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Clinton's medical reforms

Can Clinton push ahead with medical reform following a Republican victory in the Senate?

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Clinton on welfare and free trade

The North American Free Trade Agreement, and Clinton's failure on welfare reform.

• 15 mins

Newt Gingrich and the constitution

Newt Gingrich's appointment as the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1994.

• 15 mins

Bosnia and the power of NATO

Is NATO becoming a redundant entity as the war in Bosnia continues?

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Cable TV and local news

Has the rise in cable television made the local news story a thing of the past?

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OJ Simpson and the legal process, 1994

The OJ Simpson trial, and the Long Island commuter train shootings.

• 15 mins

Carter's diplomacy and White House security

How have the security arrangements of the president changed since the 1960s?

• 15 mins

Barry Goldwater, and Reagan's speech

The state of the Republican Party in 1994 and the importance of a speech by Ronald Reagan.

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Clinton and 'Me too' Democrats

Newt Gingrich becomes Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

• 15 mins

A Nation of hair stylists

How abstract votes will affect the nomination of Democratic presidential candidate.

• 15 mins

Montgomery bus boycott

Recollections of the Montgomery bus boycott prompted by Rosa Parks in 1955.

• 15 mins

Dependency on red tape

American dependency on red tape and the 'death' of common sense.

• 15 mins

George Abbott remembered

A tribute to director, theatre producer and playwright George Abbott (1887-1995).

• 15 mins

Baseball strike 1994-5

El Nino; and the events leading up to the 1994-95 baseball strike in America.

• 15 mins

William Fulbright (1905-1995)

Former Arkansas Senator William Fulbright remembered.

• 15 mins

The secrets of a long life

Jeanne Calment, the world's oldest woman celebrates her 120th birthday.

• 15 mins

The American deficit

How the gap between the national income and outgoings has been allowed to widen.

• 15 mins

Ringers

The latest developments in the baseball strike explained.

• 15 mins

Gingrich and Roosevelt

Republicans have a majority in both houses of the Senate for the first time in 40 years.

• 15 mins

Rudolph Giuliani's New York

The social problems faced by the Mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani.

• 15 mins

The OJ phenomenon

Why are Americans obsessed with the OJ Simpson trial?

• 15 mins

The Christian right in politics

What role does the extreme Christian Right play in American politics?

• 15 mins

Remembering FDR

The 50th anniversary of the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

• 15 mins

US taxation in 1995

The simplification and reduction of tax in America in 1995.

• 15 mins

Oklahoma City bombing

The fallout of Oklahoma City bombing, and the rise in domestic terrorism.

• 15 mins

VE Day, fifty years on

The 50th anniversary of the victory in Europe during WWII.

• 15 mins

Equality in New York, Clinton in Russia

President Clinton's trip to dissuade Boris Yeltsin from sending nuclear aid to Iran.

• 15 mins

Rockefeller and Britannica

The factors causing difficulties for Encyclopedia Britannia and the Rockefeller Centre.

• 15 mins

The White House

A discussion on the closure of Pennsylvania Avenue to the public in 1995.

• 15 mins

Objectives in modern conflict

The lack of a clear objective in modern conflict, and the effect on the American public.

• 15 mins