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    Author Louise Erdrich's "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse"

    Jul 11, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: I happened to read one of your older novels over the weekend, and you have some characters in novels that go way back, that you have to make sure you know what they did in those novels so you're consistent. LOUISE ERDICH: Right. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: How do ...

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    Voices from Vietnam

    Jun 27, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ... lily for a tongue. Now when huddled asleep together the farmers hear a rustly footfall as the leaf-man rises and stumbles to them." ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Balaban said he recognizes that a thread runs through all he has done since the war. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: From my reading of your poetry ...

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    Alan Cheuse's "Listening to the Page"

    Jun 26, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ... anniversary of the publication of The Catcher in the Rye. And I think I'm going to reread some Saul Bellow this summer, also. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And what are you writing? ALAN CHEUSE: What am I writing? ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Besides the reviews? ALAN CHEUSE: I'm in the middle of ...

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    Mending Hearts

    Jun 07, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ... the heart no cells of that sort have been identified yet. So certainly where the cells come from is an open question right now. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: I asked that question because I read that there was some prior research by the same people who did this study that showed cells ...

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    The Challenges of The President of Peru, Alejandro Toledo

    Jun 04, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Mr. Ambassador, do you agree with that, that it's more rags-to-riches than racial, his story? DENNIS JETT: I think that's right. I think you should remember that when Fujimori was first elected in 1990, he was elected because he was different. He wasn't ...

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    James Salter's Book "The Hunters"

    May 28, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: So would you read from this book, please? And set the scene for us. Tell people a little bit of the story. JAMES SALTER: Well, this is the flying story. As I say, it's not... It's not a technical story -- although there are things in it ...

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    Behind the Census Numbers

    May 28, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ... 25 to 34 year olds. MARTHA FARNSWORTH RICHE: That's right. RAY SUAREZ: Than there were earlier. It's sort of a small age -- MARTHA FARNSWORTH RICHE: That's right.RAY SUAREZ: -- cohort surrounded by big ones. What does that mean over time? MARTHA FARNSWORTH RICHE: Well, that's the ...

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    AIDS in Africa: Global Help

    May 21, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: The Africa/AIDS catastrophe has many faces: The sick and dying, the mourners at graveside... Orphans who sing longingly about waking up the dead... The volunteers who try to help. These scenes are from Botswana and Malawi, but they could be almost any country in sub-Saharan Africa ...

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    Confronting AIDS

    May 21, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ... that are on the edge of the pandemic that are outside of Africa. We are... we have a window of two to three years. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Got to go. .... STEPHEN MORRISON: To take effective action in Africa. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Thank you. Sorry, we're out of time. Thank you all ...

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    Fighting Back Against HIV in Botswana

    May 16, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ... no delusion that in another 3 years, it will be double or triple what it is today. Without help, we couldn't possibly manage. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Help has come from the Harvard AIDS Institute, among others. These Harvard doctors -- working in partnership with the Botswana government at the public hospital ...