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The Diplomat

Elizabeth Bumiller, New York Times reporter and author of Condoleezza Rice: An American Life (Random House 2007), discusses where Rice comes from and where she has taken American foreign policy.

Condoleezza Rice is available for purchase at Amazon.com

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W00T! There it is!

Jesse Sheidlower, editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary, takes us through the new words of 2007--from locavore to blamestorming. Is it better to be a leet or a noob? At the end of the segment, you'll know.

Oxford English Dictionary
The Urban Dictionary

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Live from Des Moines

Andrea Bernstein, WNYC's political director, previews today's Democratic presidential debate and puts yesterday's Republican one in context.

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Baseball on Report

New York Daily News sportswriter Michael O'Keeffe and New York Times sports columnist William Rhoden preview the Mitchell Report on steroids and baseball. The Daily News says New York Yankees pitchers Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte will be among the players named in the report.

Michael O'Keeffe's article

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White Space

Andy Hines, futurist and director of consulting at Social Technologies, a DC consulting company, and Lisa Belkin, New York Times "Life's Work" columnist and the author of Life's Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom (Simon & Schuster, 2003), talk about "white spaces" where people find their creativity. Where is your white space?

"You Won’t Find Me in My Office, I’m Working" - NYT 12/13/2007

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