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The Evolution of Presidential Oratory.

From the Library of Congress, Recording Sound Specialist, Samuel BrylawskiI and Acquisition Specialist Cooper Graham. The two have just compiled a collection of presidential speeches dating back 85 years. The collection is Historic Presidential Speeches (1908-1993) (on Rhino/World Beat label) and begins with William Howard Taft's recorded during the presidential campaign of 1908.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 7, 1995: Interview with Samuel Brylawski and Cooper Graham; Interview with Daisy Zamora; Review of Terence Blanchard's album "Romantic Defiance."
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The Voice of Radio Sandino.

Nicaraguan poet Daisy Zamora. She was born into a well-to-do, upper-middle class family. When she was four her father was arrested for his part in an attempted coup against the dictator Somoza. Later in adult life Zamora was part of the Sandinista Revolution. After going into exile in Honduras and Costa Rica, Zamora was announcer for the clandestine Radio Sandino. She'll talk with Terry about her work with the voice of the revolution. Zamora now teaches at the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua, Nicaragua.

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