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10:00Energy Legislation

The Senate opens debate this week on energy legislation. We'll hear different perspectives on some of the more controversial provisions of the legislation including fuel efficiency standards and a mandate for coal-based liquid fuel

Guests

Charles Territo, dir of communications, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

Karen Wayland, legislative director, NRDC

John Fialka, environment and energy reporter for "The Wall Street Journal," Washington bureau

John Ward, VP, marketing and public affairs, Headwaters, a Utah-based energy firm

11:00Readers' Review: "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte's last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfully moving study of isolation and the pain of unrequited love, narrated by a heroine determined to preserve an independent spirit in the face of adverse circumstances.

Guests

Jonathan Loesberg, chair of the department of literature at American University

Susan Fraiman, professor of English at the University of Virginia

Amanda Anderson, Caroline Donovan professor of English literature and chair of the department of English at Johns Hopkins University

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