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Radio 4,22 Feb 1991,15 mins

Drought and domestic partnerships

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Water conservation in Los Angeles, the first couples register their domestic partnerships in San Francisco, and Churchill's refusal of the term "impaired combatant personel".

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