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2: Child care innovator and reformer DICK CLIFFORD. In 1993-94 he took a year leave from his professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to establish and direct the North Carolina Smart Start Early Childhood Initiative under Governor Hunt. The program is a working model of partnership between public and private groups. It has been considered a success and is being expanded into other counties of North Carolina.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ROBERT KUPPERMAN, SENIOR ADVISOR WITH THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, AND DR. MARVIN CETRON, PRESIDENT OF FORECASTING INTERNATIONAL AND AN EXPERT ON CIVILIAN TERRORISM, ABOUT THE NEW THREAT OF TERRORISM IN THE WAKE OF THE CHEMICAL ATTACK ON THE TOKYO SUBWAY.

This weekend the borders that separate some members of the uropean Union are being eliminated by the activation of the Shengan SHENG-ghen, ard "G") Agreement. NPR's Andy Bowers explains the details of the plan, and onsiders the reasons why Britain doesn't want to take part.

Jacki Lyden examines the issue of political freedom in the third part of her series on Iran..She visits an intellectual magazine that was first published just 18 months ago. The magazine is called Goftegu which means "dialogue" in farsi and is a sign of a slight relaxation in the Government's attitude towards freedom of thought and expression. However, as Jacki Lyden reports, Iran has a long way to go before many of its intellectuals will be free to fully express their ideas.

Liane Hansen speaks with singer, songwriter and musician ictoria Williams about her new album, "Loose". (Matador/Atlantic Records)

2: Poet GARY SNYDER. He was part of the beat poetry scene in San Francisco in the late 50's. He appears as a character in several of Jack Kerouac's books. Snyder has since won the Pulitzer Prize. He continues to teach and write. In 1990 he published two books: "Dimensions of a Life" (Sierra Club Books) a collection of his essays, and poetry in "Riprap & Cold Mountain Poems" (North Point Press). (REBROADCAST from 9/20/90). SNYDER's latest book is, "No Nature: New & Selected Poems," (Pantheon, 1992).

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Despite promises in the "Contract with America" to cut back on overnment spending, some Republican members of Congress have fought to keep ersonal pet projects funded by federal dollars. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports hat there are an abundance of "pork barrel" programs that have escaped the fate f the Republican chopping block.

2: JAMIE HAMMERSTEIN, Broadway producer, director and past president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He has recently helped in the making of a new PBS tribute show about his father, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN.

ED GILLESPIE, co-editor of the book, The Contract With America and policy and communications director of the House Republican Conference. He believes the welfare reforms outlined in the Republican agenda are accurate assessments of what is needed to correct the current welfare system. Since 1985 MR. GILLESPIE has worked for Rep. DICK ARMEY .

NPR'S WENDY KAUFMAN IN SEATTLE REPORTS THAT MARTIN PANG, WHO HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF FOUR SETTLE FIREFIGHTERS, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN BRAZIL.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Mr. Payback," a new interactive film.