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SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK THAT ILLUSTRATE WHAT IS GOOD AND BAD ABOUT THE 1995 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON.

This weekend marks the 20th year of the Twins Days Festival n Twinsburg, Ohio. Host Liane Hansen speaks with participant and researcher Dr. onald Keith about what he hopes to discover by studying some of the 3,000 sets f twins expected to participate in the convention over the next two days.

LETTERS: We hear a few comments from our listeners.

For the record, we hear how President Harry Truman explained his decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima to the American people. These are excerpts from a speech Truman made on August 9, 1945, three days after Hiroshima was destroyed.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR ANALYSES THE BOSNIAN AGREEMENT WITH DR. DANIEL N. NELSON, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM BOSNIA, AND MARSHALL HARRIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ACTION COUNCIL FOR PEACE IN THE BALKANS AND FORMER BOSNIA SPECIALIST IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH LOUIS SARRIS, A STATE DEPARTMENT ANALYST FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA THROUGH MOST OF THE YEARS OF THE VIETNAM WAR (NOW RETIRED), WHO SAYS THAT IN HIS MEMOIR "IN RETROPECT," ROBERT McNAMARA, WHO HAD HELPED DESIGN AND LEAD THE VIETNAM WAR, HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ERRORS FULLY...NOT EVEN IN THAT MEMOIR.

Daniel goes for a walk in the Virginia woods with USDA entomologist Dave Nickel to listen to the sounds of a summer night. Nickel says there is an incredible array of crickets, katydids, and cicadas, all contributing to the nighttime natural symphony we hear during the hot weather.

Daniel talks with Peter Matthews, editor of the Guinness Book of World Records, about some of this year's more 'interesting' submissions. This fall, the internationally acclaimed tome will celebrate its 40th edition. And though the book is filled with records of all kinds from architecture to sports - those that capture the greatest attention are the human records, many of which are held by people from India - such as the world's longest fingernails, the longest hair, the shortest man ... Is it human nature at it's worst, or it's best? Matthews explains.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing, China on he women's conference that is currently underway. The attending delegates have ade progress toward their goal of setting a strong course for women's rights nd equality over the next decade.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON WHAT THE RUSSIANS ARE DOING IN CHECHENYA, FROM A TOWN WHERE PEACE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE COME -- BUT WHERE THIS WEEK'S EVENTS PROVE IT HASN'T.