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Seemingly arcane exercises in the days and weeks ahead will in fact represent – and may even resolve — real conflicts over national issues of enormous importance.

Almost a third of Americans exercise regularly, but the obesity rate continues to climb.

Dan Charles reports that for the first time the Vienna Philharmonic has voted to accept women musicians into the orchestra.

of a former FBI agent, lawyers are sparring over the use of classified material in pre-trial maneuvering.

Mark Melman about public sentiment regarding current campaign finance scandals. Melman is the CEO of the Melman Group, a political polling and consulting firm for democrats. He has been conducting focus groups to learn how people feel about politics and money, and why. He says that people used to have confidence in the own member of congress - while feeling the system was broken. Now it turns out a large majority feel even their own member of congress is very affected by special interest contributions.

an approach to life that seeks better balance between work and non-work responsibilities. Molpus mentions the following publications: ` >Your Money or Your Life,' by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez. ` >The Circle of Simplicity,' by Cecil Andrews; ` >The Simple Living Journal,' a quarterly newsletter 'that shares ways to eliminate physical and emotional clutter,' edited by Janet Luhrs.

with chronic heart trouble, President Boris Yeltsin may be on the way back. But he faces several major hurdles in the next weeks.

President Clinton unveiled details today of his domestic anti-drug strategy for the next fiscal year. He emphasizes a television ad campaign that he hopes the private sector will help pay for. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports the campaign will be aimed at persuading young people of the dangers of drugs. Mr. Clinton plans to spend a total of 350- million dollars of federal and donated private money on the ads. His overall domestic anti-drug strategy for fiscal year 1998 carries a price tag of 16- billion dollars.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about baseball's spring training and what it portends for the rest of the season.

Scott talks to Jimmy Sturr who won a Grammy this week in the category of Polka. It is his eighth Grammy...all in this category. His award-winning album is called "Polka! All Night Long" (Rounder Records)

bye Dolly - The sheep cloning project in Scotland that has gained international attention this past week has had its funding slashed. Professor Grahame Bulfield, Director of the Roslin Institute tells Korva Coleman, however, he believes it has nothing to do with the nature of the research.

Journalist ANDREW SULLIVAN. Sullivan was the editor of The New Republic for five years and the first openly gay editor of a national magazine. On leaving the position last year, he revealed he is HIV positive. His new book is "Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con" (Vintage Books). Sullivan is the U.S. columnist for the Sunday Times of London and has written articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, and other publications. He is also author of the bestseller "Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality."12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12: