December 18, 2004

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Iraq

Fallujah Insurgents Reappear

 

World

Turkey Edges Toward EU

by Ivan Watson

 

Middle East

Palestinians Prep for Vote

 

No Mystery Turtle Island String Quartet

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Bowing-Bowing Turtle Island String Quartet

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U.S.

Anthrax Preparations May Not Prevent Deaths

 

Law

Finding Justice in a Kenyan Police Brutality Case

 

Remembrances

Paratrooper Joe Beyrle, a Soldier for Two Armies

 

Rain Check Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra & Duke Ellington

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From Our Listeners

Letters: Prom of the Stars, Hawks, Voice of Time

 

Old Dance Tunes Allegro Chester Brezniak

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Letters Bj Liederman

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Movies

'Woodsman' a Tough Topic for Debut Director

 

Diversions

Airplane Pillow Talk

 

Tango Suite: Allegro Sergio Assad & Odair Assad

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Annoying Music

Again with the Annoying Holiday Tunes

 

Analysis

Week in Review: Rumsfeld, Turkey, Ukraine

 

Commentary

Baseball and Politics in D.C.

 

Bass Folk Song Shinichi Kato & Masahiko Sato

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Old Diary Shinichi Kato & Masahiko Sato

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Analysis

The Art of the Filibuster

 

U.S.

Cold War-Era CIA Documents Missing

by Libby Lewis

 

U.S.

Christmas Day Is Dangerous, Study Shows

 

Oh, Christmas Tree W.G. Snuffy Walden / Michael Ruff

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Health Care

Hospitals: 'Sorry' Reduces Malpractice Cases

 

Around the Nation

Ice Skating at the Eiffel Tower

 

Seasoned Greetings: Greensleeves / Christmas Waltz Tim Weisberg / David Benoit

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Education

A Finite Discussion of Infinite Numbers

 

Dancando No Paraiso Hiromi

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Interviews

Christmas Party Decorating with John Waters

 

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