May 7, 2004:
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BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN
Blue Cross and Blue Shield president Ronald Battista announced today he would step down as chief executive of Rhode Island's largest insurer. Battista's resignation comes a week after the medical community called for him to stand aside amid ongoing controversy.

ARCHITECTS UNVEIL PLAN FOR G-TECH BUILDING
Architects were encouraged this week with a vote of confidence for their initial design proposal for G-tech's new corporate headquarters across from Providence Place Mall. While only in its initial design phase, Providence Journal architectural critic David Brussat is concerned that the modern, 11-story building on the drawing board will become a reality and an eyesore among more traditional structures. We speak with Brussat and with the Capitol Center Commission's Design Review Committee chair, Will Gates.

POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE
Host Barbara Meagher speaks with Providence Journal political writer Scott McKay and University of Rhode Island Political Science department chair Maureen Moakley.

McNAMARA'S HISTORIANS
We speak with two Brown University professors whose research was used in Errol Morris's Oscar-winning documentary film, "The Fog of War," a biography of former defense secretary Robert McNamara. We speak with Jim Blight and Janet Lang, professors of international relations, about their friend, Robert McNamara.

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