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Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Jurassic Park," the new Stephen Spielberg film.

War surgeon DR. CHRIS GIANNOU (YAH-new), who recently worked through the devastating civil war in the East African country of Burundi. In the ensuing ethnic and political conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi peoples there, at least two hundred thousand people were been killed, oftentimes not with guns, but with machete knives and spears. GIANNOU has spent over 12 years working in the world's hotspots: Somalia, Lebanon, Cambodia. He was Director of surgical operations in Somalia with the International Committee for the Red Cross, from February 1992 until Jan 1993 where he helped set up field hospitals, and both taught and performed war surgery. Before that GIANNOU spent over two years in a Palestinian Refugee Camp, which was under constant seige; his memoir is called "Besieged: A Doctor's Story of Life and Death in Beirut." (Published by Olive Branch Press). GIANNOU is a Canadian citizen. (THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD GIANNOU ON THE SHOW

Singer BARBARA LEA with a musical tribute to Cole Porter. She had her start singing in the 1950s in Boston and then moved to New York where she recorded her first album in 1955 to critical acclaim. She's been compared to the late Lee Wiley. Her other influences are Mildred Bailey and Billie Holiday. She dropped out of singing for a while but made a comeback during the 70s in New York's cabaret world. LEA is accompanied by pianist TONY TAMBURELLO. He was Sinatra's rehearsal pianist, and he was on the road accompanying Tony Bennett for 21 years. (REBROADCAST FROM 6

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg on Eurocentric Culture.

2: Author and activist MAHNAZ AFKHAMI lobbied for many years for women's rights in her native Iran. For the past fifteen years, she has been in exile from her country for this work. In coming to terms with her exile in the United States, she talked with other women in exile from all over the world. Twelve of these women's stories are recorded in her new book, "Women in Exile" (University Press of Virginia).

2: Singer and actress ANNIE ROSS. Ross is best-known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. She also wrote "Twisted," which was recorded by both Joni Mitchell and Bette Midler. She made her acting debut in the 1974 play "Kennedy's Children," and has appeared in such films as "The Homecoming," "Yanks," and "Superman III." Her latest role is in the Robert Altman film "Short Cuts" (Rebroadcast from 3/2/90).

Commentator DAGOBERTO GILB on a Wyoming coyote hunt, sponsored by the state''s sheep ranchers.

Former Major Leaguer KEITH HERNANDEZ. Called by some baseball purists the finest First Baseman in the game, HERNANDEZ played with the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets, and the Cleveland Indians. He is the winner of eleven consecutive Golden Glove Awards for fielding, and played in two World Championships. HERNANDEZ's new book is "Pure Baseball: Pitch by Pitch for the Advanced Fan" (Harper): analysis of two 1993 match-ups, with play by play commentary, based on his seventeen years in the game.(THE INTERVIEW WITH KEITH HERNANDEZ WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.

4: Comic GRAHMAN CHAPMAN. He was the straight man in the Monty Python troupe who would come in and break up the skits. A physician by training, he was a writer and activist for gay rights. He died in 1989. (REBROADCAST FROM 7

French film legend JEANNE MOREAU. She's best known for her work in the French New Wave films (between 1958 and 1962), working with such directors as Francois Truffaut, Louis Malle, and Jean-Luc Godard. Perhaps MOREAU's most famous role was in Truffaut's "Jules et Jim," as the woman in a complicated menage a trois. MOREAU has led an admittedly unconventional life, from her choice of movie roles, to her succession of love affairs. She's now 65, and starring in the new film, "The Summer House." (Rebroadcast from 12/23/93). REV. :TBA

Interview with ICE-T continued.