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Tuesday September 2, 2003

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10:00Employment Outlook

The unemployment rate is at a relatively high 6.2 percent, but even those with full-time jobs are facing pressures that could affect their wages, benefits, and long-term prospects. A panel talks about the many factors affecting U.S. workers today.

Guests

Jake Schlesinger, reporter for the Wall Street Journal

Nell Henderson, economics reporter for the Washington Post

Kim Clark, senior writer for U.S. News and World Report

11:00Nadeau & Barlow: "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" (Sourcebooks)

We love their food and fashion, but we don't always love their foreign policy. Husband-and-wife authors Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow tell of their extensive research into French history and culture in pursuit of an answer to the eternal question: what makes the French so ... French?

Guests

Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Montreal-based journalist. He co-authored this book with his wife Julie Barlow; the two are also co-authors of "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong."

Julie Barlow, author

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