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The Open Mind

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Guest: Tuchman, Barbara

Aired: 12/03/79 | Expires: | Runtime: 18m 16s

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Extras

FTED: Salvadorean Solutions

Guest: Senator Christopher Dodd

22:34
FTED: Budget Battles

Guest: Feldstein, Martin

23:26
FTED: Defense

Guest: Rep. Les Aspin

23:23
FTED: President Reagan's New Defense Strategy, Part I

Guest: General David C. Jones

23:27
FTED: Energy

Guest: James R. Schlesinger

23:17
FTED: Special Edition

Guests: Dr. Henry Kissinger & Gen. Alexander Haig

23:24
FTED: Bombs and Bishops

Guest: Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton

23:21
To Be a Politician and Lose! Part II

Guest: Koch, Edward I.

27:43
FTED: The New Right Social Agenda

Guest: Senator John P. East

23:21
Girls and Calculus

Caryl Rivers discusses trends in the alignment of perceived ability and gender.

27:56

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