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The 1991 Gulf War

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, March 19, 2003.

We look back at the 1991 Gulf War and how it’s shaped current U-S policy towards Iraq. Laura's guest is Michael Kirk, senior producer of the PBS Frontline program, “The Long Road to War” www.pbs.org/frontline.

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Turning Junk Into Funk

By John Walters on Wednesday, March 19, 2003.

Put together teens and trash and what do you get? Music.
Trashcan Lid Productions is a percussion and dance ensemble based on the seacoast. Jeff Erwin founded the group as a self-esteem builder for high school students. Five years later TLP is raising the spirits of its audiences by the thousands.
Their next show is Saturday , March 22nd 7:00pm at the Rocheter Opera House.
For more information www.trashcanlidproductions.com

Also, we hear a story from New Hampshire writer Jackie Bonafide.

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Fees, Taxes and The Benson Budget

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, March 19, 2003.

Like most New Hampshire Governors before him, Craig Benson won election on a promise to hold the line on taxes. Benson also pledged repeatedly to ?make the state live within its means.? The Governor says he?s delivered a budget that achieves those aims. But the Benson budget, and it?s cuts in funding for administrative boards also brings to light a perennial, if little understood aspect of state revenue collection ? fees.

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