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Actor MATTHEW BRODERICK. He's making his singing and dancing debut in the revival of the broadway musical, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." BRODERICK plays J. Pierrepont Finch, an ambitious window washer who climbs the corporate ladder by "fawning, brown-nosing, sucking up and a touch of backstabbing." The satirical musical was written by Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows and first hit the stage in 1961. BRODERICK is best known for his acting, in such movies as "Torch Song Trilogy," "War Games," and "The Freshman." BRODERICK was recently nominated for a 1995 Tony Award for his performance in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

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SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH DANIEL PINKWATER, A COMMENTATOR ON NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED AND AUTHOR OF "THE AFTERLIFE DIET" PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE, A NOVEM IN WHICH MR. PINKWATER "TAKES A LIGHT VIEW OF THE WORLD OF THE HEAVY."

Daniel Zwerdling talks to education researcher Gerald Bracey about the state of American education. Bracey feels, contrary to public opinion, that the education system is in fact doing very well. He says that the school system includes a more diverse group of students than it did 50 years ago and education standards compare very favourably with the rest of the industrialized world.

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

FROM MEMBER STATION KQED, JASON BEAUBIEN (BOH-bee-ann) PROFILES VETERAN POLITICIAN WILLIE BROWN, WHO IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE WILL BE RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND IF ELECTED, WOULD BECOME THE CITY'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR.

NATO and Western leaders in Paris yesterday decided to send up o 10,000 reinforcements into Bosnia to help protect U.N. peacekeepers. And now osnian Serb leaders demand that unless NATO ends the threat of airstrikes they on't release the remaining U.N. troops being held hostage. NPR's Michael oldfarb reports on the latest developments in the Balkans after a particularly urbulent week.

Today is the sixth anniversary of the end of the student prising for Democracy in Tienanmen Square in China. Host Liane Hansen speaks ith Orville Schell, author of MANDATE OF HEAVEN, a book about China since 1989, bout the different factions in the student movement, and whether the uprising ould have been conducted without bloodshed.

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NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses political leaks. resident Clinton is now facing the problem, is just as frustrated as past residents have been in dealing with it, and is just as unsuccessful.

Many real estate agents agree that if you are looking to purchase a house right now..its a great time ...prices are relatively low and there are many of them.. And as Nina Teicholtz reports even the mortagage companies are trying to make it easier to buy a house right now...

BOSNIA: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S MIKE O"CONNOR IN SARAJEVO ABOUT INCREASED FIGHTING AROUND THAT ALREADY DEVASTATED CITY.