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AS THE FOURTH U.N.'S WOMEN'S CONFERENCE CONCLUDED, NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY REPORTS FROM BEIJING ON WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT THE RESULTING DRAFTED DOCUMENTS MEAN.

Daniel talks to Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-WA, and Pamela Dunn, a former welfare mother, who were partners in a program called Walk a Mile in Your Sister's Shoes, which paired lawmakers with welfare recipients. Pamela Dunn said that she expected a Republican member of Congress to be participating in the program just for appearances but found that Rep. Dunn was very gracious and even changed her position on one issue because of their conversations.

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NPR's Patricia Neighmond looks back at President Clinton's failed effort to implement health care reform, and notes that there's been a political role reversal of sorts, with Republicans now heading up an attempt to change the way the country's medical services are delivered.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with poet Christopher Merrill about his new ook, "The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee." Milkweed Editions, 1995) Merrill gives a poet's perspective on the conflict and ts by-product: thousands of refugees.

Host Liane Hansen talks with Norwegian Philosopher ostein Gaarder (YOH-steyn GORDER) about his book, "Sophie's World: A Novel bout The History of Philosophy" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Part novel, part hilosophy primer, "Sophie's World," explores some of the eternal questions sked by philosophers for centuries. "Sophie's World" is an international estseller. So far, it has sold about 3-1/2 million copies worldwide and has een translated into about 40 languages including English.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr explores how and why the nabomber's treatise came to be published.

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David Baron of member station WBUR in Boston reports on the effect that proposed cuts in medicare would have on teaching hospitals across the nation. The Medicare program is a major source of funding for teaching hospitals, a system which critics say has resulted in too many specialists being trained at government expense.

Lt. Matt Lane, support services commander of the McLean County Sheriff’s Department, officially announced his bid for McLean County Sheriff on Wednesday after nearly 24 years of service to the department.