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Commentator Joyce Maynard makes a list of the qualities she finds appealing in a man... and finds that actor Steve Martin fits the bill. Then she ends up meeting him. This is the story of their meeting.

Stephanie Griffith reports on the newfound popularity of American spirituals and gospel music in Paris. But there is some controversy over whose music it really is and whether it can be sung by just anyone. Say some, the color of one's skin or the country of one's origin does not make a difference in this matter - the despair, the "blues", that accompanies heartfelt spirituals and gospel is a human condition.

NPR's Richard Harris and Martha Raddatz talk with Noah about the possible health consequences for soldiers who were inadvertently exposed to chemical weapons during the Gulf War. Some have suggested that this exposure may explain the ailments known collectively as "Gulf War Syndrome." Harris also discusses the possible health effects of vaccinating all troops against anthrax.

Championship Series yesterday with a 6-to-4 victory in Baltimore. This will be the New York Yankee's 34th appearance in the World Series, but the first in 15 years.

2: PHIL JACKSON interview cont'd.

Reviewer Alan Cheuse discusses the first novel by Kate Horsley, A Killing in New Town. It's set in New Mexico territory in 1879, and follows the story of a woman whose children are kidnapped by a traveling salesman. [Stations: A Killing in New Town is published by La Alameda Press.)

whether to propose greater restrictions on the ownership of handguns. The initiative comes in reaction to the massacre at a school in Dunblane, Scotland last March.

on a study which finds that a number of small businesses account for most of the 10.5 million new jobs which have been created in the last four years. These rapid growth companies are referred to as, 'gazelles,' and include Netscape, Boston Market, and Southwest Airlines.

President Clinton said today he wants to expand NATO by 1999, admitting former Soviet bloc states. NPR'S Mara Liasson reports Mr. Clinton told a Detroit campaign audience today that the U-S should prepare to think of its former enemies as allies, and to defend them if necessary. Republican challenger Bob Dole told supporters in Frankenmuth, Michigan, today that the president has been dragging his feet on admitting new NATO members. Dole says the alliance could welcome Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic by 1998, a year earlier than the Clinton proposal.

a merit scholarship program in New York City that prepares minority students from public schools for the rigors of a private school education.