Big brains

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

How New York construction was brought to a halt by the Electrician's Union strike, and why the computer or 'the big brain' will soon change how people work.

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Sun 21 Jan 196221:00
Home Service & BBC Radio 4

The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
The assassination of JFK through to Vietnam and America’s shame at the My Lai massacre.

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