2005 February | Here & Now

Monday, February 28, 2005

Retail Mega-Merger; Drunken Girlhood; Mideast Changes and Challenges; BTK Suspect; Quabbin Secrets

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Friday, February 25, 2005

Privacy and Medical Records; Right to Die; I Can Kick the Denial, Not the Disease; Conference Title at Issue; Alabama Legislation; Difficult Decisions about Dogs; Oscar Preview

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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Bush to Meet Putin; John James Audubon; Spring Training; Love Contracts; Iraq Film: Gunner’s Palace

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Britain Penalizes Sinn Fein; Bangladesh Riven by Political Violence; Soggy California; The State of the Governors; Milton Academy Scandal; “I’m Not Going”; Good Eats

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

ID Theft Scam; Problems at PBS; GOP Strategy; Telecom Merger Mania; “Hotel Rwanda”

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Monday, February 21, 2005

Bush Pushes Unity on Europe Trip; Tempest in Academia; Presidential Secrets; Dinner Dates; “Dude, Where’s My Ghetto Pass?”

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Friday, February 18, 2005

Study: Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicidal Behavior; Order in the Court; Harvard President’s Stormy Tenure; A Look at Fire Saftey Two Years After; First Contact

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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Bush Picks Intelligence Czar; Potent AIDS Strain Has Health Officials Concerned; American POWs Seek Compensation for Torture; NHL Season on Ice; Listener Letters; Body Image

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Wednesday, February 16, 2005

FDA Weighs Safety of Painkillers; Arthritis Sufferer Speaks Out; Reports: Pain Medication Tied to Heart Problems; Kyoto Takes Effect; Casual Carpooling; Who is Kanye West?

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005

What will Greenspan Tell Congress?; A Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell; Iran Looks East; Hariri Killing Raises Fears of Instability in Lebanon; Flu News; Sledding Safety

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Monday, February 14, 2005

Blast Kills Former Lebanese Prime Minister; Who is Jeff Gannon?; Homeless Gadfly Mulls Another Lawsuit; The Poetry Game Show; Love Among Rockers

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Friday, February 11, 2005

Nuke Material Missing for Over a Month; Indispensable Nation?; Journey to Darfur; Playwright Arthur Miller Dead at 89; Teacher Fights Deportation; Queen Camilla?

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Thursday, February 10, 2005

FAA Warned About Hijacking Pre-9/11; Medicaid and the Elderly; Money Management and 20-Somethings; Watergate Reporters’ Notes Go on Display; Rising from the Rails

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Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Tempest in the Vatican?; The State of the Unions; Anesthesia Awareness; Your Turn; Fired Smoker; Blood and Honor; Remembering Minnie Mae

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Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Whistleblower Speaks Out Against Homeland Security Nominee; Mideast Leaders Announce Cease-Fire; Mistreatment of Iraqi Women Prisoners Alleged; Seeking Spiritual Solice in a Rowdy City; Parade of Champions; Mardi Gras Jazz

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Monday, February 7, 2005

Abbas, Sharon Accept White House Invitation; Belichick’s Other Champions; The White House Budget; Documentary Chronicles Chisholm’s Presidential Bid; Gauging the Numbers; “Juvies”

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Friday, February 4, 2005

Rice Rules out Attack on Iran; The Ibogaine Underground; Pay for Play; Those Were the Days; Jamaica Kincaid

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Thursday, February 3, 2005

State of the Union Wrap-Up; One View: President’s Spending Initiatives; President’s Call for Mideast Democracy; Trouble in Nepal; Superbowl Preview; Good Medicine; Success Stories

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Wednesday, February 2, 2005

Report: N. Korea Sold Uranium to Libya; A Progressive View of the State of the Union; Medical Bills and Bankruptcy; Is White House Journalist a GOP Plant?; It’s About Time

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Tuesday, February 1, 2005

The Race is On; Right Looks to State of the Union; Gay Marriage Battle Brewing in Virginia; The Shanely Trial; Death Penalty Cases Raise Issue of Jury Composition; The Economics of Mergers; Not Your Grandmother’s Ballet Troupe

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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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