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NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the power, both political and financial, that tobacco companies have long had seems to be waning.

give Presidents limited line item veto power. Similar legislation is expected to pass the House easily. It would give future Presidents the authority to reject individual items without vetoing entire spending bills. Supporters say it's needed to control federal spending. Opponents say it transfers to Presidents, powers which rightfully belong to Congress.

Neil Tickner of member station WHYY examines a new omputerized approach to tracing the origin of languages. Linguists have long elieved that all European and some Asian languages can be traced back to a ingle ancestral tongue. The new method, developed by researchers at the niversity of Pennsylvania, hopes to verify that claim.

Court proceedings began today against Poland's former military strongman Wojciech Jaruzelski (WOY-shee-ek) YAH-roo-zel-skee) over the killing of 44 demonstrators by Polish security forces in 1970. Sanchia Berg of the BBC reports.

Robert talks with China expert Harry Harding, dean of the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University, about the relationship between China and Taiwan. Harding says that Taiwan already has de facto independence from China and that the most likely resolution of the current crisis will be a continuation of the status quo.

that some are predicting could herald a return to dustbowl conditions.

As Bob Dole campaigns from the Capitol, President Clinton is carrying out his own campaign events from the White House. Today's event was a speech on illegal drugs and violent crime. NPR's Mara Liasson reports that Mr. Clinton's strategy is to be presidential and remain above the fray ... but that's not always easy.

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Liane Hansen continues her conversation with NPR's Andy rudeau about this year's Oscar nominees for best dramatic score. Patrick Doyle, Scotsman, was nominated for "Sense and Sensibility" (SONY SK 62258), and Luis acalov (BAH-cuh-luv), an Argentinian, was nominated for his score to "Il ostino" (EEL pohs-TEE-noh) (Miramax/Hollywood Records MH-62029-2).

Carmen Deedee has this story about her Mother's weakness for the 5 and Dime icon.

Daniel Zwerdling talks to Washington Post reporter Nora Boustany about suicide bombers. Boustany spent almost 20 years reporting from the Middle East. She says the process of indoctrinating young Palestinian men into martydom cults begins during childhood. Boustany says these young men are convinced that they are giving their lives for their faith and that they will be rewarded in heaven.