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that their party's anti-regulatory position on environmental issues is going to cost them dearly in this year's elections. Major revisions in the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other environmental protection laws have been a top legislative priority for the new Republican majority.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports that as the first southern African nation to go from white minority rule to black majority rule, Zimbabwe could be a model for South Africa in the areas of political and social reform. In the area of land reform, Zimbabwe's policy has been to placate the former rulers: the government has left most of the country's good land in the hands of the small white minority.

President Clinton today announced a bi-partisan campaign to reduce teen pregnancies in the U.S. He named Dr. Henry Foster, his failed nominee for surgeon general, to head the campaign. We'll hear some of President Clinton's statement, in which he calls for an end to "children having children."

Robert speaks with Ian Lesser, an expert on Greek-Turkish relations at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Lesser explains the events leading up to the current tensions between Greece and Turkey over another disputed island -- in addition to Cyprus -- and the wider ramifications for security in the eastern Mediterranean.

and ways in which some in Congress intend to address the problem. But while advocates of reform try to build support, some of the nations most powerful interest groups threaten the movement.

Commentator Elissa Ely learns about the professional distance that a therapist is expected to keep from her patients. But during her residency, she meets Steven, a fascinating patient, who speaks like a professor, but eats like an animal and slips into delusions. From her interaction with him she learns to balance professional and human needs.

Robert talks with Ken Auletta, media writer with the New Yorker, Bob Lucky who is vice president of applied research for Bellcore and author of "Silicon Dreams", and Peter Huber, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of "Orwell's Revenge." They project what changes we can expect to see in the next 15 years as a result of the Telecommunications Bill.

This Sunday NBC will broadcast an all-star two-part adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver Travels. Ted Danson has the title role and reviewer Ken Tucker says the production features outstanding special effects, is funny, and remains true to its satiric source.

Illinois Governor Jim Edgar commuted the death sentence of Guinevere Garcia today. Garcia was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for the 1991 murder of her husband, who allegedly abused her. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that more than 90 percent of women on death row are not executed. The Governor said the fact the Garcia is a woman did not influence his decision.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that astronomers have found evidence for the existence of two new planets outside our solar system. Both putative planets are about 35 light years from Earth, and are orbiting stars at a distance that would allow water to exist on them. One appears to be orbiting a sun in the constellation Virgo, while the other appears to be orbiting a sun in the Big Dipper.