- ACLU Is Still Finding Success in Courts but Not in the Court of Public Opinion
- Balkan Armies Pull Out of Swapped Land
- Other Key Figures to Give Depositions
- More Intimidating Growls From Beijing : Tough talk on Taiwan poses a challenge to Clinton
- SEC's Action Serves Important Purpose : Within Its Limited Scope, It Rebuked County Officials
- Bolsa Chica Study Is Well Worth the Wait : Report Should Clarify Cleanup Costs for the Wetlands, Set Stage for Final Resolution
- Long Beach Better on the Boards
- Cowboys Might Be Destined to Become Extinct NFL Elite Team
- McPHEE: "Tabuh-Tabuhan"; HARRISON: Suite for Symphonic Strings;...
- In Cyberspace, Nobody Can Hear You Write a Check : Cash? History, The Evolution of Money is Moving Way Faster Than the ATM line. Guard Your Passwords
- THE SIMPSON DEPOSITION : Comparing the Versions
- CAMPUS & CAREER GUIDE : Toymakers in Training
- LAPD Rejection Over Racial Joke Raises Questions
- Obituaries : Henry Paul Cornish; Popular Baseball Coach
- Why This Congress Must Be Considered the Worst in a Half-Century
- Woman Robs Glendale Restaurant
- One-Track Mind : Henry Andrade to Represent Tiny Cape Verde in Last Bid at Olympic Glory
- Condors Not Just a Flight of Fancy
- Barros Rattles In a Win for Celtics
- Flames Leap Past Kings With 2-1 Victory
- Surf's Up--in Pacoima Palisades?
- POP MUSIC : FREEWHEELIN'
- SAN DIEGO--"Wild Hearts Casino Night," a Valentine's...
- Taste of Travel: Arizona : The Hot Zone : Tucson spots where careful homage is paid to a cuisine seared with chiles
- New Fees at Hyatt, Westin
- Checking Under the 'Hood : Rare tale of crime that humanizes black victims and perpetrators : DRIVE-BY, <i> By Gary Rivlin (Henry Holt: $25; 274 pp.)</i>
- With new interpretations of "Othello" and "Richard...
- SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : New 'Oddities' on MTV; how to make a Muppet movie on Disney; TLC's hurrah for cheerleading
- Danson With Lilliputians : NBC VERSION OF JONATHAN SWIFT'S SATIRE EXPLORES ALL OF ITS CHAPTERS--FROM LIFE IN FARAWAY LANDS TO TROUBLE BACK HOME
- Yeltsin Vow to Pay Miners Ends Strike
- Bosnia Guns Fall Silent, but Mental War Rages On
- Upbeat in a Downpour : Rains Dampen Crowd at Black History Parade, but Not Spirits
- Woman Grazed by Stray Bullet Fired a Mile Away
- Los Alamos Gets to the Core of Dismantling Nuclear-Weapon Stockpile
- . . . Not the Sexual Pandering of MTV : Why did Clinton appoint the network chief to his crusade against teen pregnancy?
- Cal Lutheran Goes Under to Claremont in Overtime
- Claiborne Says Hold the Phone
- 2 Teens Stabbed in Fight Near Huntington Pier
- Long Beach Catches Irvine on the Rebound
- Irvine Easily Wins League Title
- In other nonleague games:Brea Olinda 64, Riverside...
- Saved by the Skull : *** "DIGITAL DEAD", The Grateful Dead Screen Saver, Grateful Dead Merchandising/ Delrina
- A Look Back at L.A.'s Greatest Hits
- DEFYING GRAVITY: High Adventure on Yosemite's Walls...
- Across the Generations
- Quake in Southwestern China Kills at Least 210, Injures 3,700
- Swimming With the Bottom Feeders : Media insider James Fallows turns a jaundiced eye on his colleagues : BREAKING THE NEWS: How the Media Undermine American Democracy,<i> By James Fallows (Pantheon Books: $23; 296 pp.)</i>
- Obituary : Barbara Skelton; Wrote Passionate Memoirs
- Ex-Soldiers Share Same Fear in Peace : The Muslim
- Kenyan Tribe Continues Tradition of Wife Inheritance Despite Criticism
- THE STATE : Politics Rears Its Disruptive Head in UC--and Students Suffer : CAMPUS CORRESPONDENT
- The Raven in the Mirror : A novel that crosses the real Edgar Allan Poe with a bolder and less haunted one : THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD,<i> By Stephen Marlowe (Dutton: $22.95; 324 pp.)</i>
- World IN BRIEF : CHINA : 2 Boys Rescued From Building's Rubble
- Foreigners in China Find New Perils in Rising Crime
- Quake in Southwestern China Reportedly Kills 150, Hurts 500
- 'Diary of a Hitman'
- Health Care Bill Travels Rugged Road of Reform
- Rap Singer Arrested on Drug, Weapons Charges
- Restaurant Manager Killed in Robbery
- Volunteers Sought to Paint MTA Mural
- Seattle Pioneer's Legacy: A Proud and Confident Family
- Proving He's a Cut Above, Ellison Won't Let Van Nuys Forget
- Girls' Game a One-Man Show
- The Difference Is Luck : When a young idealist hikes alone into the Alaskan wilderness, an innocent mistake can prove fatal. : INTO THE WILD, By Jon Krakauer <i> (Villard Books: $22; 207 pp.)</i>
- Frugal Piano Tuner Wills $500,000 to Help Pay Off U.S. Debt
- Recording the World With Lens and Pen
- Feinstein Calls for Firing of U.S. Customs Chief
- The New Gilded Age : With the rise of Steve Forbes, Americans' traditional hostility to the rich seems to have evaporated. : Evil? Society Now Celebrates the Plutocrat
- That Powder Keg at Castaic : Remedies must be found at strife-plagued Pitchess jail before it is too late
- Shepherd of the Barrio : Immigrant Finds New Reason to Live, Becomes Priest Involved in Bettering Life in La Colonia
- The Ultimate Cheap Package Tour: Just You and a Package
- Gunman Robs Sandwich Shop in Costa Mesa
- Half-Volley by Rollins Too Much for Waves
- THEATER : Who Said Burlesque Was Out? : The 'Fabulous Palm Springs Follies' is packing in members of the 'secret senior society.' Vaudeville shtick--and leg--is back.
- PERSPECTIVES ON TEEN PREGNANCY : We Need Tough Laws , Consistent Messages. : Prosecute the men responsible and give girls the self-esteem and knowledge they need to resist early sex.
- Washed-Up Medical Waste Prompts Closure of Beach
- LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Linda Chavez-Thompson : Is Revitalizing America's Labor Movement a Sisyphean Task?
- A Flyway Rest Stop for Birds
- A Phoenix From the Russian Snow : The perennial warmth of Vladimir Nabokov's magical stories : THE STORIES OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV,<i> Edited and translated by Dmitri Nabokov (Alfred A. Knopf: $35; 659 pp.)</i>
- GRAPHIC DETAILS : The ART of WAR : An exhibit of Vietnam War posters recalls one of printed propaganda's final flourishes
- Seeking Pay for Secret War : Missions Impossible?
- Seeking Pay for Secret War
- 'Geronimo: An American Legend'
- Sunday Profile : A Global Vision : In the latest phase of his GeoSphere Project, Tom Van Sant envisions a computer accessible library where a fragile planet's workings come to life.
- On a Wave and a Prayer
- Man Convicted in Fatal Stabbing Freed After Attorneys Appeal Case
- CAMPUS & CAREER GUIDE : 'The Wave of the Future Is Going to Be Technology'
- Four-Star Films : 'Throne of Blood'
- CYBERSPACE : Why Nations Could Fear the Internet
- Grandparents Get Gold Stars for Returning to School to Help Kids
- Net Access Brings Concerns to Schools
- The Story Behind 'The Color Purple' : THE SAME RIVER TWICE: Honoring the Difficult,<i> By Alice Walker (Scribner: $24: 302 pp.</i>
- CAMPUS & CAREER GUIDE : Record $3-Billion Bond Measure Reflects Educators' New Alliance
- 'The Stalker'
- BROTHERS: Alvin Williams wasn't shy when asked...
- Angola Demobilization More Trickle Than Flow
- The Sunday Profile : Clowning Glory : For Andy Beyer of Santa Ana, being Bumbo is more than a job. It's a magic carousel ride.
- U.S. Reportedly Warns China on Copyright Violations
- Swedes Face Cold Reality of Trying to Remain Neutral--Within Budget
- N.H. Crowds Cheer Forbes' Message
- Parents, Businessmen Help Students Go On-Line
- Prospect of More Concealed Guns Just Blows Him Away
- Mounties Rescued by Stark's Jump Shot
- Strub Question: Can Helmsman Steer a Course Through Mud?
- Clippers Can Lose to Anybody
- A behind-the-scenes look at Orange County's political life : Lewis' Endorsement of Measure S Could Be Standby Bid for Cox Seat
- Stovall Leads Woodbridge Past Ventura Buena, 63-50
- POP MUSIC : SMALL FACES
- POP MUSIC : ** 1/2 FRANK BLACK, "The Cult of Ray", American Recordings
- MOVIES : Make Way for the Next Brother Act
- Fewer passengers were bumped involuntarily from flights...
- Garden Events : Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales
- '71 Valley Quake a Brush With Catastrophe
- On the Way
- The New Gilded Age : With the rise of Steve Forbes, Americans' traditional hostility to the rich seems to have evaporated. : To Win, Politicians Masked Their Wealth
- Rose Garden Garners Another Top Award
- Mini's World : Patrons of Many Backgrounds Find a Multicultural Meeting Place at Hair and Nail Salon
- Shytime : Utah's John Stockton Goes About His Job Quietly, Playing Every Day and Piling Up a Record in Assists
- Tori's Third Tops
- POP MUSIC : Diamond Strikes Gold in Nashville : *** NEIL DIAMOND, "Tennessee Moon", Columbia
- Birds and Bees Do It in This Victorian Drama
- STYLE / RESTAURANTS : FOUR-PART HARMONY
- Fiction
- GOP Campaign Trail Risks Becoming Path to Defeat
- U.S. Troops Hope to Reach Out and E-Mail Someone
- Student Loan Program Is Too Valuable to Nation to Be Slashed : Competitive edge in world markets, return in taxes from well-paid graduates outweigh budget considerations.
- Lemon or Limelight? It's Not Easy to Get Behring Straight
- Rain Cuts Event to 54 Holes--at Most
- Bender's Goal Lifts Edison Over Fountain Valley
- Dos Pueblos Has the Final Word
- Smart Moves : Many families are willing to pull up roots to find 'good' schools. Here are some tips for selecting schools that meets your needs.
- THE FLU : You Give Me Fever
- 'Shrink' Finds Spot for Couch
- Guinea Mutiny Said Ended
- Racetrack Says Goodbye to All That
- A Drought of Water Revenues
- Death Is No Obstacle in Game Where Stakes Are Souls
- Apple's Woes Test Even Its Most Loyal Computer Fans
- CAMPUS & CAREER GUIDE
- THE WORLD : EAST ASIA : As China, Taiwan Head for Collision, U.S. Must Play Great Compromiser
- Land Mine Kills American Soldier in Northern Bosnia
- Another Grim Pursuit of Justice, American-Style
- Softball Rained Out
- Gonzaga's Rollins Shoots Down Pepperdine
- Irvine's Centon Electronics Names Marketing Director
- The Ultimate Urban Terrorism : Observing a few basic precautions could help prevent home invasion robberies
- OJAI : Journal Accepting Photographs, Poetry
- Putting Some Orange Back in the County : Kumquats Are One Answer to Giving Subdivisions a Taste of Local History
- School Vouchers Spit in the Eye of Our Democratic Principles : Education: We invest taxes in public schools to promote the common good, not to finance sectarian indoctrination.
- Robber Kills Manager of Restaurant
- Notes about your surroundings
- Alphabet Soup Spells Rainy Winner
- Titans Calm Down, Show Past Form to Beat Stanford
- CDs Going Deep Into the Catalogs
- Titans Still Can't Find Hoop, Lose
- COVER STORY : Apocalypse 2013 : John Carpenter and Kurt Russell team up for another 'Escape,' this time from the island of L.A. (Yes, that's what happens when a 9.6 shaker hits.)
- From "In Memory of Stephen Spender," by Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940--Jan. 28, 1996)
- JAPAN AND ITS WORLD: Two Centuries of...
- Destination: Norway : Troll Tracks : An inn-to-inn ski trek through a pristine wilderness of powder
- Citizen Forbes: Unplugged, Unpublished
- Temperatures Hit New Lows in Much of U.S.
- CAMPUS & CAREER GUIDE : Alliance Helps Recruit Minority Teachers
- Party Animal Incognito
- CAMPUS & CAREER GUIDE : Otis College Is Runway to Fashion Fame
- When Telling the Truth Is a Crime : Most journalists in Africa struggle under government threats, or worse
- Crowded Field Seeks Tucker's Seat
- Activist Working to Rein In Devices Used in Rodeo Events
- 20 Gang Members Join in Brawl at Motel
- Police, Citizen Groups Meet at Summit
- A Balanced Budget Means a Surplus of Sacrifice : Ending deficit spending, as so many Valley residents advocate, could threaten jobs, public safety services, transit and environmental protection.
- The Art of Remembering : Docent of Holocaust Exhibit Is No Aficionado of Culture, But Draws on Memories as Survivor
- Pair Jailed After Discovery of One of Two Meth Labs
- Woman Finds It's, Like, Rilly OK to Be a Val
- Santa Barbara Balance Beats Fullerton, 85-72
- Long Beach's Salahuddin Enjoys Role
- Lewis Takes Fifth--and Last--at Houston Meet
- Freshman Mashia Paces USC
- Rough Draft : Stanford's Carter Tries to Write New Ending to College Career
- Bull Wins the Fight Against Trojans
- CSUN Surprises No. 12 Texas, 8-3
- Mainstreaming of Lollapalooza Douses Farrell's Flame
- CULTURE : Lots of Gems, No Diamond : The Smithsonian Institution is marking its 150th anniversary with a touring exhibition of 350 treasures--but the Hope diamond didn't make the trip.
- POP MUSIC : Spoiling for a Fight : Aimee Mann is a tough customer disguised as a new-pop chanteuse. Cut her off in the grocery line at your own peril.
- POP MUSIC : INVASION ALERT
- ART : PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW : What Only a Stranger Can See : A San Diego show features works from a batch of gifted immigrants who saw us with different eyes, changing the way we see ourselves.
- The Waiting Game for Passports
- Voices
- BOOK EXCERPT : MY FATHER'S MURDER : A Son Sets Out to Find the Killers. What He Discovers Is the Father He Lost and a Hometown He Never Knew
- Texan Who 'Lost' Three Wives Guilty of Murder
- United Front Key to GOP Hopes for a New Era
- Welfare 'Truth Squad' Battles Stereotype
- CHINA: Crime Plagues Once-Safe Streets : As China Opens Up, Crime Forces It to Lock Up
- Out of Private Pain of Cancer Comes Public Art
- Five Bodies Found After Suspected Arson at Condominium
- Gardens of the Rich and Famous in France
- Information Highway Bypassing Many Campuses
- Technology in the Classroom
- County's New Traffic Center Passes Road Test
- Aging Hotel Is Inn for the Long Haul
- UC Irvine, Long Beach State Share Night of Passion
- Ken Behring Says His Team, Whatever the Name Is, Will Be in L.A. 'Very Soon'
- Myers Is Messenger for UCLA
- THE NBA / MARK HEISLER : With Magic, We Return to a Better Place, Time
- Musselman Grew Up With Knight, However, Similarities End There
- JAZZ : The Path to Prominence : Cassandra Wilson's delivery may be understated--no more than a toss of her dreadlocks--but there's no way you'll ever miss her point.
- THE BIBLE TELLS THEM SO: Uses and...
- Disney Institute Opens Friday
- EAST, WEST by Salman Rushdie (Vintage:...
- Eating-Aging Link to Be Subject of Study
- Groups With a Cause Investing a Lot in Voters
- Vicario to Face Majoli in Finals of Pan Pacific
- Moorpark Defeats Oxnard in Overtime Despite Johnson's 46 Points
- PACIFIC 10 ROUNDUP : Washington Tripped by Arizona State
- A Bad Turn of Luck for North Carolina
- MOVIES : POST-DIVINE RAPTURE : Hollywood to Hugh: All Is Forgiven
- There's Logic in Going for Group of Sector Funds
- Dana Point Recall Vote Sets Off City Squabbling
- His Brother's Keeper : John Force Has Hired Cruz Pedregon's Younger Brother, Tony, as a Funny Car Stalking Horse, but Cruz Is Still Faster With Record Run
- McKinney Bruised, Battered, Finally Bows
- By Itself, Downsizing Isn't the Answer, It's Just the First Step
- Cities Battle to Win Ground in Military Reunion Market
- THE LONGEST MEMORY by Fred D'Aguiar...
- Disney Magic Is Finally Starting to Work at French Theme Park
- California--Robert Jones, Signal Hill: "Lo-Fats, 1968 Lombard...
- Bike and Ride Through Scotland
- Connect, Only Connect : THE LAW OF ENCLOSURES,<i> By Dale Peck (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $23; 306 pp.)</i>
- Talk of Flat-Tax Plans Overlooks Burdens Placed on Consumers
- LA Speak : SCREEN PLAYERS
- The Scull and Bones Society
- Europe's most beautiful church? : Italian GOTHIC : Orvieto is known for fine wines and lively ceramics, but its masterpiece is its exquisite cathedral
- REMEMBERING JERU
- Bisbee Memories
- Arguments Continue to Fly Over El Toro Reuse Issue
- Index and What Is Indicated for It
- Lincoln Already Has a Holiday
- Code Details Agents' Responsibilities
- 'FANTASTICKS' FAN
- TALK RADIO
- Warranties Are Backed by Insurance Policies
- What's Wrong With Hollywood
- Meant to Be Meat Eaters or Go Meatless?
- Save Money and Let the Prisoners Brawl
- 'Integrity and Honesty' Needed on Both Sides to Close Sale
- Free Bicycles
- And Who Gets Hired After a Layoff?
- City Hall
- Contradiction Fuels Workplace Inequities
- Gentle People
- Terrorist Acts
- There Won't Be a There There, Either
- Hospital Holds Vital Role for Mentally Ill
- Negative Thinking on MD-11's Future
- Managed Care Is Begging to Be Cured
- Handguns Are Effective Means of Self-Defense
- Whacks for Conroy's Paddling Bills
- Subway Is Needed to Reduce Congestion
- Differences Between Law and Real Estate
- Bias and Hardship in RV Ordinance
- Protecting Mobile Home Park Residents
- Author of Children's Book Leads Merry Book Signing
- Math Teacher Has the Right Formula
- Clarification
- Studies Condemn Adult Businesses
- Inclusion for Disabled Pupils
- The Alternatives to a Painful Death
- THE BALLAD OF BRUCE S.
- ID Card Could Help Stem Bank Heists
- BLACKLISTEES
- Population Problem Demands Action Now
- Sanitation Plan Suits Local Needs
- Wrong Way to Take Over Existing Loan
- Same-Sex Couples Deserve Rights Too
- Texaco Project Not Welcome
- The Coordinates That Hold Us in Place : A poet tries to comprehend the losses, disappearances and tragedies that occur all too frequently in Alaska : DISAPPEARANCE: A MAP; A Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Altitudes.<i> By Sheila Nickerson (Doubleday: $22.50; 224 pp.)</i>
- Finding Small Faults With 'The Inspector'
- Reasons for Decline in Fund-Raising at CSUN
- Kissinger's Role in Nixon Era
- Bearing Up
- The Debate Over Eyelid Operations
- Reseda High School Can House Gifted Program
- We Don't Yet Know Risks to Squid Harvest
- Finance Plan Sounds Risky to Reader
- A Rise Over Phoenix
- Bank Merger: For Richer and for Poorer
- An Education in Today's Realities
- Mayor's Behavior Called Insulting
- Funding Plea From Oxnard Library
- Affirmative Action
- Oxnard Coach Intelligent, Kind
- 9th Graders Need Time to Adjust to High School
- Illogical Thinking, a No. 1 Complaint
- Whitewater
- War on Drug-Related Crime Pays
- Obituaries - Feb. 4, 1996
- NONFICTION - Feb. 4, 1996
- NONFICTION - Feb. 4, 1996
- NONFICTION - Feb. 4, 1996
- NONFICTION - Feb. 4, 1996
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- NONFICTION - Feb. 4, 1996