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ON THIS DAY IN 1979, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS "MALAISE" SPEECH. TODAY, SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH HENDRIK HERTZBERG, EDITOR OF THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, WHO WAS MR. CARTER'S PRINCIPAL SPEECHWRITER IN 1979 AND DRAFTED THAT SPEECH AND WHO NOW CONFIRMS A MISQUOTATION.

SARAJEVO: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S MIKE O'CONNOR IN SARAJEVO ABOUT THE LATEST BOSNIAN SERB ATTACKS ON U.N. "SAFE" AREAS.

SIMON/PLANT: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH TIMOTHY WALKER, DIRECTOR OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND WHERE, A RARE TROPICAL PLANT RECENTLY BLOOMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on an old idea that is coming back to the streets of Lowell, Massachusetts. Community policing is the current way of referring to the cop on the beat...policeman who walks his precinct instead of driving through...as a way to get to know residents and help prevent crime. The one-year old experiment so far has yielded positive results.

Michael talks with Frank Vardanega about today's Wimbledon mens singles championship between American Pete Sampras, and Boris Becker from Germany. After losing the first set, Sampras rallied to take the next three sets...to make this his third straight Wimbledon title.

Michael and NPR's David Welna update the situation in Mexico, where talks between the government and Zapatista rebels adjourned this week.

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS ON ROSS PEROT'S THREE-DAY NATIONAL ISSUES CONFERENCE WHICH CONTINUES IN DALLAS TODAY.

Michael Goldfarb is usually based in London where he covers British life and politics for NPR. So we took advantage of his tenure here in Washington, D.C. to help us understand that most British of games: cricket. Michael managed to find a cricket match on a field (the "wicket") near the Jefferson Memorial and, in this piece, he tells us what the game is all about.

NPR's David Welna reports that tomorrow in Haiti there will be make-up local and parliamentary elections. They're being held because there were widespread problems with elections that were held in June.

NPR'S ANDY BOWERS SENDS US THIS POSTCARD FROM THE CENTRAL REGION OF BOSNIA, WHICH HAS ENJOYED RELATIVE PEACE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. HERE THE FRONT LINE AND FLY-FISHING EXIST SIDE-BY-SIDE.