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Commentator Marianne Jennings sasys business people speak a different language...sometimes they don't use words, just acronyms, sometime they take nouns and turn them into verbs and sometimes they put all these things together and nobody knows exactly what they are saying.

In the wake of Cuba's downing of two civilian aircraft, President Clinton today signed controversial legislation that will tighten the U.S. embargo of Cuba and permit Americans to file claims against Cuba in American courts. We hear excerpts from Mr. Clinton's remarks.

continuing to burn and loot city suburbs which they are leaving.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports on the latest standoff between UN inspectors and Iraqui officials. For the second time in four days, Iraquis have blocked UN officials from checking Iraq's compliance with orders banning weapons of mass destruction.

between China and the United States over the issue of Taiwan. Tomorrow, China is scheduled to begin nine days of military exercises in the Straits between the mainland and Taiwan. Both Taiwan and the United States have protested, and the U.S. is said to be moving a second aircraft carrier group into the area as a cautionary measure.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on the summit on terrorism, which was attended by leaders of 27 countries, many of them former enemies of Israel. President Clinton praised the gathering for coming up with concrete ideas for combatting terrorism, but others felt the summit was short on details.

NPR's Tom Gjelten in Bosnia was at the killing fields this morning with United Nations Ambassador Madeleine Albright. Albright visited a farm believed to contain a mass grave. Gjelten reports that she said the bones and body she saw are clear evidence of a systematic slaughter.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Center for People and the Press, and to Chris Matthews of CM Research, who does polling for Republican candidates, on the gender gap. They discuss why women appear to be staying away from Republican primaries; and why the political language of the Republican party in 1994 and again this year appears to be more appealing to men than to women. Both Matthews and Kohut suggest ways the GOP may be able to overcome what could be a serious problem for Senator Dole in the coming November elections. (7:30) IN STEREO 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 13. GM STRIKE -- Linda talks with Harley Shaiken, a labor specialist at the University of California at Berkeley, and David Cole, director of the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation at the University of Michigan, about the strike at General Motors that has shut down 21 assembly plants across the country and threatens to escalate into a national ordeal. Cole talks about the industry's push to become leaner and their use of "just-in-time manufacturing." Following the lead of Japan, GM now keeps only a very small supply of critical components, like brakes, in stock. Shaiken explains how this practice gives union strikes considerable leverage because a small number of strikers can paralyze a large organization.