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ESSAY: 18-YEAR-OLD JOHN FEDOTA OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, ONE OF THE WINNERS OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S "COMING OF AGE" CONTEST, READS US HIS ESSAY TITLED "HOW LITTLE WE SEE."

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: NORA RAUM & SHAY STEVENS

Host Liane Hansen visits the Edmund Burke School in Washington .C. to sit in on a discussion between Russell Banks, author of the new novel, ULE OF THE BONE (HarperCollins), and a group of 16 and 17 year-old American iterature students. Banks wants to find out from these students if he has ccurately portrayed the world of the book's main character, a 14-year old unaway.

NPR'S PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ PROFILES GENERAL GORDON SULLIVAN, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY, WHO RETIRED THIS WEEK AFTER 36 YEARS SERVICE.

WEEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH JEFFERY TOOBIN, FORMER ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY IN BROOKLYN, N.Y. AND STAFF WRITER FOR THE NEW YORKER, AND JONATHAN ALTER, SENIOR EDITOR AND MEDIA CRITIC FOR NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, ABOUT MEDIA AND LEGAL TURMOIL RESULTING FORM THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa visits sidewalk vendors of tropical drinks in New York City. Summer refreshers like sugar cane juice and fresh coconut milk over ice are popular with kids and adults, Latinos and Anglos.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that Republicans are trying to divine the meaning of yesterday's political straw poll in Ames, Iowa, involving Republican candidates for President. Bob Dole and Phil Gramm tied for the number one spot...an outcome Gramm is calling a stunning victory.

Michael talks to British Memeber of Parliament George Walden, a member of the Conservative party, about Tuesday's vote for party leader. Walden says that the issue of Britian's integration into Europe is a red herring in the current political situation and that most of his constituents are more concerned about the economy and taxes.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on how Congressional epublicans are planning to revamp the Medicare system. Schorr says although ost Americans agree that some sort of action is needed on Medicare, there are umerous opinions on just what that action should be.