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toward the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Jacki Lyden speaks with Donovan Webster, author of Aftermath - The Remnants of War" (Pantheon Books). His book tracks the detritus f war -- land mines, unexploded artillery, and other legacies of wars past

Linda interviews New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, who moderated a panel discussion on race today .... at a meeting Senator Bradley called the "Unconvention," sponsored by the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago. In their conversation, Senator Bradley called for a new kind of engagement on questions of race; he said that confronting race as an issue in America must involve millions of individual acts. He was critical of politicians for not offering real leadership and real change.

The fate of a resort condominium on one of North Carolina's barrier islands has become a touchstone of sorts for the debate on whether to build on these fragile, constantly shifting islands -- and whether to save the buildings that fall victim to the hurricanes that sweep across the region. Aileen LeBlanc of member station WHQR in Wilmington, North Carolina reports.

Robert talks with Carole Kismaric and Marvin Heiferman, authors of, Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream. The authors say the Dick and Jane readers represent an ideal of mid-century American life. Dick and Jane books, illustrated with dreamy watercolors, taught American children how to read from the 1930s through the 1960s. (5:15) (Stations: "Growing Up With Dick and Jane" is published by ScottFor

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, United Nations mbassador Madeleine Albright, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, UN ecretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali, House Minority Leader David Bonior D-Mi) and ValuJet CEO Lewis Jordan.

President Bill Clinton this morning announced an rab/Israeli Summit to include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, PLO hairman Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan.

Psychologist MARK EPSTEIN. His new book is "Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy From a Buddhist Perspective" (Basic Books). EPSTEIN discovered both Buddhism and psychology in college and combines Eastern spirituality and Western psychology to help patients reach solutions to their problems. (REBROADCAST FROM 7

Robert talks with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a Professor of Communication and the Dean of the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. They discuss the impact of speeches made last night at the Democratic National Convention by Vice-President Al Gore and Connecticut senator Christopher Dodd.

- Cory visits with the bell ringers at Washington's National Cathedral for a lesson in how the original heavy metal music is played.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Tom Gjelten (JELL-ten) in arajevo about next week's elections in Bosnia. The vote - laid out in the ayton peace accord that ended four years of war in Bosnia - has been hreatened by problems and irregularities. Regardless, the U-S wants the lections to go ahead as scheduled.

Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh, North Carolina that people are still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Fran. Hundreds of thousands of people in the state are still without power, stores are facing huge losses and nerves are fraying.