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Commentator Donna D'Amico Mayer describes the experience of being left by her husband of 20 years.

to be convicted on the testimony of a witness's recovered memory, will be re-tried. Last April, a federal judge overturned his conviction, but yesterday, the district attorney from the original trial said he will prosecute Franklin again.

Noah speaks with Argentinian author Luisa Valenzuela. She talks about Argentina's sudden resurgence of interest in Eva Peron, the second wife of Argentine dictator Juan Peron. Much of the country's passion has been stirred by director Alan Parker's choice of Madonna to play Eva Peron in the film version of "Evita," which began shooting in Buenos Aires this week.

American poet T.S. Eliot wrote about the planets revolving "like ancient women / Gathering fuel in vacant lots." Robert reads his poem "Preludes."

NPR''s Jim Zarolli reports how the Baby Bells might benefit from the Telecommunications bill that was passed this week by Congress.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that in the recent old days, creative initiatives came from the Federal government, but lately, with the budget impasse and gridlock on Capitol Hill, the states seem to be taking the lead once again.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that criticism is mounting against some countries participating in the NATO-led peacekeeping operation in Bosnia. Indonesia has sent some people to serve as policemen who do not speak English and another country has sent policemen who do not know how to drive.

Robert talks with Chris Haddenfield, an editor at Golf Digest magazine. Haddenfield has just returned from visiting the movie set of "Tin Cup," a golf comedy starring Kevin Kostner. Haddenfield also talks about "Follow the Sun," a 1950s film about golf legend Ben Hogan, which was just re-released. And why are there so many golf movies in production right now?

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on efforts to teach Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza the basics of voting in advance of elections for a president and legislative council in the autonomous territories. The elections on Saturday are the first time Palestinians have ever participated in the Democratic process on their own land.

Robert speaks with Dmitri (dih-MEE-tree) Trainin (TREN-nin), a military analyst at Carnegie Endowments Moscow Center. Mr. Treinin explains why the Russian military has had such problems stopping the Chechen rebels in Dagestan in southern Russia.