A collection of stories tagged 'debbie elliott' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:32 EST South Carolina is seen as a crucial early voting state: Its primary has consistently foretold the Republican nomination since 1980 and often sets the tone for voting in other Southern states. NPR's Debbie Elliott gives an update from Columbia, S.C. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/44263 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18259126&ft=1&f=1012 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:58:00 EST Dr. Robert Zubrin believes the time has come for humans to voyage to the Red Planet. Zubrin is an aeronautical engineer and founder of The Mars Society. The group is holding their 10th annual convention this weekend at UCLA. Debbie Elliott talks with Zubrin about his vision of our future on Mars. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38877 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14117874&ft=1&f=1001 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:30:00 EDT Women returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan have to readjust to civilian life, just as men do. But the issues they face are different. Host Debbie Elliott talks with Dr. Deborah Yaeger, director of Women's Psychiatry at the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38607 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13961302 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:30:00 EDT As New Orleans residents prepare to mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, presidential hopefuls are descending upon the city. Host Debbie Elliott speaks with Stephanie Grace, a political columnist with The New Orleans Times-Picayune, about how the attention is being received. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38608 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13961293 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:29:00 EDT One of the cornerstones of New Orleans culture has long been its delicious food. Two years after Katrina wreaked havoc on the city, most of the restaurants have returned and so have a few new ones. Host Debbie Elliott talks with our culinary curator John T. Edge about some of the new eateries. She also talks with New Orleans Times-Picayune food critic Brett Anderson. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38613 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13961317 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:42:00 EDT This week, young musicians from around the world gather at the Kennedy Center in Washington for the world cup of accordian playing. Host Debbie Elliott gets a demonstration of the amazing technique of one of the contestants, Grayson Masefield, 19, of Auckland, New Zealand. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38356 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12903578 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:30:00 EDT Host Debbie Elliott notes the 25th anniversary of the Compact Disc. There's some dispute about what was on that first CD, but by some accounts it was ABBA's last album, "The Visitors." Others insist is was Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38357 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12903569 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:26:00 EDT Three days after a powerful earthquake strikes Peru, killing at least 500 people, desperate crowds loot shops and aid trucks, searching for food and water. Host Debbie Elliott gets an update on the situation from reporter Guillermo Galdos, in the city of Pisco. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38350 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12903552 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:16:00 EDT Hurricane Dean, on the verge of becoming a Category 5 storm, is moving through toward Jamaica. Millions of people are under alerts. Host Debbie Elliott gets the latest on preparations from Cecil Bailey, an emergency official in Jamaica. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38349 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12903236 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:16:00 EDT This week's frantic news from Wall Street sent central banks around the world pumping money into the financial system, providing liquidity, or ready cash. Adam Davidson talks to Debbie Elliott about what exactly this means. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38077 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12716160 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:14:00 EDT In this week's Science out of the Box, Debbie Elliott gets answers to the question: Why does rain smell so good? It has to do with ozone and soil bacteria. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12716163 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:59:00 EDT Republican presidential contenders held what some might call round one of the 2008 race -- the Iowa straw poll. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the favorite. John McCain and Rudolph Giuliani stayed away. Debbie Elliott talks to David Greene about the contest. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38075 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12716150 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDT Authorities lowered a camera into the chamber of a Utah mine where six men are believed to be trapped. The camera revealed a "survivable space," but the men have not responded to signals. There's been no word of them since Monday. Debbie Elliott gets the latest on the rescue effort from Jeff Brady. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38076 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12716154 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDT Iraq will likely dominate debate Monday as the Senate takes up the defense authorization bill. Host Debbie Elliott speaks with Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH), one of a growing number of Republicans opposing the Bush plan, and Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN). http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36698 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11817351 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:00:00 EDT Construction on the Pentagon didn't begin until the U.S. was about to enter World War II. The race to complete it is the inspiration behind a new book, The Pentagon: A History. Host Debbie Elliott speaks with author Steve Vogel. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36700 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11817357 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:00:00 EDT Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Philadelphia announced it had recovered the original manuscript of Peal S. Buck's award-winning novel, The Good Earth. The document had been missing since the mid-1960s. Donna Rhodes, who curates the Pearl S. Buck International Collection and was involved in authenticating the manuscript, talks with Debbie Elliott. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36422 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11643612 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:12:00 EDT In developing parts of the world, cell phone usage is increasing rapidly, but there are still many people who do not have bank accounts. A group associated with the World Bank is developing a system that will allow poor people to use their cell phones to save and transfer money. Kabir Kumar of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor talks to Debbie Elliott about the project. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36396 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11630589 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EDT Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, a military lawyer in the Army Reserve, has filed an affidavit casting doubt on the fairness of hearings that determine whether detainees will be held at the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Abraham tells Debbie Elliott that personnel were pressured into declaring detainees "enemy combatants" on the basis of vague or incomplete evidence. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36095 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11330998 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:59:00 EDT Bush administration officials are debating the future of the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice want it closed down; Vice President Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales want to keep it open. Debbie Elliott talks with Jackie Northam about the new focus on Guantanamo. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36096 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11330995 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EDT At 95, Marnie Evans still feels she still has a lot of living to do. Next week, she's set to compete in the National Senior Games in Louisville, Ky. Evans will participate in three events: the discus, shot-put and javelin. She tells Debbie Elliott she's hoping for someone to go up against. There isn't too much competition in the 95- to 100- year-old bracket. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36097 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11331010 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EDT Female refugees face security and health threats that are unique to their gender. Host Debbie Elliott discusses the struggles and resilience of women displaced by war with Zainab Salbi, president of Women for Women International. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35805 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11145342 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EDT This Father's Day, host Debbie Elliott has a remembrance of the father of modern lepidoptery. Yale professor Charles Lee Remington was one of the world's foremost experts on butterflies and moths. He died last month at the age of 85. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35808 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11145351 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EDT Dr. Mary Jane Williams has been teaching nursing in Connecticut for more than 30 years. She talks with host Debbie Elliott about how to remedy the shortage of nurse educators. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35281 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10687345 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:34:29 EDT Masked demonstrators set cars on fire and threw stones at police today in Germany, disrupting a peaceful demonstration against the Group of Eight summit there next week. Debbie Elliott talks to reporter Hardy Graupner of the German DW network in Rostock, Germany, where the protests took place. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35235 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10672121 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:12:00 EDT Shakespeare was a master of satire. Today we bring the Bard up to date, with a visit from the Unexpected Productions improv troupe in Seattle. They talk with Debbie Elliott and poke fun at the week's news ... all in Shakespearean style. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35244 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10672136 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:36:00 EDT