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Baseball and politics in 1988
With the 1988 presidential race and World Series drawing to a close, Alistair Cooke looks at the baseball metaphors used by George H W Bush and Michael Dukakis in their campaigns.
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Fri 21 Oct 198821:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 21 Oct 198821:00BBC Radio 4
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