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January 11, 2007

Reaction to Bush’s Iraq Speech

Condoleeza Rice and Robert Gates are on Capitol Hill, where the topic is Iraq. And we look back at President Bush’s speech outlining his plan for more troops in Iraq.

A Woman for Harvard

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Harvard University is searching for a president. We look at some of the candidates for the job and ask, “What if Harvard has a woman at the helm?”

Sports Update

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The world of sports with Only A Game’s Bill Littlefield.

Viva Las Vegas!

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Las Vegas loves Elvis. Here & Now’s Karyn Miller-Medzon ran the Las Vegas Marathon and found lots of Elvis’s running with her. And show girls, too.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Appian Road, in the Monti Aurunci area of Italy. (Robert Kaster/University of Chicago Press)

For many people, this time of year is an occasion for road trips — up and down the coasts, across the U.S., through Europe. For Robert Kaster, it was a time to venture along the most ancient roads of all time: the Appian Way in Italy.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
(Michael M. Phillips/Wall Street Journal)

It was supposed to be a calm ride for marines travelling in Zaranj, along Afghanistan’s border with Iran, but a suicide bomb changed that. Photographer Michael Phillips witnessed the scene unfold and joins us.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Musician John Fullbright at Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Okemah, Okla., is the birthplace of folk legend Woody Guthrie. It’s also the hometown of singer-songwriter John Fullbright, who at just 24, is already being compared with folk great Townes Van Zandt.

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