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World Service,12 Feb 1999,28 mins

Does Mother Always Know Best?

Everywoman

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Is the love-hate mother-daughter relationship mirrored across the globe? Does Mum really always know best? Also on the programme: Is the abortion pill dangerous to women? Plus, the new female chief cashier for the Bank of England talks about her first day in her new job - when the Euro was introduced.

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