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Radio 4,17 Jan 1997,15 mins

Presidential Inauguration

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Presidential inaugurations - from George Washington's 1789 pomp and parade, to Andrew Jackson's drunken brawl, to finally Bill Clinton's home-grown vegetable dinner.

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