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From Exciting Horserace to Exhibition Trot
Alistair Cooke considers the outdated presidential nominating conventions and remembers the dramatic evenings of the longest ballot in US history.
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Fri 4 Aug 2000
21:00
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- Fri 4 Aug 2000 21:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
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