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World music critic MILO MILES reviews the previously unreleased concert recording by Delta Bluesman Skip James. It''s called "She Lying." (on the Genes label as part of the ''Blues Vault'' series).

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IN OBSERVANCE OF THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MARTIN GOLDSMITH, HOST OF NPR'S PERFORMANCE TODAY, ABOUT COMMEMORATIVE MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THAT FORM OF MUSIC KNOWN AS THE "REQUIEM."

50 YEARS AGO TODAY, ADOLPH HITLER MARRIED HIS LONG-TIME MISTRESS, EVA BRAUN.

Film Critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Die Hard With a Vengeance" which stars Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons and Samuel L. Jackson.

NPR's Cheryl Devall talks with a family in Chicago that has benefitted from an Illinois state law that requires a percentage of government contracts be set-aside for minority-owned businesses. The family says it's helped their business grow and helped their family move into the middle class.

HANAN MIKHAIL-ASHRAWI, former spokesperson for the P-L-O from 1991 to 1993. ASHRAWI was the chief spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation at the Middle East peace negotiations. There are two books about her life and her role in the peace process: her personal account, This Side of Peace (Simon & Schuster), and A Voice of Reason: Hanan Ashrawi and Peace in the Middle East by Barbara Victor (Harcourt Brace).

Heavyweight champion GEORGE FOREMAN. At age 46 FOREMAN still retains the title. He is presently a preacher, community leader and dedicated child advocate. His new book By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman (Villard Books) written with Joel Engel, reveals the man behind the champion

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Sadako Ogata sa-da-ko o-gah-ta), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, about he role of the UNHCR in Bosnia. The Commissioner provides food and shelter for ver 27 million refugees worldwide.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT TELEVISION PROGRAMS THAT SEEM TO HAVE TARGETED, SEPARATELY, BLACK AND WHITE AUDIENCES.

Daniel talks with Kenneth Mann, law professor at Tel Aviv University, about the Israeli police policy of using force during interrogations in which terrorism is suspected. Mann says Israeli's realize that sometimes one must balance this "uncomfortable necessity" with the reality of the situation they live in.