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...Shortz doesn't spend all his time at the Times. He is also the puzzlemaster for NPR's Sunday morning news show. ("I'm blessed," he says, "to work for the two greatest news organizations in the country: the New York Times and National Public Radio.") He occasionally contributes puzzles to Games. And since he was 25 (he's now 53), he has run an annual crossword puzzle tournament at the Marriott in Stamford, Ct. He founded it in 1978, mostly out of an urge - a strange one, considering the solitude in which crosswords are constructed and solved - to meet...
...Bush segued into Michael's 1987 hit "Faith," Gore indicated he was hurt when the President failed to congratulate him on the glowing review his film received on NPR. Bush reminded him that he does not read the newspapers. "And another thing," complained Gore. "We always go to your place, and I'm always initiating everything-it's totally unilateral. If I didn't call, I'd never hear a peep from you. Except for news conferences and State of the Union addresses...
...down again and people go back to driving as they've always driven while listening to the same music on their stereos and tuning out the same discouraging news about global warming, Middle East politics and bumper-to-bumper traffic on the interstates. Crank the Pearl Jam. Can the NPR...
...NPR: MOST E-MAILED STORIES This show highlights the public broadcaster's catchiest stories as determined by what listeners are sharing with one another. Recent topics have ranged from low-interest loans to Star Trek fanaticism...
OTHER HITS: WGBH Classical Performance, NPR's All Songs Considered...