Baseball and politics in 1988

Update: 1988-10-21

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With the 1988 presidential race and World Series drawing to a close, Alistair Cooke looks at the baseball metaphors used by George H W Bush and Michael Dukakis in their campaigns.

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Gorbachev's perilous experiment

1988-12-0915:18

Yasser Arafat's speech at the UN, 1988

1988-12-0216:12

Fears over US deficit

1988-11-2514:17

A dirty campaign

1988-11-1813:42

The 1988 presidential election

1988-11-1113:52

George H W Bush vs Michael Dukakis

1988-11-0427:58

The Bess Myerson trial begins

1988-10-2814:08

Baseball and politics in 1988

1988-10-2114:27

Testing public opinion

1988-10-1413:03

1988 televised debates, and Thatcher in 1979

1988-10-0713:55

Looking good on TV

1988-09-3014:48

Hurricane Gilbert

1988-09-2313:53

The Democratic outsider

1988-09-1613:35

Yellowstone National Park, 1988

1988-09-0915:22

Etiquette for presidential candidates and the heat wave of Summer 1988

1988-09-0213:35

Dan Quayle for vice president

1988-08-2628:50

President Reagan’s final Republican Convention

1988-08-1915:05

Ed Koch, Mayor of New York

1988-08-1213:32

Day care and recreation

1988-08-0515:07

America's polluted waters

1988-07-2914:06

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Baseball and politics in 1988