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Linguist GEOFF NUNGERG has some gift suggestions for the language lovers on your gift list.

2: STEVEN MANES (MAN-es) writes the "Personal Computers" column for The New York Times. He's been writing about computers for over a decade, and was a columnist and contributing editor for PC Magazine and PC/Computing. He is the co-author of the book about Bill Gates, Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America (1993, Doubleday).

B-B Bing - Susan reflects on the singing of Bing Crosby, whose song 'White Christmas' remains one of the most popular tunes of the holiday season. In the '20's and 30's Crosby was the first performer to incorporate jazz techniques into his singing. He later became the first singer to have his own radio program.

Actress MARY TYLER MOORE. She starred in the Emmy award television show "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and the film "Ordinary People." She is now starring in a new CBS series "New York News," a drama about life at a fictional New York newspaper, and has recently written her autobiography, "After All," (Putnam's Sons). In her book, MOORE traces the track of her career and reveals the hardships of the person whom America considered "the typical American girl," including her struggles and triumphs over alcoholism and diabetes. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ORDERED EUROPE'S LARGEST TROOP MOVEMENT SINCE WORLD WAR TWO, BUT AN OMNIPRESENT FACTOR OF BOSNIAN WINTERS -- BAD WEATHER -- IS PREVENTING THE FIRST US TROOPS FROM GOING IN TO BOSNIA. NPR'S MARTHA RADDATZ REPORTS. 4:00.

BATS: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NATURALIST PAT SUTTON, OF THE NEW JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY'S CAPE MAY BIRD OBSERVATORY. FOR SOME MYSTERIOUS REASON, CAPE MAY IS SEEING A HUGE MIGRATION OF BATS THIS YEAR.

2: French filmmaker LOUIS MALLE in February 1988. Malle died last Thursday of complications from lymphoma. He was 63. Malle was best-known for such films as "Atlantic City," "My Dinner with Andre," "Au Revoir, Les Enfants," and "Pretty Baby," the 1978 movie about child prostitution that made Brooke Shields a star. He was married to TV actress Candace Bergen for 15 years. They have a ten-year-old daughter, Chloe.

We play a reading from a 100-year old newspaper account from the Chicago Tribune which describes the first automobile race in America. The 55-mile race was held on Thanksgiving day 1895...from downtown Chicago to Evanston, Illinois.

ActFor MATTHEW BRODERICK. He recently made his singing and dancing debut in the revival of the Broadway musical, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." BRODERICK plays J. Pierrepont Finch, an ambitious window washer who climbs the corporate ladder by "fawning, brown-nosing, sucking up and a touch of backstabbing." The satirical musical was written by Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows and first hit the stage in 1961. BRODERICK is best known for his acting, in such movies as "Torch Song Trilogy," "War Games," and "The Freshman." BRODERICK was nominated for a 1995 Tony Award for his performance in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." BRODERICK steps down from his role as J. Pierrepont Finch, early next month. (REBROADCAST from 5

WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS THE MOVIE "LEAVING LAS VEGAS," DIRECTED BY MIKE FIGGIS AND STARRING NICHOLAS CAGE.