

  12. Hotel strike in New York

    New York hotel workers strike over new pay structure.

  13. Simpler taxes suggested by president, 1985

    Reagan outlines plan to simplify America's tax structure.

  14. Defining death

    New definition of when death occurs will assist medical staff.

  15. Trade deficit with Japan

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

  16. Voters back Bitburg visit

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

  17. Contra aid cut off

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

  18. Senator Sam Ervin

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

  19. Anniversaries to remember

    Presidential gaffe over wartime anniversary.

  20. Politicising the dictionary

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

  21. Street crime fears

    Self-defence fears over rising street crime.

  22. MX funding agreed

    Reagan wins plan to build more MX missiles.

  23. Strong dollar hits jobs

    Exports down as strong dollar sees buyers seeking cheaper producers.

  24. Reagan budget defeated

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

  25. America's acid rain

    Canada suffering from acid rain produced by the US.

  26. Meese takes oath of office

    Edwin Meese finally appointed as attorney general.

  27. General Westmoreland libel case

    Vietnam general sues TV network over accusatory programme.

  28. US farming in crisis

    Farmers plead for more help as farming subsidies face cuts.

  29. New Zealand bans US navy

    American destroyer refused New Zealand port call over nuclear ban.

  30. Defending Kingsley Amis

    In defence of Kingsley Amis, whose new novel has caused a storm among feminists.

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