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Host Liane Hansen speaks with author Gunnar Hansen about the ffects of hurricanes on the barrier islands off the Eastern coast of North merica, focusing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Hurricane Felix held teady off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina this past week, and although erious damage was avoided, the high winds and strong tides had an effect on the elicate shore islands that lie between the mainland and the Atlantic ocean. unnar Hansen is the author of "Islands at the Edge of Time: A Journey to merica's Barrier Islands." (Island Press, 1993)

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on today's edication of the world's largest Hindu temple outside of India. He visited the emple and found workers scrambling to put the finishing touches on this mpressive place of worship.

American poet T.S. Eliot wrote about the planets revolving "like ancient women / Gathering fuel in vacant lots." Robert reads his poem "Preludes."

ALEX REFLECTS ON THE DEATH, THIS WEEK, OF THE INVENTOR OF NYLON AND ONE OF THE CREATORS OF SUPERMAN. AND IT WAS A DEATH OF ANOTHER SORT, TOO, FOR COSMOPOLITAN EDITOR HELEN GURLEY BROWN, WHO'S STEPPING DOWN.

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NPR''s Jim Zarolli reports how the Baby Bells might benefit from the Telecommunications bill that was passed this week by Congress.

Noah talks with Jack Webb, a citrus farmer in East Lake, Florida. Webb says the low temperatures are worrisome, but the weather so far this winter is nothing compared to devastating cold snaps of the 1980's, when the mercury dropped to the low teens overnight.

riding a wave of public popularity, has decided to call an early general election -- in May rather than October -- to try to secure a more comfortable parliamentary majority.

Robert talks to Senator Frank Murkowski of Alaska, about his effort to change the Amtrack decision of dropping the names of some of its trains, like the Night Owl, and replacing the names with numbers.

Linda talks with NPR's senior political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who is traveling in Iowa, about how publisher Steven Forbes is being received in the state. Forbes, who's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been waged mostly over the airwaves, has spent the past two days touring the state by bus and meeting potential primary voters. While he's been trying to sell his flat tax plan, he's increasingly questioned about his views on a broad range of other issues, like abortion.