2003 October | Here & Now

Friday, October 31, 2003

Goldin Withdraws from BU Presidency; Waxman Challenges Iraq Oil Imports; Secret Case; Stiff; Help Wanted; Stephen Glass; Old School Horror

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Thursday, October 30, 2003

Economy Shows Best Quarter Since ྐ; Congress Examines Corporate Tax Break; Medicare Reform and Drug Imports; Economic Realities in an Afghan Village; Officials Concerned over Seasonal SARS Emergence; Race for Governor: Louisiana; Letters 10/30/03; The Human Stain

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Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Bush to Approve Drug Benefit; Iraqi News Editor Assassinated; Solar Flares; The Black Dahlia; Florida Straw Poll; Race for Governor: Mississippi; Ghettopoly; Arthur Gelb

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Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Senate Considers Amendment to AIDS Package; Warren Buffet in Barron’s; Judge Rules English to Hispanic Dad; Fires Threaten Valley Near LA; Friendster; MA Ponders Tax Holiday; Race for Governor: Kentucky; Philly Mayor Ahead Despite Setbacks; Ballerina Jennifer Gelfand Retires

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Monday, October 27, 2003

Baghdad Bombs Hit Red Cross, Police; Bremer Meets Bush, Rumsfeld; Economy Check-In; California Fires Kill 13; Economic Recovery vs. Iraq War; New Jersey Foster Case; Daughters, Sons, and Divorce; Hollywood Anti-Piracy Message in Middle School; Roberta Flack

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Friday, October 24, 2003

Iraq Donations May Not Be Enough; Rumsfeld in Republican Circles; Madame Chiang Dies; A Visit to Vietnam; Gerald Amireault; Pre-Columbine Video; “Elephant” and “Zero Day”

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Thursday, October 23, 2003

Medicare vs. Managed Care; Prescription Drugs and the Shadow Market; Scientists Warn NASA on Space Station Crew; Bosnians Mourn Leader’s Death; Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports; Letters 10/23/03; Jordan Hall Centennial

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Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Schiavo’s Feeding Tubes Reinserted; Senate Votes to Ban Type of Abortion; Elder Planning; Sniper Suspect Ends Self-Representation; Representing Yourself in Court; Odd Jobs; Comfort Food

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Tuesday, October 21, 2003

Iran to Stop Uranium Enrichment; Bush Pledges Airline Safety; Blood Infections; Big Business Shows Economic Upswing; Unemployed in America’s Big Cities; Prehistoric Left Hands; Cuban Odyssey

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Monday, October 20, 2003

U.N. Arab Report Released; Bush Pushes Korea Plan; Vietnam Massacre Predates My Lai; Flugtag; Iraq and Iowa; Candidates Musical Picks; Jonathan Katz Lives and Laughs with MS

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Friday, October 17, 2003

Bush Visits Japan, South Asia; China: Producer, Consumer; Religious Polarization in Politics; Kim Jong Il; Baseball and Journalism; Letters 10/17/03; Veronica Guerin; Pieces of April

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Thursday, October 16, 2003

U.N. Looks at Iraq Role; Senate Debates Iraq Costs; Halliburton Accused of Overcharging for Iraq Oil; Frontline’s “Chasing a Sleeper Cell”; Anglicans Meet to Discuss Gay Priests; Pope Marks 25th Anniversary; Investigators Probe Staten Island Crash; All Saint’s Way; Cubs Lose to Marlins, Sox Hope for Victory

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Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Doctors to Remove Patient’s Feeding Tube; Doctors Allowed to Recommend Medical Pot; Tommy Chong in Jail; Baseball’s Underdog Teams Face Elimination; Gaza Bomb Kills Three Americans; Debt Counseling Under Investigation; The Divers of Queens Lose a Shop; Scott Turow on the Death Penalty

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Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Muhammad Pleads Innocent in Sniper Case; IBM Chemical Case; Home Care Co-Pay Debated; Computer Viruses and Worms; Political Bestsellers; Bolivians Protest Gas Exports; Bin Laden’s Son Active in Iran; Muslim Dolls Hit the Toy Market; Second Hand Nation

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Monday, October 13, 2003

New Draft of Mideast Peace; Letters from Iraq; Democratic Films; DC Roundtable; Muslim Barbie; Baseball, Yankees and Red Sox Style; Tim Riley: Tribute Albums and File Sharing

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Friday, October 10, 2003

Groups Criticize Guantanamo Prison; New Breast Cancer Drug; FDA Reviews Breast Implant Gel; Deadly Slums in the U.S.; Celebrities and Politics; Law Targets Sleepy Drivers in NJ; Kill Bill; Bruce Booed

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Thursday, October 9, 2003

Bush Talks Economy, Iraq in NH; NH Economic Check-In; Poll Shows Bush Popularity Slip; Questioning Terrorists; Democrats Prepare for Debate; Letters 10/09/03; The Mercy Brothers

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Wednesday, October 8, 2003

California’s New Governor; Group Wants Dean’s Archives; Iraq Council Opposes Turkish Troops; Storyteller’s Daughter; Capitol Hill Debates Sanctions for Syria; Middle East Reporters’ Notebook; Fans Dream of Red Sox, Cubs in World Series; Untangling My Chopsticks

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Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Recall Election Underway in California; New Supreme Court Term; Obesity and Health Care; Energy Scam; Iraqi Guerrilla Movement; Investigators Question Guantanamo Translator Conduct; Dams Demolished for Maine Salmon; Harry Belafonte

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Monday, October 6, 2003

Syria Demands U.N. Action on Israel Attack; UK’s Blair Blamed in Cook Iraq Diary; The Real Iraq Oil Revenue Numbers; The Wilson Affair; California Recall Preview; Skeletons in the Closet; All Black Billboard Top Ten; Jazz Guitarists Bill Frisell and Melvin Sparks

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Running legend Alberto Salazar. (Photo Alex Ashlock)

Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock recently sat down with Alberto Salazar, one of the top distance runners in American sports history.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
A portrait of Dickens at age 29, painted during his 1842 American trip by Boston artist Francis Alexander. It’s on loan to the UMass Lowell exhibit from the MFA where it hasn’t been seen in 30 years. Diana Archibald says it shows the young Dickens’ penchant for flashy dress, which inspired another part of the Lowell exhibit, “Dickens as Steampunk Muse.” (Courtesy Of Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

“People think of Dickens as that old guy with the beard that’s not relevant. And he is relevant! In fact, I think of him as sort of like Jon Stewart, he uses wit,” said Diana Archibald, a Dickens scholar. Dickens was born 200 years ago, we look back on his trip to the famous mills of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1842.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Jasmine Zhuang, a Yale junior who says she avoided checking the "asian" box on her college application out of fear it would prevent her from getting in. (Courtesy Jasmine Zhuang)

When it comes to college applications, some Asian-Americans are purposely not checking the race box. For many, it has nothing to do with their heritage, and everything to do with the high expectations that come with it.

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