This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Review given of day's events in the Persian Gulf.
(Moscow: Rick Inderfurth) Position of USSR towards Iraq featured; scenes shown from meeting of President Mikhail Gorbachev and Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz. [GORBACHEV, AZIZ - (thru translator) exchange views about their "watches."] [After meeting Gorbachev, Senator Robert DOLE - comments on Aziz's trip here.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report about Saudi Arabian objections to US plan to send B-52 bombers to Saudi Arabia outlined. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bill Redeker) Assessment of how well United States forces might do if Iraq decided to attack featured; scenes shown of United States training flights; details given of feeling that while military buildup is behind schedule, Iraq maintains advantage on the ground. [PILOT - says we are ready.] [Retired Israeli tank commander Avigdor CATILANE - says you have to move the tanks.] [Logistics commander Major General Gus PAGONIS - talks about M1 tanks.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plans for President Bush to speak before a joint session of Congress about Persian Gulf crisis following his summit meeting with Gorbachev reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Morton Dean) Portrait of a day in Baghdad, Iraq, featured; scenes shown of hostages, street protest, grocery stores, etc. [IRAQI - comments on food.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Relief effort to deal with refugees in Jordan reported.
(In northeast Jordan: Jim Bittermann) Arrival of more and more refugees at camp in Jordan featured; scenes shown to illustrate living conditions in these camps. [REFUGEE - comments.] [Jordanian Red Crescent Khaled Abu-HALINEH - says it is worse than an earthquake.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Problems faced by displaced foreign workers in Kuwait featured; 600 Indian workers reported leaving Kuwait by ship, thus avoiding being stranded in refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey. [Harvard University professor Dwight PERKINS - says nations like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have no economic incentives to bring workers home from Kuwait.] [Filipino ambassador to United States Emmanuel PELAEZ - says economic situation will be difficult for the Philippines.] [Sri Lankan ambassador to United Nations Daya PERERA - says effort will be made to resettle them elsewhere.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reported scrubbing another launch of space shuttle Columbia; scenes shown from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Finding by Partnership for a Drug Free America that Americans are increasingly rejecting illegal drugs reported.
(Washington: Beth Nissen) Status of the war on drugs reviewed. [President BUSH - says drug war remains number one.] [Drug czar William BENNETT - says nationwide drug problem is no longer getting worse.] Drop in number of cocaine-related cases reviewed. [Harvard University professor Mark KLEIMAN - says attitudes about drug use are becoming more negative.] [Philadelphia chief of police Willie WILLIAMS - says addiction problem is not being dealt with.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Study in "New England Journal of Medicine" on risk to children growing up in homes where both parents smoke reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Diego: Bill Blakemore) The educational sorting process of tracking, or ability grouping, in American school system examined; scenes shown from Boston elementary school, where kids are sorted into fast and slow classes. Opposing views on this process cited. [Two PARENTS, Haley Elementary School principal Robert BERRY - support sorting kids.] [Educational researcher Anne WHEELOCK, two TEENS, UCLA department of education Jeannie OAKES, South Bay union school district superintendent Dr. Philip GRIGNON - oppose ability grouping.] System at Northfield, Massachusetts, school system where ability grouping was replaced detailed. [Guidance counselor Dona CADWELL - says kids no longer feel rejected.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's segment previewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Hollywood: Tom Foreman) Intensification of anti-Arab-American bigotry during Persian Gulf crisis examined; scenes shown from films "Navy Seals" and "Duck Tales" to illustrate point that Arabs are often portrayed as terrorists or buffoons. [Author Jack SHAHEEN - says films show Arabs as alien beings.] [American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Don BUSTNAY - says American mainstream has no sensitivity for Arabs.] Americans of Arab descent Paula Abdul, Ralph Nader, Casey Kasem and Doug Flutie mentioned. [Former hostage Benjamin WEIR - praises Arabs.] Scenes shown from silent film in which Rudolph Valentino enchanted America as a romantic Arab sheik.
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