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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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Other segments from the episode on November 7, 1995

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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