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NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR BRINGS US UP TO DATE ON THE WEEK'S MANEUVERING AS CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO THRASH OUT AN AGREEMENT ON BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET.

Daniel talks with New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof about how the Japanese government recruited tens of thousands of Japanese women into prostitution following World War Two. The women were sometimes pressed into service against their will. Their clients were American G.I.'s.

Daniel talks with a new young poet - Matthew Rohrer - whose first book is called "A Hummock in the Malookas" (W. W. Norton and Company). Rohrer's surrealist poetry gives life to the thoughts and feelings of inanimate objects - like a bridge, a fork, a mop. Following the Rohrer interview is a song by the Baltimore group 'Three Pigs Cafe' called 'The Thank-you Song'.

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HALLOWEEN STORY: NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor (VERTA MAY GROVE-NER) ells an African-American folktale titled "Daddy and the Plat-eye Ghost".

Linda speaks with Carl Sferrazza (SPHERE- RAZ-ZAH) Anthony who is author of a two vlume book about American 1st Ladies. Mr. Anthony takes us through the history of the attacks, both political and journalistic, that first ladies have endured.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who has been campaigning for the Republican nomination for president for well over a year and the first big test comes Feb. 12 in the Iowa caucuses. That will be his chance to see if he can close the gap between himself and Senator Bob Dole, who is presumed to be well ahead of all the other GOP contenders. Gramm is confident he can show his candidacy gaining strength. With a message designed to win over fiscal and social conservatives, Gramm says he's the candidate best able to carry out the Republican agenda, and that the key to his viability is carrying out the promises his party made in 1994.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH FORMER COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS ABOUT A NEW INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN HE'S HEADING -- LAUNCHED FRIDAY ON CAPITOL HILL HERE IN WASHINGTON, TO REDIRECT MILITARY SPENDING TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

Richard Hearney is the second highest ranking officer in the U.S. Marines. This past week he visited the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange to see what the energetic floor traders there can teach marines about quick decision-making. Daniel speaks with the general about his experience.

About 30 million people use cellular phones in the United States. During the Blizzard of '96, cellular communications played an important part in connecting people not only with their friends and family, but also with emergency services. The storm followed a path over the cellular network of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, which noticed an increase in cellular phone calls during the storm. Robert talks with Steve Fleischer of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile and Rick Ketterman, the Emergency Management Director of Pennsylvania's Adams County.