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- A Chance to Prove Whether He Really Is Mr. Know It All
- Welcome to the 'Good Old Days'; Now Go Back to Reality
- And Now They Share the Thrill of the Hunt
- Little Airplanes Put On Big Show
- Parks to Address Residents' Group
- Vigilantes Again Blow Lead, Then Lose, 11-8
- A Buoyant 'Soul' Makes Its Premiere
- Leadership Program Taking Applications
- Fantastic Run Makes Him Winning Fellow
- A Political Agenda Mars ABC's 'Nothing Sacred'
- Pacific Symphony's Mozart, Strausses
- Academy of West Offers Ebullient Rossini
- Celebrity Stamps
- Witchcraft
- Execution Halted
- High Cost of Textbooks
- Reason for Offense at Religion's Portrayal
- Electing a Mayor by Ethnicity or Race
- Budget Deadline
- Proposed El Toro Airport
- Stereotypes in 'Operation Condor'
- Cheers, Jeers and Prayers for Nancy Reagan
- Giving Belated Credit Where It's Due
- Bernard Parks
- PETA: Sincere or Showboating?
- All Parents Want Is Some Idea of What Is in a Show
- Snake Devours Pet on Patio
- Imprisoned Reformer
- An Unscripted Role Reversal
- After years of inactivity, real estate agents are going back to work. But the business has changd, and they are facing a. . . : Brave New World
- 5 Years Later, Disabilities Law Gets Mixed Response
- FIREWALL: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up.<i> By Lawrence E. Walsh</i> .<i> W.W. Norton: 544 pp., $29.95</i>
- Free Seminar Set for Home Buyers
- Residents of Piru Still Poised to Flee Blaze
- In Harpoon Fishing, Accuracy Is Everything
- Parks Is el Hombre, if Not un Hermano
- Surf City Is Riding Crest of Popularity With Contest
- Gamble Throws Complete Game as the O.C. Stars Win, 7-1
- Town's New High School Makes Grade With Students
- A Tough Role to Fill
- Gay bashing reveals a mom's love on Lifetime; TBS' whale time; Elvis meets Nixon on Showtime
- Disband Superfluous Agencies
- Surfers, Others Catch Wave of Forecast Data
- PGA Tour's New Riches Lure Best Golfers
- Collins and Brunell Are Both Injured
- AND ONE MORE THING
- Canseco Goes on Disabled List
- Ron Bass, Screenwriting Machine
- the ultimate WEEKEND ESCAPE
- Masakayan Leaves Losers Feeling Ill
- *** HORACE TAPSCOTT, "Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam," Arabesque
- They Call the Windfall Mariah
- Moving to the Threadgill Beat
- Another Season in Bloom
- The Nittany Lions Are No. 1--for Now
- Washington--Elizabeth Weinlein, Tarzana: "Lake Crescent Lodge, 416...
- Triumph of Indian Democracy
- Back in the Water
- New Robots: Artificial Intelligence, Real Housecleaning
- 'Peter's Friends'
- Teen Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Head
- Radical Realignment Is Low, Outside Curve Ball
- Bond Uses Concentration for 14-Strikeout Night
- Sneaky Fastball Seems to Be His Best Pitch
- Strokes of an Artist : A More Mellow Gwynn Is Not Letting a Run at .400 Run His Life
- Could Be a Future or Two in Your Index Fund
- The Allure of the Algarve : On the edge of a continent, an unassuming 'Riviera' full of seafaring history
- Garden Events
- 'The Middle of the Middle of Nowhere' : Finding birds, wild blueberries, glaciers and even a polar bear in an Arctic park
- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- Putt Up or Shut Up
- Dead Beat
- Is U.S. Seeing Start of 'Bubble' Trouble?
- Gray Line Pans for Gold in Alaska
- Up From Hatred
- NEGROPHOBIA AND REASONABLE RACISM: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America.<i> By Jody David Armour</i> .<i> New York University Press: 204 pp., $24.95</i> : CHANNEL SURFING: Race Talk and the Destruction of Today's Youth.<i> By Henry A. Giroux</i> . <i> St. Martin's: 248 pp., $22.95</i>
- D.A. Collects Subsidy as Mother's Landlord
- Bike Helmet a Must Even in Heat, Study Says
- Princess Visits Bosnian Mine Victims
- Family's Suit Draws Bead on Texas Land
- Couple Show Devotion--to Rights Group
- One Word Too Few
- 4 Acres Burn Near Gillibrand Canyon
- A Whale of a Debate
- Fear, Excitement High on Eve of Santa Paula's Make-Over
- Angels Get Win and a Fright, 4-3
- Emotional Gore Helps U.S. to Lead
- NO SALT
- 11th-Hour Victory for JetHawks
- Schoenberg a la Los Angeles
- KEITH SAMPLES / WRITER-DIRECTOR
- Down to the Smallest Detail
- Ashes to Ashes
- $5M Sale Is Music to Their Ears
- THE NAMES OF THINGS: A Passage in the Egyptian Desert.<i> By Susan Brind Morrow</i> .<i> Riverhead Books: 232 pp., $25.95</i>
- 'Rebecca'
- The King is Dead, But Elvis Lives...
- An Early Harvest for Cal Poly Program
- Ebonics Defended at Psychologist Meeting
- O.C. Lags in Mental Checks of Students
- Power Struggle Splits Taxi Firm
- Residents of Canyon Struggle to Preserve Rustic Life
- Frazier Is Simply No Match for Seles
- Wetzel's Late Goal Lifts the Bullfrogs
- Cubs Fight Back, but Padres Prevail
- Malabar Man Wins Hambletonian; Sanabelle Island's Streak Ends at 23
- Grudzielanek Gives Complete Effort
- It's No Bull: These Old Guys Can Still Play
- BUZZ BIN
- More Than Skin-Deep
- South Africa Offers an Array of Cheap Beds
- Shades of D.B. Cooper
- INDIA
- Clinton Prohibits Smoking in Most Federal Buildings
- Jailed Rwandan Youths Await Judgment Day
- Iranian Cabinet Gets First Female Since '79 Revolution
- Hong Kong Beckons as Land of Opportunity
- This Time, CSUN Loan Looks Like a Sound Idea
- Suspects Sought in 2 Stabbing Incidents
- Cockfighters Tenaciously Defend a Legal Enclave of Blood Sport
- State Taxpayers Deserve More for Their $68 Billion
- Muster Outlasts Chang to Earn a Shot at Sampras
- Sparks Certainly Not at a Loss for Words Concerning Officials
- Gwynn Hospitalized for Kidney Stone
- ** JOHNNY ALMENDRA Y LOS JOVENES DEL BARRIO, "Reconfirmando," RMM.
- A Rolling 'Moss' Gathers Steam
- PLAYERS
- UPS, Teamsters Break Off Strike Talks
- The Great Vault Robbery
- Tycoon's Copter Throws Town in a Whirl
- Despite Democrat Antics, Wilson Has a Legacy
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man on Bicycle
- Fiedler Remains a Force in Local Politics
- Horace Bristol's Vision Endures
- The Race to Raise the Prado Dam
- Morrison, Darlene M., 61, of Oxnard, finance...
- Granjenal Adds a Chapter to the Story of America
- Mosley Finds the Strength to Win His First World Title
- No Pierre Pressure : Page, Ferreira in Business Again
- 'Girls Town'
- Defiant Arafat Vows Not to 'Kneel' to Israel
- China's Townships Making Great Leaps
- Iran's Leading Dissident Draws Crowds, Threats
- The Battle of Hayward: A Dispatch
- A House That Love and Death Made Famous
- Doctors' Work Controversy: No Easy Fix for the County
- Testing of Triple-Trailers in California Sparks Safety Debate
- Driver Seriously Hurt When Car Hits Water Main, Store
- Health Expo Attracts 7,000 to Arts Plaza
- It Was Three Weeks of Smashes and Unforced Errors
- Gentlemen Shows That a Favorite Can Win Pacific Classic
- Wizards Shut Out Mutiny, 2-0
- READING L.A.
- Ways to Track Spending of Reserves
- GROUND ZERO.<i> By Linda Bird Francke</i> .<i> Simon & Schuster: 304 pp., $25</i>
- Auto Mechanics
- BENEDICT ARNOLD, REVOLUTIONARY HERO: An American Warrior Reconsidered.<i> By James Kirby Martin</i> .<i> New York University Press: 540 pp., $34.95</i>
- GOP Urges Private-School Tax Breaks
- Tutoring for Top-Flight Students Soars
- Passenger Critically Hurt Had Just Visited Family in Anaheim, Brother Says
- Shuttle Telescope Turns Its Lens to Comet; Glare Threatens Effort
- Airplane Towing Banner Crashes Off Palos Verdes; Pilot Escapes
- Stepping Up to the Line
- Worker's Salary Can't Be Changed Without Notice
- Starting All Over Again
- Probe of Cargo Plane Crash Finds 'Inconsistencies' in Latching System
- Gene Linked to Type of Anemia Is Isolated
- Gene Is Linked to Hyperactive Behavior Disorder
- Robber and Record-Breaker?
- A Tough Role to Fill
- How Government Can Help Boost Spirit of Volunteerism
- The Right Stuff
- 2 Await Hearing in Shooting at Baby's Wake
- Mural idea is fine, but other artists should be considered
- Finally, a Wave of Excitement for Andersen
- Andersen Finally Catches a Break, Wins Women's Title
- Defensive Change Gives Orca a Winning Edge
- INSIDER
- *** LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE, "Jefe de Jefes," Fonovisa.
- Escaping Mrs. Robinson
- Whether Apple Grows Anew Depends on the Human Factor
- For Starters
- 37, by Rabindranath Tagore
- Large Trees Are at Root of Many Sewer Problems
- '97 Federal Tax Law Eases Capital Gains Penalty
- A Tough Role to Fill
- Tourism in Tombstone Gets That Sinking Feeling
- A Number of Lessons to LEARN
- Price Changes Roles for the Team's Sake
- Hit-the-Road Mack Was the Real Deal
- Santa Monica's Kendall Streaks to SCCA Record
- Low-Key Saban Could Deal Spartan Surprise
- Inventor of Racing Starting Gate Oversees Product With Pride at 97
- Fan Club
- Problems of Indians Are Plain, Simple
- *** DMITRI MATHENY, "Penumbra: The Moon Sessions," Monarch Records
- NOTHING VENTURED : While Silicon Valley has no trouble drawing investors, the young companies of Orange and L.A. counties are suffering a capital crunch.
- A Boat in the Forest, by Thomas Lux
- MORAL JUDGMENT: Does the Abuse Excuse Threaten Our Legal System?<i> By James Q. Wilson</i> . <i> BasicBooks: 134 pp., $18</i>
- Summer Show
- FictionCOLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier. (Atlantic Monthly:...
- Martinez Goes 5 2/3 Innings in Minor League Start
- No Pierre Pressure : Team Mounted an Intense Coach-Hunt
- First Base Digs Reveal an Earthy Writing Style
- It's U.S. That Gets the Jump in Walker Cup
- Bullet-Cougar Golf Reorganization OKd
- THE BLACK DOG OF FATE: A...
- Destructive Mussels Invade Riverway
- His Gift Is Finding the Bad in Everything
- Man Arrested on Weapons Charges
- Condition of Boy With Brain Parasite Improves
- The Puzzle Waiting for the New Chief
- One Mistake Proves Costly for Radke
- Taking a Businesslike Approach to Managing Family Productivity
- Angel in the Outfield
- Track Records
- MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT: The First Amendment.<i> Edited by Peter Irons</i> .<i> The New Press: 262 pp., $59.95 with four 90-minute cassettes narrated by Peter Irons</i>
- Children in Exile, by James Fenton
- Rebel Rebel
- BLIND PURSUIT.<i> By Matthew F. Jones</i> .<i> Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 244 pp., $22</i>
- Showtime film has the 'Right Connections'; Shaq hosts Wednesday WB sitcom evening
- 'Bad Behavior'
- In Political Blame Game, Logic Is the Loser
- A World of Surprises at Tofu Festival
- Fumigation Controversy Is a Headache for All Sides
- Plan for School Health Sites and Parent Centers Assailed
- Gifts From Heart for Boy Battling Cancer
- Puzzled by Popularity, Lalas Enjoying His Ride
- Professional Exhibition Helps Stir Up Local Interest
- 15 Slain in Sectarian Violence in Punjab
- U.S. Gets More Promises in Bosnia
- Relative Calm Marks End of N. Ireland Marching Season
- GOP North Losing the Civil War
- Debts the Washington Lovefest Didn't Balance
- 3 Injured in Attack by Youths in Huntington
- Home Electricity Safety
- Memories Unfold, Linking Gift-Wrap Duties to Building's Downfall
- * Richard Bennett; Longtime County Resident
- In This Kitchen, They Hang on Every Word
- The Secret Is in the Shrubbery
- *** ORNETTE COLEMAN AND JOACHIM KUHN, "Colors," Harmolodic/Verve
- Steel Homes, Hookups and Other RV Exercises
- Foe's Photo Haunts Vietnam Veteran's Quest for Forgiveness
- There are films that confuse excess with...
- Darwinism Isn't Extinct Yet
- Unless Teachers Get Involved, Wiring Schools Just Enriches Computer Makers
- A Job Program That Can Work
- A Neighborhood Reclaimed
- Budget Deal Would Aid Class-Size Cuts
- Early Action Saves Money, Lives
- Under-30s Eye Sweep of Majors
- *** LOS PAPINES, "Encuentro de Tambores," Ore Cuma.
- INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Burial Plot May Hold Clues to Greece's Mystery Era
- Bigger Big Rigs Bearing Down on Highways Amid Safety Debate
- Greenpeace Plans Drastic Cutbacks
- Muslims to Buy Leased Prayer Site
- Hopper Fire Falters After Massive Effort
- Area Surfers Catch Wave of Forecast Data
- Grandmother of Black Belts : At a Low Point in Her Life, Woman Took Up Karate--and Found a Missing Piece of Herself
- Hill Has a Hot Tip to Work On
- Even at Par, It's Still Els Leading the Field
- Singing the Brakeman's Praises
- Floating Campsites Back at Lake Oroville
- Keeping Meaning Ahead of Miles
- Watching the Waves : From Gawkers to Fans, U.S. Open Surfing Contest Draws Thousands
- HUD Targets Aid for Rentals to Relatives
- How China Beat India in Race for Success
- Little Change and Lots of It
- Dispute Over Eva Gabor's Estate Appears Settled
- Bugged by Termites
- Helen Taylor
- Anaheim Man Wounded in Shooting
- Some Mandated Records Don't Exist
- Another Faux Pass as American Relay Team Fails to Reach Final
- Wonderful Wuerffel : He's a Star, Even Before Throwing First NFL Pass
- Nascimento Returns to His Roots
- *** MICHEL PETRUCCIANI, "Au Theatre des Champs Elysees," Dreyfus Jazz
- "Majoun." Richard Horowitz and Sussan Deyhim. (Sony Classical)
- Anything but Minimal
- Deferred-Compensation Plan Not Same as Tax-Deferred Savings Plan
- Algeria Is Determined to Defeat Rebels, Premier Says
- Riding the Waves
- Lakefront Cabin Owner Fights Motorboat Ban
- King Decries Coup, Says He's Powerless
- Etiquette Guides Aim to Make the Nasty '90s a Kinder, Gentler Time
- The Catch of the Day Could Be Hot
- Several Suspects Sought in 2 Stabbing Incidents
- The Team to Beat : South Mission Viejo Little Leaguers Change Landscape of Town's Sports Scene
- 'Other' Sanders Wins It
- Splash Losing Streak Reaches 4 in Portland
- Buy-and-Hold: Golden Strategy That Takes an Iron Will
- What Keeps, by C.D. Wright
- State Law to End Unneeded PMI Payments
- AMERICAN SCRIPTURE: Making the Declaration of Independence.<i> By Pauline Maier</i> .<i> Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $27.50</i>
- PBS MAKES THE MUSIC SCENE IN INTIMATE & RAUCOUS WAYS
- Good Samaritan Critically Hurt at Freeway Junction
- County Fair Promises a Mix of Old and New
- Codes for Urban Living