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Radio 4,15 Aug 1980,15 mins

Jimmy Carter is nominated for re-election

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Edward Kennedy makes the best speech of his career at the Democratic Party conference, after losing his challenge for the party's nomination to incumbent President Jimmy Carter.

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