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Jacki talks with Hal Seamon, deputy executive director of the National School Boards Association. President Clinton today supported the concept of requiring kids to wear school uniforms, although he said the requirement should be imposed by local school boards and not the federal government. Seamon supports the idea and says places that HAVE school uniforms are seeing a positive change in student behavior.

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2: Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Before and After" the new film starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson. . . This will be STEPHEN's last Fresh Air film review. He'll be going on to a new career in screenwriting. His adaptation for "Lolita" will hit the screen this Fall. Following the review, Terry will talk with STEPHEN about his work.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that the debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement has resurfaced, with political candidates making claims and counter-claims about the trade agreement's effect on jobs in the U.S. Pat Buchanan insists that NAFTA has cost the U.S. 300,000 jobs, but most economists say he has no hard evidence to support such claim.

Alan Cheuse reviews "The Cardinals," a novel by the well-known South African writer Bessie Head. Cheuse says the book, which tells of the transformation of a journalist during the oppressive days of apartheid, is raw and powerful.

Biographer ARNOLD RAMPERSAD is professor of Literature at rinceton. His two-volume biography of writer Langston Hughes was praised by critics as one of the best biographies of a black American writer. RAMPERSAD also is the author of a biography of Richard Wright and co-author of tennis star Arthur Ashe's memoir, "Days of Grace. There's a new paperback edition of "The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes" edited by Rampersad and David Roessel (Vintage Classics). We'll hear Terry's interview with RAMPERSAD about Langston Hughes. (REBROADCAST from 11

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on violent protests yesterday in Israel by Ethiopian Jews following their discovery that Israeli blood banks, after drawing blood from the immigrants, throw the blood away, fearing it may be contaminated with HIV. Israel officials explain this was done quietly so as not to hurt the Ethiopians' feelings. But Ethiopian Jews say the disqualification of their blood is just one more example of thr discrimination they suffer at the hands of Israel's white, European-born majority.

ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALKS ABOUT FILMS AND THEIR STARS THAT WERE NOT NOMINATED THIS WEEK FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD.

Writer Bev D'Onofrio has this tale of her decision to abandon her life in New York City and return to a saner way of existence in a small town on Long Island.

NPR's Jon Greenberg brings listeners up to date on the nvestigation to determine the cause of Friday's train crash in suburban aryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Investigators are looking at the status f the signals at the time of the crash.

about Magic Johnson's return to the NBA.

Robert talks with Bob Beken about his lawsuit against Computer City. He explains how he convinced a judge to rule against the computer chain for putting him on their mailing list against his wishes.