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"Cheers" Finally Closes Its Doors

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the final episode of "Cheers," which airs tonight. He says that, after eleven years, the characters have become a part of our cultural vocabulary.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 20, 1993: Interview with Anne Lamott; Interview with Mike Huber and Barbara Bowen; Review of the television show "Cheers."
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Writer Anne Lamott Takes a Chance on Motherhood

Lamott has written a new book about being a mother for the first time (and single, at that), called "Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year." One reviewer says the book is "an emotional roller coaster ride. Painfully honest, laced with humor and poetry and moments of profound insight." Lamott is also the author of the novels, "Hard Laughter," and "All New People."

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