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Rock critic ED WARD remembers the year 1983.

Epidemiologist DR. DONALD FRANCIS. In the mid 1970's he was in Sudan helping to contain the Ebola virus, which had then just been identified. FRANCIS was also on the forefront of research on AIDS and the HIV virus. He was director of the CDC's AIDS Laboratory Activities, and worked closely with the Institut Pasteur to prove that HIV was the cause of AIDS. FRANCIS is currently doing research to develop a vaccine for HIV. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

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2: Novelist, PAUL AUSTER. AUSTER has been called "America's most spectacularly inventive writers." AUSTER recently "broadened his creative reach" with his work on two films, "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face", in a double collaboration with director Wayne Wang , who also directed "The Joy Luck Club." AUSTER has a BA and an MA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbus University. His novels include "Moon Palace," "The Music of Chance," "Leviathan," and "Mr. Vertigo."

Danny talks with Robert Reichauer, former director of the Congressional Budget Office. They examine the difference between the "deficit" and the nation's "debt." This fiscal year the budet defict is projected at 175-billion dollars. The National debt will climb to Three-point-six trillion dollars.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews How ''Natives'' Think (Univ of Chicago) by Marshall Shalins.

Jacki talks to NPR's Nina Totenberg about the life of Supereme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger. Burger, who died this morning in Washington, D.C. was Chief Justice of the Court for 17 years until he retired in 1986.

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2: Writer MARY KARR. She has two volumes of poetry The Devil's Tour, and Abacus. Karr has won "Pushcart Prizes" for both poetry and essays, and her work appears in such magazines as Granta, Ploughshares, and Vogue. She has a new novel called The Liars' Club (Viking). KARR currently teaches literature and creative writing at Syracuse University upstate New York.

Daniel talks with Joe Jiskolski, senior special agent at the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Jiskolski was working with the FBI on a nationwide investigation into insurance fraud. Jiskolski, who is based in Indiana, says in his state they discovered a corruption scandal that included doctors, lawyers and police who were would fake accidents and than place false claims with the insurance companies.