WETA looks back at the people and events of the 1980s — the disorderly decade that saw Washington's emergence as a true global capital.
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History's most famous composers were as different from one another as any of their compositions, but which do you most closely resemble?
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Sesame Street, the recipient of 85 Emmys, helps children learn and grow with its unique blend of excitement, humor, and compassion.
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Local writer Kim O'Connell discusses her unique family history as the daughter of an American serviceman father and a Vietnamese mother.
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WETA's mission is to produce and broadcast programs of intellectual integrity and cultural merit that recognize viewers' and listeners' intelligence, curiosity and interest in the world around them.
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