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Commentator David Crystal gives us the ten favorite words from a readers poll. Crystal believes these words were chosen more for their sound and rhythm than for their meanings. Crystal was the tenth word chosen.

The fate of a resort condominium on one of North Carolina's barrier islands has become a touchstone of sorts for the debate on whether to build on these fragile, constantly shifting islands -- and whether to save the buildings that fall victim to the hurricanes that sweep across the region. Aileen LeBlanc of member station WHQR in Wilmington, North Carolina reports.

Linda interviews New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, who moderated a panel discussion on race today .... at a meeting Senator Bradley called the "Unconvention," sponsored by the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago. In their conversation, Senator Bradley called for a new kind of engagement on questions of race; he said that confronting race as an issue in America must involve millions of individual acts. He was critical of politicians for not offering real leadership and real change.

finally got his way to end virtually all public aid to illegal immigrants. Yesterday, Wilson signed an executive order enforcing President Clinton's Welfare Reform Act, effectively achieving the goal of Proposition-187, which was struck down as unconstitutional two years ago by a federal court.

Coltrane's influence extended far beyond jazz...his playing inspired the guitar solo in the Byrds' "Eight Miles High." And his praises have been sung by U2 and the Cowboy Junkies. His 1961 recording of "My Favorite Things" sold a LOT of records. Dean Olsher tries to explain why Coltrane reached so many people. (IN STEREO)

- Daniel speaks with Dr. Philip Nitchke, about the first ever legal mercy killing, which took place this week in Darwin, Australia. Nitchke run the Voluntary Euthanasia Network in Australia's outback, and he hopes to be able other terminially ill patients end their suffering.

The Democratic National Convention has attracted only a smattering of protests and most of these have been held in small ``official'' protest areas, for which groups had to apply for a city permit. It's a far cry from the thousands of angry protesters, whose confrontations with police in Chicago twenty-eight years ago marked the last Democratic convention in the city. NPR's Scott Simon reports.

DR. DAVID SPIEGEL, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. His groundbreaking study (1989) of breast cancer patients showed that women who had psychosocial interventon lived twice as long, after diagnosis, as those without that intervention. His book, "Living Beyond Limits" (paperback, Ballintine Books) covers research on mind/body interactions, how to build sustaining support networks, control pain through self-hypnosis and detoxify fears of dying. Dr Spiegel says, "the fact we do not control death does not mean we cannot control how we live in the face of dying." (REBROADCAST FROM 9/

Commentator Joan Steinau Lester, like many other gays and lesbians, is going to hold her nose and vote for Bill Clinton in November. She's unhappy about the waffling, and the mixed signals he's sent America's gays -- Clinton says he's for equal rights, but he's been cautious about showing it.

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