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Striving for a More Perfect Union
Alistair Cooke reflects on Clinton's State of the Union address and asks why the only national holiday named after a human being is Rev. Martin Luther King Day.
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Fri 22 Jan 199921:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 22 Jan 199921:00BBC Radio 4
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