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SCOTT TALKS WITH OUR FRIEND SIMON HOGGART, WHO'S JUST RETURNED FROM CHINA WHERE HE'S BEEN REPORTING ON THAT COUNTRY'S RED-HOT ECONOMIC GROWTH...AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY.

over whether the Senate Whitewater Committee should continue beyond February. The Republicans want the committee to continue indefinitely, but the Democrats say the hearings are running way too long and that there's no need.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that businesses throughout the area affected by the storm struggled to reopen today. Airports managed to resume operations, though officials warned it will be several days before the schedules return to normal. Meanwhile, more snow fell in the Washington, D.C. area, causing additional problems for commuters.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH TWO OF THE CANADIANS CENTRAL TO THAT COUNTRY'S POLITICAL DEBATE ABOUT HOW PROPOSALS TO BRING CANADA TOGETHER IN THE WAKE OF THE QUEBEC INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM ARE PLEASING NONE OF THE OPPONENTS OF PREMIER JEAN CHRETIEN'S GOVERNMENT...AND HOW THAT IMPASSE MIGHT BE RESOLVED.

SCOTT SIMON EXAMINES THE ORIGIN OF MANY WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLIDAY...AND SOME CHRISTMAS PUNS...WITH WORD SPECIALIST RICHARD LEDERER.

SCOTT VISITS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST MISSIONS FOR THE DOWN-AND-OUT, WHERE STRICT RULES ARE STILL THE RULE AND LISTENING TO A STERN SERMON IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE SEEKING A MEAL.

Daniel talks with astronomer Andrew Fraknoy about the making of a new star. This past week, the Hubble space telescope beamed dramatic pictures a star embryo back to earth.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. JONATHAN HAAR: National Book Award finalist Jonathan Haar speaks with Liane ansen about the legal case behind his book, "A Civil Action." (Random House). t is the story of a lawsuit brought by eight working-class families in Woburn, assachusetts who suffered an environmental catastrophe at the hands of W.R. race and Beatrice Foods. The book, which was nominated for a 1994 National Book ward, follows attorney Jan Schlichtman over the course of nine years as he ought the corporations.

Liane Hansen speaks with I. Bernard Cohen, ictor S. Thomas Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Harvard niversity about his new book, "Science and the Founding Fathers" (Norton). ohen believes that science heavily influenced Jefferson, Madison, Franklin and thers, and you can see the evidence of that in the documents they composed. :32.

The first play to open on Broadway in more than a year, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over tells the story of two young Black men dreaming of a better tomorrow in a world of police violence.