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Senator Bob Dole's campaign swing this week lasted four days.
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Noah talks with Nancy Groce (GROSS) about her book, "The Musicians's Joke Book: Knowing the Score." Groce is a folklorist and ethnomusicologist. She says musicians who play banjos, violas, and drums are made fun of more than other musicians, but there's a joke for every type of musician, including conductors. (3:15) (Schirmer Books: NY, 1996) FUNDER 0:29 CUTAWAY 0:59 =========================SECOND HOUR======================= BILLBOARD :59 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2A 8. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL — Linda talks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about Senator Bob Dole's four-day campaign swing this week. Dole talked about crimes, drugs and welfare at stops in Colorado, California, Illinois and Ohio. One thing that wasn't talked about much was the economy, which is doing pretty well, especially in the Midwest.

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