This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Barry Serafin) Labor Department report on the need for ergonomics in the workplace examined; cost statistics for proposed regulations cited. [Postal worker Angela TUTT - describes her arm and hand injuries.] [OSHA Charles JEFFRESS - says OSHA must act because people are suffering.] The opposition of the business community to the proposed regulations noted. [National Association of Manufacturers Patrick CLEARY - says causation has not been linked to injuries.] [Sequins International Peter MEYER - explains how changes increase productivity.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: John McKenzie) How repetition leads to debilitating stress injuries, especially carpal tunnel syndrome, examined; examples of injuries cited. [American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Dr. Edward RANKIN, Hospital for Special Surgery Dr. Deborah SAINT-PHARD - describe the symptoms in the hand and wrist.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) CDC (Centers for Disease Control) report on the need for safe needles in hospitals reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Mass car pileup during a winter storm in Golden, Colorado, shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) Pentagon report on the state of race relations in the armed services examined; details given of the survey findings on the need to improve minority relations; statistics cited illustrating divergent views held by blacks and whites. [Deputy assistant Secretary of Defense William LEFTWICH - cites the divided view.] [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) president Kweisi MFUME - says Latino soldiers believe the leadership does not listen or act.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Christmas purchases on the Internet; the higher cost of gasoline in California and the increased price of Pepsi beverages as sold to bottlers reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The investigation into the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 updated.
(Washington: Lisa Stark) The issue of airplane cockpit cameras examined. [ABC News aviation consultant John NANCE - explains what camera would have revealed in Flight 990.] [AlliedSignal Incorporated Duncan SCHOFIELD - says the technology is available.] The opposition of the pilots' union to installing cameras noted. [USC Aviation Safety Programs director Michael BARR - says cameras would take pilots' freedom away.] [November 19, NTSB chairman James HALL - says the technology could help.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The closing of churches in Israel and the West Bank to protest the building of a new mosque in Nazareth reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The crash of a Japanese plane into a power line reported; scenes shown from Tokyo.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The reception in Bulgaria for visiting President Clinton shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Mass marketing aimed at the consumer via all kinds of media featured; sample ads shown; statistics cited on ad dollars. [Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania professor David SCHMITTLEIN - cites the aim of advertising.]
(West Paterson, New Jersey: Ned Potter) The age of targeting marketing examined. [Advertising Age magazine Bob GARFIELD - says "big brother" is Procter and Gamble; suggests how well marketers know us.] The collection of consumer information in a West Paterson, New Jersey, supermarket shown. [Direct Marketing Association CEO Bob WIENTZEN - comments on data.] [University of Pennsylvania professor Joseph TUROW - explains how pitches are tailored to the consumer.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's segment previewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) The art of "muffler men" featured; scenes shown of welded muffler sculpture. [Miami muffler shop owner Kevin DOYLE - says people are offering money for the stuff.] [Lake Elsinore, California, artist Gary KOPPENHAVER, folk art collector Cynthia COMSKY, muffler show curator Patrick POLK - comment on the muffler art form.]
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