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Politicising the dictionary

Row over the new Russian version of the Oxford dictionary which contains politically-slanted definitions.

Row over the new Russian version of the Oxford dictionary which contains politically-slanted definitions.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 2014.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Apr 1985 09:15

Credit

Role Contributor
Presenter Alistair Cooke

Broadcasts

  • Fri 12 Apr 1985 21:15
  • Sun 14 Apr 1985 09:15

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