2004 December | Here & Now

Friday, December 31, 2004

Tsunami Relief Effort Gathers Pace; The World in 2005; Kidnapped Photojournalist; Reporter’s Notes from Indonesia; Scots in America

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Thursday, December 30, 2004

Top News December 30; Tsunami Toll Climbs to over 100,000; Calls for Reform in Islam Spark Debate and Controversy; EPA Toxic Study Rumor; Father Joe; Idaho Caviar; Band’s Big Day

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Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Top News December 29; Looking for Ways to Help; The Year in Sports; Atlantic Tsunami?; Robert Johnson; Your Turn; Survivor’s Diary; Robert Johnson Biography

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Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Aid Workers Worry that Disease Could Follow Tidal Wave; Tsunami Early Warning Systems; Review of Health Stories of 2004; X-Rays at Airports; Wisdom of Big Bird

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Monday, December 27, 2004

Thousands Killed in Earthquake, Tsunami; The Future of the Democratic Party; Holiday Travelers Stranded; Ukrainian Elections; Business Check In; Finding a Few Good Cartoonists

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Friday, December 24, 2004

New Vote for Ukrainian President; Iraq’s Looted Treasures; Business Mergers; Rumsfeld in Iraq; Bizarre Christmas Bazaar; Bright Horizons; King’s College Choir; King’s College Choir

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Thursday, December 23, 2004

Tensions with Cuba; Belief in Black and White: Religions’ Texts; View of Mosul; Army Psychiatrist on Returning Soldiers; Retiree Radio: The Real Oldies Station

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Wednesday, December 22, 2004

U.S. Investigates Bomb Attack on Mess Hall; Growing Strain of Caring for Aging Parents; Putin Consolidates Power; Trees for Sale; Last Minute Gifts for Readers

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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Celebrex, Aleve, Latest in Medication Concerns; Marilynne Robinson’s “Gilead”; Wounded Veteran Returns Home; One Hundred Dollar Holiday; Independent Bookstores

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Monday, December 20, 2004

Attacks in Iraq Kill Over 60; Museum World Roundup; BTK Serial Killer; Countdown for Seasonal Shopping; Listener Letters; Jazz Gift Ideas

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Friday, December 17, 2004

Calls for Rumsfeld’s Resignation; Those Incredible Shrinking Greenbacks; Hospitals Taking Uninsured to Court; Ah Nuts!; Gift Tips for the Theatrically Minded

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Thursday, December 16, 2004

European Union Considers Turkey; ETA in Spain: Terrorists or Wrongly Accused?; Elections Begin in Iraq; Profiles of Military Families — After One Year of Deployment; Hockey Season Delay; Boston’s New Nutcracker

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Wednesday, December 15, 2004

White House Economic Summit; Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life on Abortion Policy; Governors Race in Washington State; Softened Approach from Palestinians; Klezmatics on Hanukkah Songs; Favorite Cookbooks of 2004

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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Googling Academia; Work and Labor and China; U.S. Math Ability Lags; Stress and Health; Up and Down: Archeology and Skyscrapers for Children

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Monday, December 13, 2004

White House Scrambles for New Homeland Security Chief; Puerto Rico’s Contested Governor Race: Statehood a Key Issue; Human Trafficking: Modern Slavery; Listener Letters; Wrestling Through Girlhood

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Friday, December 10, 2004

Rumsfeld Raises the Shields; Karzai Vows to Fight Afghan Drug Trade; Denver Post Barred from Coverage on Base for Story on Soldiers; Deserter Charges U.S. Commits War Crimes; Conductor Allen Lannom Lays Down Baton

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Thursday, December 9, 2004

Down in the Dollar; Wal-Mart, Retailers and China; 109th Congress Outlook; Ireland Talks Stalled; Wounded Soldiers, Treatment on the Frontlines; Ohio Nightclub Shooting

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Conflict in Government Over Prison Tactics; Problems With Prescriptions; Daniel Pearl’s Father Reflects on Son; Hard Look at Ohio; Steroids in Baseball

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Tuesday, December 7, 2004

Secret CIA Document Warns on Iraq; The Name of Valerie Plame, and the Word of the Journalist; Religious Freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq; Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Sue; Hidden Lives of Nuns; Hidden Lives of Nuns

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Monday, December 6, 2004

U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia Attacked; Taliban in Afghanistan; Intelligence Overhaul; Saw Whet Owl; John Irving: “Widow for One Year”

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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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