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CHRISTMAS BOX. SCOTT PROFILES SALT LAKE CITY WRITER RICHARD EVANS WHOSE SELF-PUBLISHED SHORT NOVEL "THE CHRISTMAS BOX " HAS BECOME A MEGA-HIT, NOW BEING PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SHUSTER WHICH PAID EVANS $4.2 MILLION FOR THIS BOOK AND A "PREQUEL". 11:56.

Jon Miller reports from Manila on the political comeback of former Phillipine First Lady Imelda Marcos. Mrs. Marcos was convicted 2 years ago on corruption charges. But she is out on bail while appealing her conviction. And in the meantime she's been elected to the Philippine House of Representatives. It's the first step in what she and many supporters hope is the path back to the Presidential palace she fled in disgrace nearly a decade ago.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that author Salman Rushdie is running into trouble again - this time in Bombay.

Daniel talks to James Jones about the psychological basis for racism. He says that blacks and whites have different cultural and individual experiences from whites, so that when a white individual and a black individual interact, there may be some racial tension even though the white person does not think of himself or herself as a racist.

This past week, CIA chief John Deutch spoke about his desire for the CIA to increase its covert operations. Daniel talks to former CIA chief Robert Gates and Scott Armstorng of the group Information Trust about the wisdom and procedure of increasing the secret activities overseas of the U.S.

NPR's Ted Clark takes a look at the implications for the peace rocess in the wake of the Rabin assassination.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that congressional Republicans and the Clinton White House are moving closer to a showdown over Medicare reform. First, House Republicans unveiled a plan to wring $270 billion from the national health insurance program for the elderly. Then, President Clinton threatened a veto, unless the cuts were scaled back. Now, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole says the cutbacks in the Senate's Medicare reform bill will probably equal the savings in the house bill.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa reports on a trend in some cities where, in a reverse migration, couples are moving from the suburbs and back into the cities. There, in urban solitude, people can enjoy a shorter commute, they don't have to deal with the constant sound of lawnmowers and they can take advantage of greater cultural opportunities. Hinojosa reports the some companies are also jumping on the bandwagon and returning to cities to do business.

NPR's Neal Conan remembers slain Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin hrough speeches, addresses and stories about Rabin's life.

NPR's Linda Gradstein, professor of government and foreign ffairs at the University of Virginia William Quandt, and Jordanian orrespondent for Al-Hayat Salameh Ne'Mat will discuss the impacts of Rabin's ssassination.