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Novelist Christina Schwarz

By John Walters on Wednesday, October 13, 2004.

Christina Schwarz' novel "Drowning Ruth" catapulted to the best-seller list soon after being selected for The Oprah Book Club. After her second novel was published, she talked with host John Walters about the rewards and challenges of making number two as strong as number one.

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The Stem Cell Discussion

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, October 13, 2004.

The science and politics of embryonic stem cell research. A complex, biological, ethical and medical issue has now become political. We'll find out what's being said. And, behind all the rhetoric, how much promise this research may - or may not - hold. Laura's guests are Ann Kiesling, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation and Eric Cohen, Consultant to the President's Council on Bioethics, Editor of The New Atlantis and Director of the Biotechnology and American Democracy Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington.

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