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Jimmy Carter elected president, 1976
How Americans feel about Jimmy Carter - the story revealed by the polling.
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Fri 12 Nov 197621:00
BBC Radio 4
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The murder of Bill Stewart in Nicaragua, 1979
The horror of seeing reporter Bill Stewart shot dead in Nicaragua in front of TV cameras.
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Personality in politics
The revelations of the televised debate between Al Gore and Ross Perot.
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- Fri 12 Nov 197621:00BBC Radio 4
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