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ON THIS DAY IN 1979, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS "MALAISE" SPEECH. TODAY, SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH HENDRIK HERTZBERG, EDITOR OF THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, WHO WAS MR. CARTER'S PRINCIPAL SPEECHWRITER IN 1979 AND DRAFTED THAT SPEECH AND WHO NOW CONFIRMS A MISQUOTATION.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH IVANA KUHAR (eeVON-uh KOO-har), CHIEF OF THE CROATIAN SERVICE AT THE VOICE OF AMERICA, ABOUT THE VOA'S NEWLY LAUNCHED HOTLINE TO HELP REFUGEES FIND THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE WAR-RAVAGED BALKANS.

NPR'S CHERYL DEVALL REPORTS ON CHICAGO CONGRESSMAN MEL REYNOLDS' CONVICTION THIS WEEK ON CHARGES OF SEXUAL ABUSE, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE DERIVING FROM HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN UNDERAGE YOUNG WOMAN, AND HOW THIS WILL AFFECT HIS CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

BOSNIA: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH NPR'S TOM GJELTEN IN BIHAC ABOUT THE FIRST U.N. AID CONVOYS TO GET THROUGH TO THE ENCLAVE SINCE LAST NOVEMBER. THE SO-CALLED U.N. SAFE ZONE HAS BEEN UNDER SEIGE FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS; LAST WEEK THE CROATIAN ARMY ROUTED THE KRAJINA SERBS, OPENING A PATH FOR THE U.N. AID TRUCKS.

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS ON ROSS PEROT'S THREE-DAY NATIONAL ISSUES CONFERENCE WHICH CONTINUES IN DALLAS TODAY.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Michael talks with Frank Vardanega about today's Wimbledon mens singles championship between American Pete Sampras, and Boris Becker from Germany. After losing the first set, Sampras rallied to take the next three sets...to make this his third straight Wimbledon title.

Michael Goldfarb is usually based in London where he covers British life and politics for NPR. So we took advantage of his tenure here in Washington, D.C. to help us understand that most British of games: cricket. Michael managed to find a cricket match on a field (the "wicket") near the Jefferson Memorial and, in this piece, he tells us what the game is all about.

NPR'S ANDY BOWERS SENDS US THIS POSTCARD FROM THE CENTRAL REGION OF BOSNIA, WHICH HAS ENJOYED RELATIVE PEACE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. HERE THE FRONT LINE AND FLY-FISHING EXIST SIDE-BY-SIDE.

IN ITALY, THREE MEN WITH AIDS HAVE BEEN ROBBING BANKS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN ITALIAN LAW THAT PROHIBITS PEOPLE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF A TERMINAL ILLNESS FROM BEING IMPRISONED. HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH PETER SHADBOLT, A REPORTER FOR UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL IN ROME.