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Falling standards of literacy
Students study esoteric courses while basic literacy standards fall.
Students study esoteric courses while basic literacy standards fall.
The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.
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 成人快手 in 2014.
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Sun 20 Mar 1977
09:15
成人快手 Radio 4
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alistair Cooke |
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- Fri 18 Mar 1977 21:15成人快手 Radio 4
- Sun 20 Mar 1977 09:15成人快手 Radio 4
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