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Week of February 28, 2005
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A panel of journalists joins Diane for review and analysis of the week’s top national and international news stories.
Jerry Seib, Washington bureau chief, "The Wall Street Journal"
Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic reporter, USA Today
Steve Roberts, syndicated columnist
Until she visited downtown Boston's Somerville Boxing Club, the writer regarded boxing with disgust. Her opinion changed after she met four adolescent girls and their trainer. She describes what she learned in the gym about herself, girls who box, and the buried connections between femininity and aggression.
Leah Hager Cohen, author of "Without Apology," "Train Go Sorry;" Glass, Paper, Beans;" "The Stuff of Dreams," and two other novels, "Heat Lightning" and "Heart, You Bully, You Punk."