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Years Of Crisis – 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room: Through A Glass Darkly...
Rome 1958 – Cold War grumblings seemingly everywhere. Click on the link here for Audio Player: Years of Crisis – 1958 In 1958 we were knee-deep in the Cold War with grumblings from Europe about a...
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ABSCAM – New Word In The Dictionary – February 4, 1980
Ethics in Congress under scrutiny – how unusual. Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for February 4, 1980 On this February 4th in 1980, a new Acronym entered our Dictionary –ABSCAM, which...
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Pakistan At The Polls – 1950 – Today With Mrs. Roosevelt – Past Daily...
Selective amnesia at your peril. Click on the link here for Audio Player: [audio https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/today-with-mrs-roosevelt-pakistan-1950.mp3] With the first open and...
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Ali Bhutto Has A Word About Pakistan – September 19, 1973
In the end, betrayal. Click on the link here for Audio Player: National Press Club – Ali Bhutto: Pakistan In A Changing World – Sept. 19, 1973 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this day in 1973,...
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World Of The Nervous Tick – November 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room
The era of Mutual Distrust. Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Eric Sevareid commentary – November 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly, the situations never change. In...
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Adding Insult To Injury – November 12, 1999
Not bad enough the first time around – it staged an encore. Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 12, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this November...
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Pakistan: A Warning To The West – Ayub Khan In 1961 – Past Daily Reference Room
Determined to shake off the influence of the West. But . . .easier said than done. Click on the link here for Audio Player – Pakistan: A Warning To The West – Interview with Gen. Ayub Khan, President...
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Jabberwocky In The Land Of The Unknown Knowns – December 16, 2001
Booga-booga Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service News + From Our Own Correspondent – December 16, 2001 – BBC World Service Seems like another lifetime ago, but on this December...
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The Wonder Stuff – Live At Leicester – 1994 – Nights At The Roundtable:...
The Wonder Stuff – last known photo before packing it in – 1994. Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Wonder Stuff – Live in Leicester – 1994 – BBC 6 Music Kicking off the new year with one of...
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Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful – January 3, 1948
Bucolic, until you have to go to work in it. Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News Of The World – January 3, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The big domestic news for this day was the...
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Times Have Passed And Things Have Changed – February 7, 1992
. . .but the prospect of a man with chops in the White House had loads of appeal. Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – February 7, 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection...
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Wynton Marsalis With The Sachal Jazz Ensemble – 2013 Marciac Jazz Festival –...
2013 Marciac Festival – Best place in the world for a Summit meeting. A splendid time was had by all. Click on the link here for Audio Player – Wynton Marsalis Quintet With The Sachal Jazz Ensemble –...
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Bill Goes To China – AIDS Goes Back To Square One – July 1, 1998
A Pop Star in Shanghai. Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 1, 1998 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Starting off with depressing news for this first day of July in...
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India In Times Of Cold War – An Interview With VK Krishna Menon – 1956 – Past...
VK Krishna Menon – contentious questions got contentious answers. Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Meet The Press – Guest: VK Krishna Menon – July 15, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection...
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A Word Or Two From Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – 1974 – Past Daily Reference Room
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – One of the leading figures in Bangladesh politics in the 1970s and one of its most notorious. Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC: Speaking Freely with Sheikh Mujibur...
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That Was The Week That Was – November 13, 1999
And on top of everything . . .there was still Milosevic with all the marbles. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/News-for-Week-Ending-November-13-1999.mp3 . . . or click on the link here...
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Hostage Drama: Day 18 – Another Day, Another Burning Effigy – November 21, 1979
And even Pakistan was getting into the act. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/News-for-November-21-1979.mp3 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News + Bulletin –...
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The King Of America And Hocus-Pocus – December 11, 1959
Eisenhower and Nehru – Most Indians assumed Ike was a Monarch. Had they known . . . https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/News-for-December-11-2014.mp3 . . . or click on the link here for...
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Alabama USA – Civil Rights In 1961 – Past Daily Reference Room
Consider this: there was a time, not that long ago, where this just didn’t happen. (Photo: Bruce Davidson-Magnum Photos)...
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Releasing The Lion Of Kashmir – January 21, 1958
Sheikh Abdullah – overthrown Prime Minister of Kashmir – heading towards a conspiracy. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/News-for-January-21-1958.mp3 . . . or click on the link here for...
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Britain Goes To The Polls – February 23, 1950
Election Night in London, 1950 – The eyes of the world were watching and waiting. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/News-for-February-23-1950.mp3 . . . or click on the link here for...
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War Of Words – War Of Inevitability – March 13, 2002
T’was the season for Saber Rattling and Finger Pointing. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/News-For-March-13-2002.mp3 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR News: All...
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When The Mountain Blew – Mt. St. Helens – May 18, 1980
Humoring a volcano. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/News-for-May-18-1980.mp3 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – May 18, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound...
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The Efforts To Wage Peace – San Francisco Conference – May 26, 1945
Looking good in principle and looking good in practice were two separate things. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Report-From-San-Francisco-May-26-1945.mp3 . . . or click on the link...
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Talk Talk – In Concert From Utrecht 1984 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend
Talk Talk – their audience appeal diminished as their critical appeal rose. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Talk-Talk-LIve-In-Utrecht-1984.mp3 – Talk Talk – live from Utrecht,...
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Pakistan: Warning To The West – November 23, 1961
Pakistan was something of an untapped powder keg in the 1960s. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ABC-Pakistan-A-Warning-To-The-West-Nov.-23-1961-.mp3 – ABC Radio – Pakistan: A Warning To...
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Deportees In Session 2016 – Past Daily Soundbooth – Rock Without Borders Edition
Deportees – Swedish Indie, making their way West. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Deportees-Live-in-Umeå-February-10-2016-Sveriges-Radio-P3-pcm-24b-be.mp3 Deportees – In Session for...
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March 1, 1980 – Drama In Bogota
March 1, 1980 – Drama in Bogota – Drama in Pakistan – Drama on the Campaign trail – In walked March. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/News-for-March-1-1980.mp3 March 1, 1980 – CBS World...
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March 23, 2001 – Farewell Mir
March 23, 2001 – After 15 years, all things must come to an end. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/News-for-March-23-2001.mp3 March 23, 2001 – BBC News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection...
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June 2, 1981 – Stand Offs And Stand Downs
June 2, 1981 – Lech Walesa (r) – stepping down, at least for a little while. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/News-for-June-2-1981.mp3 June 2, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + CBS...
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October 12, 1999 – A Coup Comes To Pakistan
Coup in Pakistan October 12, 1999 – New boss – old boss – somehow, the same boss. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/News-for-October-12-1999.mp3 October 12, 1999 – CBS News Update +...
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India-Pakistan War Of 1965 – Past Daily Reference Room
India and Pakistan at War in 1965 – The reason? Kashmir. It’s ALWAYS about Kashmir. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Storm-Over-The-Himalayas-Sept.-19-1965.mp3 ABC Radio: Storm Over The...
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November 28, 1997 – Pakistan: Old Fashioned Rabble – Zimbabwe: Old Fashioned...
When things got testy at the Nawaz Sharif trial in Islamabad. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/News-November-28-1997.mp3 November 28, 1997 – BBC World Service: Newshour – BBC World...
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November 16, 1970 – Middle East: Glimmers Of Hope – East Pakistan: Shards Of...
East Pakistan – Cyclone Bhola – Blink, and a half-million are gone. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/News-November-16-1970.mp3 November 16, 1970 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound...
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February 27, 1950 – Coal Strike: Week 3 – British Elections: Morning After –...
British Elections: Prime Minister Clement Atlee – swept in by a big majority in 1945 – hanging on by thumbs in 1950. The electorate giveth – the electorate taketh away....
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A Word Or Two From Robert Mueller – 2008 – Past Daily Reference Room
FBI Director Robert Mueller – Hit the ground running with 9/11, weeks after taking office. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/FBI-Director-Robert-Mueller-2008.mp3 FBI Director Robert...
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September 17, 1965 – UN Secretary General U-Thant On The Indo-Pakistan War –...
Indo-Pakistan War – after a series of skirmishes; got serious. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/U-Thant-India-Pakistan-September-17-1965.mp3 Download For $1.99: - September 17, 1965 -...
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November 13, 1997 – A Plague Of UN Weapons Inspectors – A Warning Of...
UN weapons inspectors getting the boot from Bagdhad. Not the first time – not the last. https://s3.amazonaws.com/oildale/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/21222750/News-for-November-13-1997.mp3 Download For...
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November 18, 1962 – B.K. Nehru – India And China At War – India And Pakistan...
India and wars on two fronts – recipe for a less-than-satisfying end. https://s3.amazonaws.com/oildale/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/21222604/MTP-BK-Nehru-November-18-1962.mp3 Download For $1.99: - BK...
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July 29, 1977 – The Oil Flows In Alaska – Ali Bhutto Returns – Kent State...
Ali Bhutto – Back from exile, for a time. https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/29123109/News-July-29-1977.mp3 Download For $1.99: - July 29, 1977 - CBS World News Roundup -...
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December 18, 1971 – The Perilous Road To Independence – Bangladesh And The...
Indo-Pakistan War – shortest conflict in history and a million innocents trapped in the middle https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/18190442/All-India-Radio-Sat18Dec71.mp3...
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February 4, 1997 – Pakistan Goes To The Polls – Rebels Gain Ground In Zaire –...
Pakistan Elections – Nawaz Sharif – new kid on the block. https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/04131009/News-BBC-Newsdesk-February-4-1997.mp3 February 4, 1997 – BBC World Service...
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