2006 December | Here & Now

Friday, December 29, 2006

Saddam Hussein’s Death Sentence; Risks of Mountain Climbing; The Trial of Saddam Hussein; New Year’s Resolutions; A Kennedy’s Journey Home

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Thursday, December 28, 2006

President Ford’s Comments on Iraq War; “Enrique’s Journey”; Congress’ Legislative Performance; Biggest Sports Stories of 2006; The Art of Whistling

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The Endangered Polar Bear; The Story of Five Chinese Classmates; The Presidency of Gerald Ford; New Year’s Eve Food and Music

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

The Latest From Somalia; The Price is Wrong; Remembering Professor Lane Faison; Miss Dewey; Children of Men

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Monday, December 25, 2006

Iraqi Reporter on Iraq Today; Soldier on the Internet; How “Christmas” Became Merry; A Joyful Noise

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Friday, December 22, 2006

This is a Test; DVD Collections for the Holidays; Iraqi Oil; White Christmas in Denver; Kenya Runners

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Marines Face Charges; “Where God Was Born”; The High Price of the Holidays; Sports Update; “Dreamgirls”

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Bush Press Conference; War in Afghanistan; Who Should Pay for Rescue Missions?; Faith Quilts; CD Boxed Sets for the Holidays

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Study: Safety Issues for Small Cars; Reverse Outsourcing; The Push to Drop Pot; Nutcracker Dancer from Jamaica Plain; “51 Birch Street”

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Nuke Deal; Building Bridges Through Music; From Iraq Contractor to Detainee; Holiday Cheer; United 93

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Friday, December 15, 2006

Study: Decreased Breast Cancer Rate; Journalist George Packer; Remembering the Dictator; Photographing “Back Home”; “Pussy Cats” Album

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Senator Undergoes Brain Surgery; Evangelicals & Homosexuality; FTC Proposes a Ban on Robo-calls; Sports Update; The Man of Many Voices

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Saudis Warn Against U.S. Pullout; Palestinian Violence Worsens; Art Exhibit: Joseph Stalin’s Gulags; Christmas Dance; Chris Botti

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Briefing the President; The New Vietnamese?; “After the Fall”; Hip Broken, Not Spirit; From “CSI” to “Dublin”

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Iraqi PM in Danger of Revolt; Presidential Hopefuls; Bristol Bay; Salmon Swim Upriver; CD Box Sets Boost Sales

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Friday, December 8, 2006

Investigators Eye Bar in Litvinenko Case; Saving Baby Mariam; A New Arts Museum for Boston; Sports Update; “Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby”

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Thursday, December 7, 2006

Iraq Study Group; Mindful of Moral Reasoning; “Wings of Desire” Takes Flight

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

A Blunt Assessment; Blood Diamonds; Scholars at Risk; Around the World On A Mule; Cookbooks of the Year

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

The Gates Hearings; A Look at the Iraq Study Group; Foal Fowl; New York Says No to Trans Fats; Mountain Man

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Monday, December 4, 2006

Bolton Resigns; Gates Nomination Hearings; Palimpsest; Siemens Winners; “A Night in November”

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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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