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'Tis the season to be tuneful. Commentator Amy Dickinson hits the streets in search of Christmas cheer. As she asks people to sing their favorite carols, she learns that just because a person is seasonally merry, he or she cannot necessarily sing or remember the words.

Scott travels to Knoxville, Tennessee, the home of the Vols, and Lady Vols---the men's football and women's basketball teams at the University of Tennessee. Every year these two teams are ranked in the top ten in their sport.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on today's order by Army Secretary Togo West to find out whether top commanders knew about allegations of sexual harassment or sex abuse in the Army, and whether they condoned a culture of sexual misconduct within the ranks. While West says the Army will face up to any problems it finds, some critics wonder whether talk will take the place of action.

, following publication in the December issue of >Penthouse Magazine of a feature story alleging that Episcopal priests took part in homosexual orgies in a Brooklyn, New York Episcopal Church. One parish priest and an official with the national church already have resigned.

to win the presidency, there will still be major changes in the White House. As many as six members of President Clinton's cabinet will resign...including Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Defense Secretary William Perry. The administration says it's simply reorganizing for President Clinton's second term.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the United States is alarmed at the escalating fighting in the West Bank and Gaza and is calling on all sides in the clashes not to take "unduly provocative action." US officials are surprised at the speed and level of the violence and are afraid it is endangering the Middle East peace process that they thought was slowly moving ahead.

that the AFL/CIO invested in this year's elections paid off.

Many older women are part of a generation that never discuss sex or sexually transmitted diseases. And many older homosexuals never experienced "coming out". That means that they and their partners are often hit by AIDS unaware. But age confers no special protection against the disease. And NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports that more than 10% of the cases of AIDS in this country occurs in people over 50 years of age.

One of the Republicans' promises to congressional office workers, the right to unionize, may be slipping away. The law passed at the beginning of the 104th Congress allowing aides to organize specifies a deadline of October first for a final approval vote. But NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that Congress has not been able to work out which staffers should be allowed to unionize and under what terms.

in the West Bank and Gaza.