This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Report introduced.
(New York: Aaron Brown) The after Christmas holiday retail sales season featured; store scenes shown. [Two SHOPPERS, Manhattan mall spokesperson Ethel SLOAN, National Retail Federation Tracy MULLIN, Sears manager Shirley BETHEL - talk about shopping and analyze the retail season.]
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Federal Communications Commission approval of new standards for high definition television reported.
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Washington: Tim O'Brien) FBI figures on the escalating arrest of children on drug charges examined; arrest and marijuana use statistics cited. [Drug czar retired General Barry McCAFFREY - predicts a harvest of youth crime.]
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Awarding by the United States government of contracts for anti-terrorist scanning devices for airports reported.
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Release of the Guatemalan ambassador from the hostages being held in the Japanese compound in Lima, Peru, reported; scenes shown of last night's explosion in the compound.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) The 1980 hostage crisis in Bogota, Colombia, recalled and compared to the Peruvian situation; scenes shown of the Dominican Republic diplomatic compound. [Former United States ambassador to Colombia Diego ASENCIO, anti-terrorist expert Brian JENKINS - comment on the two standoffs.]
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) The 37th day of anti-government protests in Belgrade, Serbia, shown.
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) The impact of a tropical storm on the Malaysian island of Borneo reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) The impact of a storm on the Portuguese Azores islands reported; scenes shown of ships at sea being battered by winds.
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) The problem of motivating students who are on the verge of dropping out reported.
(Houston: Carol Lin) The educational solution in Houston of making learning the center of the children's lives featured; scenes shown from the inner city while how the Knowledge Is Power (KIP) program works is explained. [Teacher Mike FEINBERG, two KIDS - talk about the KIP program.]
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Likelihood of an agreement in the Middle East on the pullout of Israeli troops from the West Bank City of Hebron by next Monday or Tuesday reported.
(Hebron: Dean Reynolds) A major Jewish effort to buy up property in Hebron featured; scenes shown from a zone in Hebron in which Israeli soldiers will remain after the withdrawal. [Jewish settler David WILDER - comments on the Jewish goals in Hebron.]
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Incident on an Australian horse racing track in which one jockey switched horses after bumping that other horse, whose jockey was thrown, shown.
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) The opening of Madonna's "Evita" noted.
(No location given: Beth Nissen) The real life of Argentina's Eva Peron, who is still revered 44 years ago after her death from cancer, examined; historical film on the Perons shown. ["Saint Evita" author Tomas Eloy MARTINEZ - talks about Evita's role.] The 20-year saga of the movement of her body around the world recalled.
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