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Thursday March 8, 2001

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10:00Migrant Workers

President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox talked about opening up the border between the two countries to allow greater movement of migrant workers. A panel discusses the pros and cons of proposed changes in the laws governing the employment of migrant workers.

Guests

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies

Stephen Cohen, director of the South Asia Project at the Brookings Institution

11:00Marilyn Yalom: "A History of the Wife" (HarperCollins)

In her new book, cultural historian Marilyn Yalom tracks the institution of marriage and how it has affected women's lives. She joins Diane to talk about what marriages used to mean practically and emotionally, and how marriage has both changed and remained the same through history.

Guests

Marilyn Yalom, author and Cultural historian

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