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Friday, May 5, 2000

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Bug
Bytes
Mark Rasch, former Justice Department computer crimes prosecutor,
Jim Yost, chief information officer at Ford Motor Company, which
was hit by the virus, and Dan Schrader, chief security analyst
for Trend Micro Inc. give an update on the changing virus that
has crippled government offices and businesses in the past few
days.
Silent
Killer
Are doctors reading the signs of high blood pressure correctly?
Dr. Ed Roccella, coordinator of the high blood pressure education
program at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute discusses
the new findings.
Peru's
Challenger
Alejandro Toledo, the Peruvian opposition leader, talks about
his challenge to President Alberto Fujimori and the issues that
have become important in his campaign. 
Political
Wrap
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal
columnist Paul Gigot offer end of the week commentary.
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Thursday, May 4, 2000

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Arms
Control, Again
After a seven-year deadlock, the Russian parliment approves
START II, and President Putin threatens to end arms negotiations
if the U.S. builds a missile defense system. Edward Warner, assistant
secretary of defense and the Pentagon's senior representative
to the arms control talks with Russia; Stephen Cambone, director
of research at National Defense University; and Bruce Blair, president
of the Center for Defense Information; give three different perspectives
on upcoming arms control negotiations with Russia.
Crisis
in Sierra Leone
Colum Lynch, U.N. correspondent for the Washington Post,
and Ibrahim Kamara, Sierra Leone's ambassador to the United Nations,
talk about the peacekeeping crisis in Africa's Sierra Leone.  
Series:
The Legacy of Vietnam
In another of our reports on the legacy of the Vietnam War,
the story of a group of immigrants, the Hmong, who came to the
United States from Laos. Correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro from
KTCA, Minneapolis-St Paul reports. 
Remembering
Cardinal John O'Connor
Scott Appleby, director of the Cushwa Center for the study
of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame and Monseignieur
Philip Murnion, director of the National Pastoral Life Center
and a priest of the archdiocese of New York, remember the cardinal,
who died yesterday.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2000

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Island
Showdown
Representative Jose Serrano, a Democrat from New York, and
Democratic Delegate Carlos Romero-Barcelo, from Puerto Rico, talk
about the showdown between the U.S. government and some Puerto
Rican citizens. 
Sanctioning
Iraq
Hans Von Sponeck, the United Nations Humanitarian coordinator
for Iraq from October 1998 until this past March when he resigned
in protest, and Patrick Clawson, director of research at the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, debate the necessity for the current
sanctions against Iraq.
Clean
Cars
Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television
reports on building cleaner cars. 
Conversation:James
MacGregor Burns
Author James MacGregor Burns talks to senior correspondent
Margaret Warner about his recently released book, Dead Center:
Clinton-Gore Leadership and the Perils of Moderation.
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Tuesday, May 2, 2000

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Newsmaker:
Sandy Berger
National Security Advisor Sandy Berger discusses the impact
of AIDS on National Security.  
Battling
Behemoths
Now that Time-Warner is returning ABC to its cable
selection, Bruce Leichtman, director of media and entertainment
strategies for the Yankee Group and Jeffrey Chester, executive
director of the Center for Media Education, examine possible outcomes
in the legal battle between Disney and Time-Warner.
Series:
The Legacy of Vietnam
Sixth in our reports on the legacy of the Vietnam War, seven
Senators who served in Vietnam talk about their experiences. John
McCain (R-AZ), Bob Smith (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Bob Kerrey
(D-NE), Max Cleland (D-GA), John Kerry (D-MA), and Charles Robb
(D-VA) discuss how their war experiences affect their policies
and lives. 
Essay:Something
of Value
A Roger Rosenblatt essay about a book of photographs of African
rites and rituals.
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Monday, May 1, 2000

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Microsoft
Breakup?
Katie Hafner, a technology reporter with The New York Times;
Jaron Lanier, a computer scientist, artist, and author; and Paul
Kadrosky, a former Wall Street analyst who teaches information
technology and commerce at the University of British Columbia
give a variety of non-legal views on breaking up Microsoft. 
Series:
The Legacy of Vietnam
Fifth in our reports on the legacy of the Vietnam War, 25
years after the American withdrawl. In 1990, senior correspondent
Elizabeth Farnsworth made a documentary about a village near Danang,
ten years later she finds a town still recovering from the war.
Forest
Fight
Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on a fight over forests
in the southeast United States.
Conversation:
Lou Cannon
Author Lou Cannon talks to Media Correspondent Terence Smith
about his new book, President Reagan: the Role of a Lifetime.
Favorite
Poem Project
U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project continues
with a young marine reading William Butler Yeats poem, Politics.
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