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1988 televised debates, and Thatcher in 1979
Has the campaign for the 1988 presidential election become too sterile?
Looking good on TV
Forget the issues, the most important political feat is to look good on television.
Hurricane Gilbert
The destruction caused by Hurricane Gilbert, and the Great New England Hurricane of 1938.
The Democratic outsider
Could Michael Dukakis learn from Jimmy Carter when campaigning for the 1988 election?
Yellowstone National Park, 1988
Yellowstone centre is saved from wildfires which have destroyed a million acres.
Etiquette for presidential candidates and the heat wave of Summer 1988
When presidential candidates only talked policy, and when Adlai Stephenson broke the rule.
Dan Quayle for vice president
George H W Bush chooses Dan Quayle as Vice-Presidential candidate.
President Reagan鈥檚 final Republican Convention
President Reagan gives his farewell address at the Republican convention in Kansas.
Ed Koch, Mayor of New York
A look at the daily tasks and problems faced by New York's mayor Ed Koch.
Day care and recreation
The unexpected success of the newspaper USA Today; day care becomes an election issue.
