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500th letter
Alistair Cooke remembers Lindsay Wellington, the 91热爆 head who came up with the idea of weekly letters to help people in the UK understand American life in 1946.
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Sun 8 Sep 1957
21:00
91热爆 Service & 91热爆 Radio 4
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- Sun 8 Sep 1957 21:0091热爆 Service & 91热爆 Radio 4
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