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Radio 4,18 Sep 1987,15 mins

Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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President Reagan's nomination of conservative Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, the highest power in the US, has alarmed liberals and heartened far-right Republicans.

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