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Radio 4,26 May 2000,15 mins

A Giant Step for Womankind

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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If the mother of invention is necessity, then Alistair Cooke reflects that the father is resistance. In the light of unions disagreeing to trade with China, he reflects that all inventions meet with resistance at first...including dishwashers.

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