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Daniel speaks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli about the presidential elections today in Poland. President Lech Walesa is being challenged by a former communist...and so far the election is too close to call.

2: An inside account of the world of high-fashion. NINA BLANCHARD is founder of Nina Blanchard Agency which is considered one of nation's most prestigious modeling agencies. Blanchard herself discovered supermodel Cheryl Tiegs. She's been called "The Beauty Broker." She has written a novel based on the fashion world The Look, (Dutton 1995) Blanchard talks about what it takes to be a model, the pressures they're under and why she herself finally had enough.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new box-set of film music by Italian composer Ennio Morricone, "A Fistfull of Film Music" (Rhino).

2: Actor and director ALAN ARKIN. He's currently co-starring, with Andy Garcia, in the new film, "Steal Big, Steal Little," Arkin began his career with Chicago's Second City improv group. He went on to win a Tony on Broadway, in Carl Reiner's play "Enter Laughing," and to star in movies such as "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," "Wait Until Dark," "Catch-22," and "The In-Laws." Arkin's directing credits include "The Sunshine Boys" and "Little Murders" on Broadway, and several movies and T-V shows, including an episode of the P-B-S comedy series, "Trying Times." (REBROADCAST from 11

Sandy Tolan reports on Israel and Jordan and their joint efforts to harness the sun for energy purposes. The two countries signed a peace treaty one year ago.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 8:41 This week on-air player lives in Cazadero, California and listens to KZYX,

2: Designer, sculptor, architect MAYA LIN. She was a 21 year-old undergraduate student when her design was selected for the Vietnam War Memorial. Her works are known for their ability to elicit powerful emotions. LIN also designed the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, and the "Women's Table" at Yale ( which dealt with the history of female students at Yale, which was mostly all-male for 300 years.) Most recently LIN designed "The Wave Field" in memory of Francois-Xavier Bagnoud, pilot, aeronautical engineer and humanitarian. LIN is the subject of an academy award winning documentary, "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision."

The fifth and final in our series of panel discussions on race elations in the United States. This session, moderated by host Liane Hansen, ncludes discussion with eight students who attend Washington, D.C.-area niversities. Today's participants are Kevin Jenkins, University of the District f Columbia; Megan Varnet, George Washington University; Jennifer Johnson, niversity of Maryland; Caleb Pitters, Brian Rath and Alexandra Camp of eorgetown University; and Tim Furlong and Terri Tolliver of The American niversity. We'll hear excerpts from previous discussions from bell hooks, a ultural critic and Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League.

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WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAILS THE RETURN OF TWO SPORTS SUPERSTARS: BASKETBALL'S MICHAEL JORDAN AND ICE HOCKEY'S MARIO LEMIEUX (LUH-MEW).

WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL COMMENTS ON THE NEW "NYPD BLUE." THE ABC TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES MAY HAVE WON AN EMMY AWARD, BUT ELVIS SAYS HE'S NOT HAPPY WITH IT.

SCOTT SIMON DRAWS A PARALLEL BETWEEN JOHNNIE COCHRAN'S FINAL ARGUMENT FOR O.J.'S ACQUITAL AND HARPER LEE'S HISTORICAL NOVEL "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD."