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Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., (1.) Retired U.S. Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut CAPT. JERRY LINENGER ("Lin-en-jer") talks about the awe and peril of space travel. He spent five months on the Russian Space station MIR and wrote about the account in his book, 'Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir." He described the Mir as "six school buses all hooked together." During his time there, they had numerous brushes with death, lacked adequate supplies, and battled constant system failures. LINENGER's new book is 'Letters from MIR: An Astronaut's Letters to His Son' (McGraw Hill). He wrote the letters to his then 14 month old son. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) Rock historian ED WARD profiles blues singer Wynonie Harris who recorded between 1945 and 1952.

Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., (1.) Retired U.S. Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut CAPT. JERRY LINENGER ("Linn-en-jer") In his book, 'Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir" (in paperback) he chronicles his five months on board the Russian Space station "Mir" a ramshackle place he described as "six school buses all hooked together." During his five months there, they had numerous brushes with death, lacked adequate supplies, and battled constant system failures. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST from 2/21/2000)(2.) British actor ANTHONY HOPKINS. His include 'Equus,' 'The Remains of the Day,' 'Mission Impossible,' 'Armistad,' 'Nixon,' and 'The Silence of the Lambs.' In the new film 'Hannibal' he revives the character of Doctor Hannibal Lecter, a brillant psychiatrist turned sociopath killer, which he played in 'The Silence of the Lambs.' (REBROADCAST from 3/5/91)(3.) Film critic HENRY SHEEHAN reviews the new film 'Hannibal' starring Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore.

Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., INT. 1: Retired U.S. Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut CAPT. JERRY LINENGER ("Linn-en-jer") In his new book, Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir" (McGraw-Hill) he chronicles his five months on board the Russian Space station "Mir" a ramshackle place he described as "six school buses all hooked together." During his five months there, they had numerous brushes with death, lacking adequate supplies, and battling constant system failures. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE SHOW). INT. 2: CAPT. JERRY LINENGER continued.REV. : CAPT. JERRY LINENGER continued.

This study determined the incidence of podiatric injuries that occurred during 233,946 recruit days at risk (RDAR) among U.S. Marine Corps recruits undergoing basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, California, between 5 February and 25 April, 1990. ICD-9 codes of the initial injuries were identified to determine incidence rates, and recruit-days at risk were calculated from MCRD weekly population counts. Training-related initial injuries to the foot occurred at a rate of 3.0 new injuries per 1,000 recruit-days. The highest specific rates of injury occurred with stress fractures to the foot (0.56/1000 recruit-days), ankle sprains (0.53/1000 recruit days), and Achilles tendonitis (0.39/1000 recruit-days)., Pub. in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, v82 n5, p269-271, 1992.

This book is intended to aid those involved in the treatment of severe trauma suffered during combat. It is especially intended to provide a quick reference to neurosurgeons, thoracic surgeons, and general surgeons with trauma surgery experience involved in treating combat casualties. We believe it would also be useful to the same individuals when working in more mundane settings such as trauma centers and inner city emergency room settings. It can also be used as a teaching guide for residents training in these fields.

Inactivity is the risk factor with potentially the greatest public health impact according to the 1989 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force report. This study reports changes in the physical fitness level following simple changes aimed at enabling community members to more easily adapt active life- styles. Simple environmental and social alterations were made at a San Diego Naval Air Station. A cohort of active-duty personnel from within this community (n=1,609) was administered both a physical readiness test (PRT) and a lifestyle questionnaire at baseline and at one year. The PRT consisted of a 1.5-mile timed run, sit-ups, push ups, and percent body fat components while the questionnaire addressed demographs, current exercise behavior, and attitudes towards exercise. Keywords: Physical fitness, Prevention, Environmental change, Inactivity, Exercise (physiology), Lifestyle., Prepared in cooperation with the University of North Carolina, Department of Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Because of the severe sanctions that can be levied against personnel failing the PRT and body fat standards, it is important to assess the effectiveness of a Basic Exercise Program based program in reducing body fat and improving PRT performance among Navy personnel. The purpose of this study was to determine if taking part in a command-organized remedial program based on the BEP is effective in reducing body fat, improving failure-specific performance on the various components of the PRT, and improving overall physical fitness level. Remedial physical conditioning programs at a submarine base and an air station were evaluated. Pre- and postprogram PRT results were collected for participants at the submarine base (n=64) and the air station (n=44) to assess changes in the number of curl-ups, number of push-ups, run/walk time, overall classification score, percent body fat, and percent passing the overall PRT. In general, comparisons over time showed a trend toward improvement among participants in their performance on PRT fitness components and overall classification score.