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Thursday, April 20, 2000

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Rule
of Law
Examining the legalities surrounding the custody battle over Elian
Gonzalez. Alexander Aleinikoff, a professor at Georgetown University
Law Center, who was general counsel during President Clinton's
first term and Grover Joseph Rees, staff director and chief counsel
for a House International Relations subcommittee, who was INS
general counsel during the Bush Administration.
Going
Forward
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the anniversary of the massacre at
Columbine High School.
Series:
The Legacy of Vietnam
The third of our discussions on the Vietnam War. We examine the
impact the war had on journalism and media. Terence Smith is joined
by Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for
CNN, Ken Bacon, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for public
affairs, David Greenway, editorial page editor of The Boston
Globe, and Morley Safer, CBS News correspondent and co-editor
of 60 Minutes.  
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Tuesday, April 18, 2000

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Delicate
Balance
Selling weapons to Taiwan: President Clinton's proposal, Congress'
response and China's reaction. Guests include: Walter Slocombe,
the Under Secretary of Defense, Sen. Jon Kyl from the Senate Intelligence
Committee, Michael Oksenberg, a senior fellow at the Asia/ Pacific
Research Center at Stanford University, Colonel Larry Wortzel,
the Army's defense attache to China-1995 to 1997, he is now director
of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation. 
Human
Cargo
Smugglers are storing illegal Chinese refugees, desperate to reach
the United States, in ship containers. We have a report form Mike
James of KCTS, Seattle.  
Conversation
with Lewis Spratlan
The winner of this year's Pulitzer prize for music, Lewis Spratlan,
talks about his work: Life Is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts:
Act II, Concert Version.
Limited
Access
Tom Bearden reports on the conflict between tourism and conservation
in The White River National Forrest in Colorado.
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Monday, April 17, 2000

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Damage
Assessment
Updating the turns and twists of recent market jitters. Guests
are Henry Hu, a professor of banking and finance law at the University
of Texas, Bob Walberg, chief equity analyst at Briefing Dot Com,
an online research and analysis firm and John Steele Gordon, author
of The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World
Power.
Global
Views
The IMF and the World Bank are causing concern among international
economic and financial circles. In our roundtable to cover these
concerns is Joseph Stiglitz, special advisor to the president
at the World Bank, Allan Meltzer, professor of political economy
at Carnegie Mellon University and chair of the International Financial
Institution Advisory Commission, Fred Bergsten, director of the
Institute for International Economics and Bob Hormats, Vice Chairman
of Goldman Sachs, International. 
Conversation
with David M. Kennedy
A conversation with the winner of this year's Pulitzer prize for
history, David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom From Fear: The
American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.
Favorite
Poems Project
Another poem from Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's project of
asking Americans to read their favorite poem. Pove Chin, a Stockton,
California student whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Cambodia,
reads a poem by Langston Hughes.
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