The TWA Flight 800 crash

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

The TWA Flight 800 crash and the media coverage of the accident, the casino life of the financial markets and Bob Dole's reluctance to embrace the 1990s.

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Fri 26 Jul 199621:00

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Fri 26 Jul 199621:00
BBC Radio 4

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