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as the second ranking executive at Walt Disney. Before joining Disney in 1995, Ovitz was considered the most influential talent agent in Hollywood.

It employs technology that General Motors accuses one of its former top executive of stealing, when he went to work for V.W. in 1993. Jose Lopez insists the idea for the plant at Resende, Brazil, is entirely his own.

in sight to the conflict between government authorities -- inheritors of the old Soviet system -- and the Islamist, pro-democracy opposition.

since the election. Speaking to Democratic leaders, he emphasized his new centrist stance.

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Linda talks with Ron Elving and Phil Duncan of Congressional Quarterly magazine. They discuss the make-up of the 105th congress -- which includes a Senate that's more conservative, and a House that's picked up a few more Democrats. With Republicans maintaining control of both houses of Congress and a Democrat in the White House -- both men agree that we can look forward to an era of compromise.

2: Writer MICHAEL BERUBE (pronounced "BEAR-ru-bay"). He's written for The New Yorker and The Village Voice. He's a professor of English at the University of Ilinois and is the author of the new book, "Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child," (Pantheon Books) about the birth of his son in 1991, Jamie, who has Down syndrome, and how that has affected their life. BERUBE writes in the introduction, "individual humans like James are compelling us daily to determine what kind of 'individuality' we will value, on what terms, and why."

There is more to presidential politics than just the Republicans and Democrats fighting over control of the White House. Although Ross Perot did not receive as large a proportion of the vote in yesterday's election as he did in 1992, he made a significant showing in several states. We consider the fortunes of Perot, Ralph Nader, and other "minor party" presidential candidates.

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews a series of live recordings by the Budapest Quartet made at the Library of Congress in the early 1950s (Bridge Records).

Spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections WARREN WILLIAMS discusses the Human Rights Watch report. He says the head of the Michigan Department of Corrections is critical of the report. The report alleges there was sexual abuse of female inmates in Michigan state prisons.