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Actor Danny Aiello Discusses Playing Jack Ruby.

Actor Danny Aiello (eye-EL-oh). He starred in "Moonstruck," and "Do the Right Thing." He's now starring in "Ruby," the new film about Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald. He talks with Terry about acting. He used to be an official with the New York transit union and quit it when he was 35 to take up acting.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 19, 1992: Interview with Danny Aiello; Interview with Andrew Krieger; Review of the album "Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the 75th Anniversary."
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Financial Trader Andrew Krieger.

Money Trader Andrew Krieger. He resigned in 1988 from his position at Bankers Trust where he specialized in trading currency-options, and in taking long-term riskier positions for the bank. The bank so believed in his strategies that they entrusted him with $700 million of bank funds, whereas other individual traders usually worked with $50 million. He's co-authored a new book, "The Money Bazaar: Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading." (published by Random House.)

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One of the First Jazz Records.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the new reissue, "Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the 75th Anniversary." (on the RCA/Bluebird label).

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Do the Right Thing: The Fresh Air Review

Unlike other film critics, Stephen Schiff isn't so troubled by the ambiguous ending of Spike Lee's third movie. Schiff admires the way Do the Right Thing smartly grapples with race relations, but he's frustrated by how inconsistent the characters are, a directorial flaw that serves the sometimes twisting plot.

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"Do the Right Thing" Leaves Critics Confused

Spike Lee's new movie, about a neighborhood's response to the murder of a black man, climaxes in a violent ending that many believe sends an ambiguous message about race relations in the U.S. Lee disagrees, and tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that the movie's intent is clear.

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Dolly Parton lived her motto: 'More is more'

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