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NPR

March 14, 1998



Host: Dan Coffey

Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell

In studio players this week:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section Reporter (Washington, DC)
•Peter Sagal, Playwright (New York)
•Margo Kaufman, Hollywood Correspondent for Pug Talk Magazine (Los Angeles)

Round 1: Week in Review
Asteroid Near Miss, Indonesia's Electoral Efficiency, David Brock Repents and more...

Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•James Bond Gadgets of the Future...Today
•European Delicacy To Be Protected By Law

Round 3: Lightning True or False
Zhirinovsky: Temper, Temper, Do Men Remember Where Their Keys Are?, The Fate of "Immigration" and more...

Round 4: "Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo" (people, entertainment news)
Christopher Darden on the Small Screen...Again, Woody Allen and Soon Yi Documentary, Monty Python Reunited and more...

Round 5: "Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (mystery newsmaker)
Thomas Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste--a non-profit, non-partisan organization. CAGW has just published the 1998 Congressional Pig Book, detailing some 300 so-called pork projects that will be funded by the 1998 fiscal year budget.

Round 6: "News Etymology"
The origin of PORK BARREL

Round 7: "Why Should We Know Who You Are -- Final Round"
Jim Wilkerson, director of trademark licensing at Duke University. Duke has just announced a code of conduct to insure that products bearing the university's insignia are not made in sweatshops.

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