Monday October 6, 2003
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A conversation with University of Maryland president Dan Mote about rising tuition costs, Atlantic Coast Conference expansion, and more.
C.D. "Dan" Mote Jr., President, University of Maryland and Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering
There are 43 dictatorships running in a contiguous arc from North Korea to sub-Saharan Africa. Find out what effect these countries have on global security and prosperity.
Ambassador Mark Palmer, author of "Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025"; Chairman of the Board of Freedom House; and Member of the Advisory Board of the American Libyan Freedom Alliance
One of the world's top "big cat" specialists talks about the fascinating genetic histories of exotic species, from humpback whales to the imperiled cheetah.
Stephen O'Brien, head of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, and author of "Tears of the Cheetah, and Other Tales From the Genetic Frontier"