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FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, WE PLAY A BIT OF A MUSICAL SESSION BETWEEN JOURNALIST CHARLES KURALT AND HIS FRIEND, PIANIST LOONIS McGLOHON (mc-GLOW-en). KURALT READS THE WORDS OF LORENZ HART AND McGLOHON PLAYS THE TUNES OF RICHARD RODGERS.

Robert talks with Charlie Pierce, a writer for GQ and a commentator-at-large for WBUR in Boston, about the return of Magic Johnson to professional basketball. Johnson, who was diagnosed with HIV, retired from basketball two years ago.

Commentator Alan Sipporin says the write-in vote that Oregonians are conducting now in a special election to replace Senator Packwood is good for democracy. He says more people participate in the write-in vote and it's cheaper, too.

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British authorities are reporting an explosion aboard a bus in central London shortly before 6 p.m. eastern time. Danny talks with NPR's Michael Goldfarb.

Robert talks with NPR's Andy Bowers in Sarajevo. Following this past weekend's summit in Rome, military leaders representing the Bosnian Serbs, Croatia and the Bosnian Government were to meet on a U.S. Aircraft carrier to work out details agreed to at the summit. Meanwhile in Sarajevo, the Serb exodus continues. And, NATO forces have issued "wanted" posters so its soldiers can recognize indicted war criminals.

SCOTT TALKS WITH RAILROAD EXPERT JOHN HANKEY.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena and epublican presidential candidates Pat Buchanan, Phil Gramm, Lamar Alexander, ob Dole and Robert Dornan.

Liane Hansen is joined by John McCaslin, columnist for The ashington Times and Greg McDonald of the Houston Chronicle. They look back at ome of the stories making news in the past week, including the farm bill ending in Congress and Phil Gramm's retirement from the presidential weepstakes.

Robert talks with Ron Elving, political editor for the Congressional Quarterly, about this year's presidential primaries. Many states have set primary elections earlier, so that by the end of March the Republican candidate is likely to be determined. Elving attributes this in part to what he calls New Hampshire and Iowa envy, and says compressed primaries are advantageous to the Republican party in the '96 presidential elections. 2. A FRESHMAN -- Linda talks with Mark Souder (SOW-der), Republican freshman from Indiana, about the Contract with America. Souder says it is time for the Republicans to regroup and go to a fallback strategy. He says that the Republican leadership has been too accommodating, and that individual members of Congress should vote independently, even if it causes tension within the party.

DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WILLIAM MAYER AND AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JAMES THURBER ABOUT HOW THIS YEAR'S NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY COMPARES WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES OF PAST YEARS. THERE ARE MORE MEDIA, BUT IT'S STILL AN IMPORTANT EVENT.