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FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS, NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS ON THE EFFECTS OF THE MEXICAN PESO DEVALUATION ON U.S. BUSINESSES. WHILE SALES OF SOME U.S. IMPORTS TO MEXICO HAVE PLUMMETED SOME BUSINESSES ARE REAPING ADVANTAGES IN REDUCED LABOR COSTS AND LOWER IMPORT PRICES FOR GOODS COMING FROM MEXICO.

SIMON/POGGIOLI: PASTA: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN ROME ABOUT A REPORT PUBLISHED THIS WEEK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT STATES THAT FOOD SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE THAT PASTA CARBOHYDRATES CAN BE FATTENING, EVEN WITHOUT THE SAUCE TOPPINGS.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on today's meeting between President Bill Clinton and governors and congressmen in which they discussed ways to revamp the nation's welfare system.

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT VISITED CUBA RECENTLY, AND REPORTS ON THE CHANGING ECONOMIC SITUATION THERE -- FIDEL CASTRO'S ALLOWING THE BEGINNINGS OF A MARKET ECONOMY, AND IT'S MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR SOME.

NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON HARMONICA LEGEND LARRY ADLER, NOW 80 YEARS OLD AND LIVING IN ENGLAND. HE WAS A WELL-KNOWN MUSICIAN IN AMERICA, THEN WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE, WHERE HE REFUSED TO COOPERATE. HE MOVED TO ENGLAND AND CONTINUED TO PERFORM, AND NOW HE'S RELEASED A NEW CD.

LITTLE BEARDS: Essayist Mike Renfro comments on the urrent "Van Dyke beard" fad.

Daniel visits Place Pigalle restaurant in Seattle and learns how to make their signature dis, "Mussels Pigalle." Chef Will MacNamara says that shellfish shouldn't be overcooked... once they've opened just wide enough to stick your little finger in, they are done.

BRUCE GELLERMAN OF MEMBER STATION WBUR IN BOSTON REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW IN ANDOVER TO CHALLENGE THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OVER ITS ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.

THE SINGING GROUP "BETTY" (ALLISON PALMER, AMY ZIFF AND BITSI ZIFF) SING US A VALENTINE SONG. (TOLL FREE NUMBER - 1-800-HI BETTY, 1-800-442-3889).

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr offers some alternative olutions to some current problems.