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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2002

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL MEDICINE: GREAT TEACHERS lecture entitled "Rheumatoid Arthritis: Past, Present, and Future," with Dr. Nathan Zvaifler, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, University of California, San Diego.

DATE: November 13, 2002

LOCATION: Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, Bethesda, MD

CONTACT: 301- 496-2563

WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: TREASURY DEPARTMENT UNDERSECRETARY OF THE TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT JIMMY GURULE AND STATE DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM, AMBASSADOR FRANK TAYLOR hold

The Financial War Against Terrorism.

DATE: November 13, 2002

LOCATION: The Treasury Department Press Briefing Room (Room #4121)1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-724-1640

WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring Oleksandr Moroz

Chairman and Parliamentary faction leader, Ukrainian Socialist Party with Democracy in Ukraine: Progress or Stalemate?

DATE: November 13, 2002

LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-457-6949

WEB ADDRESS:rferl.gov

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing for Foreign media with Sean McCormack, National Security Council Spokesman.

DATE: November 13, 2002

LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, Room, 898, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-724-1640

WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov

TIME: 3 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH THE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 2002-2003 NIH DIRECTOR'S LECTURE SERIES entitled Chromatin and Its Impact on Gene Expression and Cellular Memory," with Dr. Danny F. Reinberg, Investigator, HHMI, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway.

DATE: November 13, 2002

LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD

CONTACT: 301-594-5595

WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov

TIME: 3:30 p.m.

EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing entitled "Drought in the Horn of Africa: What the U.S. Is Doing," with USAID Administrator, Andrew S. Natsios, and Lauren Landis,

Director of USAID's Food for Peace

DATE: November 13, 2002

LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, Room, 898, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-724-1640

WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov

TIME: 5 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Ocean Studies Board holds a lecture in honor of the late Roger Revelle, a giant in the field of oceanography for over fifty years featuring Michael K. Orbach, Ph.D., Director, Duke University Marine Laboratory, discussing "Beyond the Freedom of the Seas: Ocean Policy for the Third Millennium."

LOCATION: National Academy of Sciences building, 2100 C St. NW, Washington, DC

DATE: November 13, 2002

CONTACT: 202-334-2138

WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents Oz Clarke, publisher of the annual Wine Guide, discussing his latest research and new and revised opinions on various wines, wineries, producers, and growing regions around the world. A sampling of representative wines is offered for tasting. Book signing follows.

DATE: November 13, 2002

LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-232-7363

WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org