February 2000

Indian Dowry -- Commentator Sarita Sarvate offers these thoughts on the persistence of the ancient cultural practice of dowry which continues in India despite changes in law. (3:30)

US - Chile -- Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says a year after President Clinton's directive, we are finally learning the truth about some Americans lost abroad. (3:00)

Dogs -- Commentator Kevin Kling unfavorably compares his wife's new dog, a show Dachshund, to his own big old mutt. But then he takes the show dog for a walk, and it instantly proves to be popular, forcing Kling to reconsider. Kling finds himself suddenly enthusiastic about dog shows and the history of breeding. (4:00)

Hillary Rodham Clinton & George W. Bush -- Two familiar names are on the campaign trail today, but NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that sharing a president's name only takes you so far. (3:00)

What My Parents Didn't Tell Me -- Commentator Reynolds Price says if there's one piece of advice he'd didn't get from his parents that he would have liked to hear, it's that there's always hope. He says kids need to know in bad times that things can and will get better. (5:00)


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