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Administration officials and members of Congress appeared on the Sunday talk shows today, debating the merits and liabilities of sending American troops to Bosnia to help enforce the Dayton peace accord. NPR's John Nielsen reports .

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Book Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews two re-issues from novelist Angela Thirkell, The Headmistress and Growing Up. The publishing company is Moyer Bell. Both books were originally published in the 1940s in Great Britain. Thirkell had a loyal following of readers who in the late 1930s and 40s would set up reading groups called "Thirkell Circles." Thirkell wrote nearly 40 novels.

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DAY BIRTHS - Tandaleya Wilder of Connecticut Public Radio reports that a hospital in Greenwich has decided not to discharge mothers who've given birth after only one day, as most insurance companies insist. Hospital officials say one-day stays are dangerous for newborn babies and their mothers. The second day's stay will be at the hospital's expense.

MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews Women on Ice: Feminist Responses to the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan Spectacle (published by Routledge).

BILL GATES is chief executive and co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest software company. Microsoft has made Gates rich and famous, and has earned him a reputation as a computer visionary. GATES recently wrote the book The Road Ahead (Viking). GATES explores the new, growing technology and how it will effect people's lives, including the realms of education, politics, and business. GATES says that he does not "necessarily have all the answers, but the book is my way of getting us all to start thinking about the opportunities and challenges ahead."

Conor O'Clery, Washington correspondant for the Irish Times ewspaper, joins host Liane Hansen to discuss the impact of Ireland's ewly-passed referendum legalizing divorce. They will also speak about President linton's upcoming visit to Ireland.

TEMPLE GRANDIN is one of the nation's top designers of livestock facilities. She is also autistic. In her book, Thinking in Pictures: and other reports from my life with Autism she describes how her inner-autistic world has led her to develop animal empathy. She is currently an assistant professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Her new book is published by Doubleday 1995. Grandin was the subject of Oliver Sack's 1993 New Yorker article "An Anthropologist on Mars."

- N.F.L. LOYALTY - Popular Culture commentator Steven Stark takes a ook at the larger implications of the move by football's Cleveland Browns to altimore. Stark says such moves are straining fan loyalty.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the latest news about three men accused of raping a Japanese girl in Okinawa. The Navy's Admiral in charge pf the Pacific resigned today after commenting on the rape case, further straining relations between the two countries.