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Writer TOBIAS WOLFF. Terry talked with him in 1989 after the release of his acclaimed memoir, "This Boy's Life" about his unhappy upbringing in a working-class town in Washington State in the late 1950s. The book was adapted for screen; the movie version stars Robert DeNiro, and Ellen Barkin. Last month WOLFF was nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of his tour in Vietnam. WOLFF also worked as a reporter for The Washington Post, and has written two highly regarded collections of short stories. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 1/31/89).

2: Novelist, journalist, essayist, and pilot, LAURENCE GONZALES. He has a new book about his love affair with flying, "One Zero Charlie: Adventures in Grass Roots Aviation." (Simon & Schuster). His love affair with flying began early, listening to the stories his mother told of his father's last flight in a B-17 bomber over Dusseldorf in World War II. (His father survived the war). GONZALES is a commercial pilot and he competes in aerobatics flying as well. "One Zero Charlie" is the term for the Galt Airfield in Illinois that he flys out of.

2:Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF makes his top ten picks for 1994....10. "Natural Born Killers" 9. "To Live" 8. "Ladybird, Ladybird" 7. "Quiz Show" 6. "L627" (L-6-2-7) 5. "The Madness of King George" 4. "Hoop Dreams" 3. "Vanya on 42nd Street" 2. "The Boys of St. Vincent" 1. "Pulp Fiction". His runners-up include "Bullets Over Broadway", "Speed", "Little Women", and "Ed Wood". Terry also talks with SCHIFF about the growing number of independent American films, the state of Hollywood, and the message of Forrest Gump.

2: Journalist RAY BONNER. He is former foreign correspondent for The New York Times and former New Yorker staff writer. He's lived in Africa from 1988 until January of this year. He has a new article in "Mother Jones," (Mar/Apr 93) about why the U.S. sent Marines into Somalia, in which he questions our role as the world's "missionary." Bonner also reported from Central America. Just recently he was exonerated for reporting on a massacre in El Salvador. Officials denied the event, but archeologists have since uncovered the mass grave. He's written two books, "Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy and El Salvador," (1984), and "Waltzing with a Dictator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy," (1987).

Writer and profesor MARY JO WEAVER. She teaches Religious and Women's Studies at Indiana University. She wrote the book, "Springs of Water in a Dryland: Spiritual Survival for Catholic Women Today," (Beacon Press) about the "double bind" that many Catholic women find themselves in, either living within a institutionalized church structure that is oppressive, or rejecting a church which is a source of spiritual enrichment. In her book, WEAVER argues that it is possible for a woman to be a feminist and remain Catholic. WEAVER is also the author of "New Catholic Women: A Contemporary Challenge to Traditional Religious Authority." (Orginally aired 3

Rock critic KEN TUCKER picks the best pop music of 1994. He reviews his ten favorite new albums: The Mavericks, "What a Crying Shame" (MCA); Sam Phillips, "Martinis and Bikinis" (Virgin); L7, "Hungry for Stink" (Warner Bros.); Joni Mitchell, "Turbulent Indigo" (Warner Bros.); Pearl Jam, "Vitalogy" (Epic); Liz Phair, "Whip-Smart" (Atlantic); Sugar, "File Under Easy Listening" (Rykodisc); Oasis, "Definitely Maybe" (Sony); Madonna, "Bedtime Stories" (Warner Bros.); and Pretenders, "Last of the Independents" (Warner Bros.). His runners-up include Sheryl Crow's "Tuesday Night Music Club", Richard Thompson's "Mirror Blue", and Mark Chesnutt's, "What a Way to Live". TUCKER plays some samples of the top ten and talks about what's alternative and what's mainstream.

2: Writer STEPHEN CARTER. He's a professor of constitutional law at Yale University and author of "Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby." CARTER's newest book, "The Culture of Disbeleif: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion" (Harper Collins), argues that although the majority of Americans are religious, our law, politics, media, and universities pressure believers to trivialize their faith and treat "God as a Hobby."

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "The Beverly Hillbillies," the movie version of the popular TV series, starring Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin and Jim Varney.

2: Correspondent for CBS's Sunday Morning and the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News, BILL GEIST. (pronounced like "Heist"). He's been a Little League coach for over 10 years and has written a funny book about it, "Little League Confidential: One Coach's Completely Unauthorized Tale of Survival." (Dell).