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2: Composer HENRY MANCINI who's famous for the his movie scores for "The Pink Panther," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and "The Days of Wine and Roses"....and for his tv themes for "Peter Gunn," "Newhart" and "Remington Steele." Mancini has won four Academy awards and 20 Grammys. (rebroadcast from 11/11/87).

2: Harvard Law professor ELIZABETH BARTHOLET, (pronounced "BARTH-o-let") author of "Family Bonds: Adoption & the Politics of Parenting" (Hougton Mifflin). In her book, Bartholet --the mother of two adopted Peruvian boys-- examines transracial, single and older-parent families, and challenges current societal priorities about parenting, adoption and infertility.

DR. PAUL MAYEWSKI, chief scientist with the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2. The project archives tubes of ice extracted from Greenland which chronicle 250,000 years of the earth's atmosphere, and changes in the climate. From the ice, scientists can pinpoint the start of the industrial revolution, or the end of the ice age. Scientists hope, by looking at the ice, they can better understand rapid changes in the earth's climate

The daughter of Marlene Dietrich, MARIA RIVA (REE-va). Dietrich died last May at the age of 90, with her mystique still intact. RIVA has written a memoir, "Marlene Dietrich," (Knopf) which relies on Riva's memories and on Dietrich's letters and diaries (80 years worth). It's been called a "sympathetic" and not a bitter book, though it describes a woman who is "uncaring" and not very "likeable," and who belies the image of great sexuality (she didn't like sex), though she had many lovers. RIVA also describes her mother's decline into alcoholism, and decrepit old age.

Songwriter BURTON LANE. He's written the scores for several Broadway shows, including "Finian's Rainbow" and "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." Lane has collaborated with Michael Feinstein for two volumes of "The Burton Lane Songbook," which feature many of Lane's classic songs. A touring production of "Finain's Rainbow" is expected to go on the road next year. (REBROADCAST FROM 11

2: Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF has his ten best of movies.

JIM MOSS was one of the original creators and writers of "Sesame Street." He created Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch, and wrote such songs as "Rubber Ducky" and "People in Your Neighborhood." He has won 13 Emmy's, four Grammy's, and an Oscar nomination for his work on "Sesame Street" and with the Muppets. Moss is also the author of four books for children, the newest of which is "Hieronymus White: A Bird Who Believed That He Always Was Right" (Ballantine Books).

Language commentator GEOFFREY NUNBERG comments on his young daughter''s use of the exclamation "YESSSS!"