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Linda talks with Thomas Bartlett, editor-in-chief of Baylor University's campus newspaper, "The Lariat." Bartlett describes the excitement among students over the impending change in the traditional Baptist univeristy's 150-year injunction against dancing.

with television industry officials. In his State of the Union address, the president proposed a conference for the TV industry to explore ways in which it could improve the kinds of programming children are exposed to.

We remember bluegrass fiddler Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise who died this week at the age of 80.

Lynne Terry reports that in advance his visit to the United States, French President Jacques Chirac called an early end to his government's controversial series of underground nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Saying that the tests guarantee a "viable and modern defense," he announced that the sixth test would be the last.

In our ongoing series of stump speeches delivered by the Presidential candidates, we hear an excerpt from an address by Alan Keyes.

Open Tennis Tournament, which concluded over the weekend. Boris Becker won the Men's competition, and Monica Seles the Women's. It was Becker's first win in a Grand Slam event since 1991, and Seles' first since she was stabbed three years ago.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Sarajevo reports on problems facing Sarajevo as it nears another important mile-post under the Bosnian peace plan. The Serb suburbs of the city are to be handed over to the Bosnian government this coming weekend under the supervision of an international civilian police force. However, the deployement of those police is slow and crime is on the rise.

Robert Siegel speaks with Stanley Hoffman, a professor of the civilization of France at Harvard University, about the late Francois Mitterrand. Mr. Hoffman discusses Mitterrand's efforts toward European integration and his gradual move from the right to the left.

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, SHE DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK ABOUT CHILDREN AND AMERICA'S OBLIGATIONS TO ITS YOUNG, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING WHITEWATER, THE MADISON SAVINGS AND LOAN, AND THE WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE THAT HAVE SWIRLED AROUND HER. 14:15. "It Takes a Village," by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Shuster

Linda Gradstein reports on the trial of confessed assassin Yigal Amir, who drew gasps from court spectators when he was handed a gun to demonstrate how he was tackled after shooting Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.