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World Service,20 Sep 1995,43 mins

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John Tusa on the century that dared to make its dreams come true and had to live with the consequences. In this edition, how advances in science and technology turned ordinary people's lives upside down. Includes Desmond Tutu, TS Eliot, and Henry Kissinger.

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