- Events in the news this week.
- Relics of Cold War Era : Silent Air Raid Sirens Unwanted
- Duke Does Well With Other Four
- The Thinking Person's Folk Troupe
- Good Buys That Suit All Tastes
- Commercial Scene : Marketing Begun for Industrial Park Land
- AROUND HOME : The Workbench Book : BY SCOTT LANDIS (The Taunton Press; 1987)
- Office Lease Costs Dip
- Shared Space
- Commercial Scene : Four Oaks Apartments Sold for $10.1 Million
- When to Negotiate for a Lower Hotel Room Rate
- Tropicals Grow With Little Care : Bird of paradise, elephant ears, ginger flourished in '20s, '30s California gardens.
- The Kiss of Joseph the Terrible : STALIN AND THE KIROV MURDER <i> by Robert Conquest (Oxford University Press: $16.95; 164 pp.; 0-19-505579-9) </i>
- Should You Sell Your Home Yourself ? : NO : You'll Get a Higher Price in Less Time, Have Fewer Headaches With a Broker
- Brine Is the Demon That Stirs Dust in the Wind
- Moscow Wins Praise for Its Rights Stand
- Here's an Extra Hour to Bank On
- Don't Shut Alaska's Oil Spigot : Search Has to Go On, Despite a Chorus of 'I-Told-You-Sos'
- Are Journalists Perfidious Con Artists? National Name-Calling Among Parasites
- Hospital Critics Force Meeting to Elect Board
- Sheriff Exposes Blind Spot in Response to Grand Jury
- Local News in Brief : Decision on Mall Postponed
- Flights by TAP Air Portugal will begin...
- Requiem for an Honest Man
- 'Battle of Bulge' on Two Fronts
- Prometheus in Pomona : THE STOLEN LIGHT <i> by Ved Mehta (W. W. Norton: $19.95; 462 pp.)</i>
- Singapore Army to Stage War Games in Taiwan
- Shipshape Life Style
- Vietnamese Student's Odyssey to Caltech : Boat Refugee Finds Balance Between 2 Worlds
- Zoo Gala to Preview Adventure Island
- Man Sought in Abduction Linked to Bogus Drug Deal
- Valley Blvd. Is a Challenge for Planners in Alhambra
- Fishermen Using Dynamite Are Destroying Reefs : Environmental Diaster Looming in Tanzania
- Baseball '89 : A Preview : Breaking Into Management : Blacks Find Elements of a Fixed Game and Slow Change
- Baseball '89 : A Preview : Who's On First? : Wally Joyner : With Hoops Over, He's Hoping to Put Slam Back in His Game
- The Nation : Panel Gives Report on Computer Prank
- Events in the news this week.
- Nicholls' Hat Trick Gives Kings 6-4 Win Over Vancouver
- America First at Engine Co. No. 28
- Get Ready, Freddy!
- Rap : Striking Tales of Black Frustration and Pride Shake the Pop Mainstream
- Sneak Previews of Forthcoming Books : In a Pinch
- Namibia Clash Spurs S. Africa Threat to U.N.
- Tank Truck Crash on I-5 Jams Traffic for 18 Miles
- Rastafarian Who Wouldn't Cut Hair for Job Wins Case
- Military Strategy : Foreign Cadets Are Exposed to American Ideals at West Point
- Arrest of Missing Tanker Captain Sought by Alaska
- S. Pasadena Hopeful on Placing Leg of Freeway
- Resist the Temptation to Rig Nicaraguan Vote
- Sightings Increase as Houses Push Into Wilderness : Orange County Development, Coyotes Collide
- Events in the news this week.
- Author Stands By Report on Korean War
- Selection of New Bishop Cloaked in Veil of Secrecy
- Dinah Shore Golf Tournament : A Five-Shot Lead Is a Problem for Inkster
- Wilkins Says Georgia Coach Knew He Got Paid
- JC NOTES : Stanbury's Return Boosts El Camino's Swim Hopes
- BIRD VS. MAGIC : Their 1979 Matchup Took TV Ratings to Still Unequaled High
- Judy Davis Tests Her Wit . . .
- Perking Up at Lizards : Quest for the perfect bean blends poetry, art and caffeine
- AROUND HOME : Fine Woodworking Design Book Four : BY THE EDITORS OF FINE WOODWORKING MAGAZINE (The Taunton Press; 1987)
- For a $75 Fare, Airline Stages Mystery Flights
- Gates Chides Gun Groups, Abortion Foes in GOP Talk
- Peru Devalues Currency in Bid to Boost Exports
- N. C. Shoreline: Time for a Man-Made Rescue? : Storm Devastation Stirs Debate on Need for Efforts to Curb Future Damage
- Walesa Plans Visit to Thank Dutch for Help
- Millard Owen Sheets, 81; Artist, Designer and Teacher
- I-5 Truck Crash Stops Traffic for 18 Miles
- What If Europe's House Wasn't Divided?
- Heaviest Rains in 2 Centuries Bring Life to Australian Desert
- For Yogi Berra, It Still Ain't Over, and That's Refreshing News
- Consistency Makes King Queen of Links
- THE LATEST RAGE : Pressures From Adoring Fans and Unfriendly Foes Take Toll on Young Tennis Sensation Andre Agassi
- Burbank's Lewis Wins 2-Mile Race
- Celebrating Seder Away From Home in a Restaurant
- The Essential Guide to Contemporary Rap
- Increasingly, Businesses Offer Education Benefits to Their Employees
- Palestinian Like Me : MY ENEMY, MY SELF <i> by Yoram Binur (Doubleday: $18.95; 240 pp.) </i>
- Commercial Scene : Red Gum Business Park Completes Phase 1 Activity
- 1999: VICTORY WITHOUT WAR <i> by Richard Nixon (Pocket Books: $8.95) </i>
- Commercial Scene : Terra Mar Apartments Sell for $6.47 Million
- Commercial Scene : Executive Tower Leases Signed for $17.6 Million
- THE 13TH HOUSE <i> by Adam Zameenzad (Random House: $15.95; 202 pp.) </i>
- Holland's Slap-Happy Cow Traders
- Commercial Scene : Business Park Complex Sold for $20 Million
- Montana Hills Alive With Bicyclists
- 11 Die in Truck Plunge
- Eastern Moves to Add Daily Flights
- 1,700 Illegal Workers Returned to Thailand
- State Trooper, Woman Killed by Gunman
- Investigators Look for Clues to Plane Crash
- Mexico a Horn of Plenty in U.S. Produce Needs
- Derailed by Mommy Track? : Bypassed for Top State Court, Benke Speaks Out on Family and Career
- Ron Jaworski, who leads all active quarterbacks...
- Commentary : Secret of Georgetown's Success Well-Kept
- LOS ANGELES TIMES : ALL-CENTRAL CITY BASKETBALL TEAM
- NBA Roundup : Portland Gets Past Charlotte to End Streak
- The Masters: Black Tie Event of Golf
- Engine Co. No. 28 Finally Up to Speed : Long-awaited downtown restaurant is beginning to live up to its billing
- 9 Good Innings--Years, That Is--for 'Bleacher Bums'
- Down Under Coupons
- USC Will Honor Architect Maston : School to give award to alumnus best known for his innovative, modern-style designs.
- Home Prices Up 63%
- The Last Set Is Always the Hardest : NIGHT TIME LOSING TIME <i> by Michael Ventura (Simon & Schuster: $18.95; 368 pp.) </i>
- Good Time to Plant Japanese Maple Tree
- AROUND HOME : The AT&T; Logo
- Cambodia's Artistry in Silver on Display in Long Beach
- 3 Teen-Agers Win Scholarships for Black Students
- 2 Girls Safe; Suspect Sought in Drug Deal, Kidnap Twist
- Solitary Success : Independent Carson Youth Honored for Hard Work, Good Deeds
- Horse Racing Roundup : Western Playboy Keeps Pat Day Perfect in This Race
- Bill Frieder: Forgotten Man at Final Four
- Prep Wrapup : Mira Costa Proves it Can Win Close Games, Nips West, South Torrance
- Community Colleges : Rancho Santiago Edges Golden West in 9th
- Keck Grant to Aid Philharmonic's Educational Plans
- CSUN's David Scott Dares to Stage a Thoroughly Traditional 'Traviata'
- Borrowed Trouble : Ineptitude Causes Biggest Mess Ever in Student Loan Program
- Project's Sale No Answer to Housing Crisis
- A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY <i> by John Irving (William Morrow</i> : <i> $19.95; 560 pp.) </i>
- Nigeria Seeks to Save Forest Amid Growing Population
- Pesticide Residue, Not Sabotage, of Greatest Concern to Activists
- Events in the news this week.
- Unique Treatment Center Takes the Mystery Out of Rare Heart Ailment
- Geoff Bodine won the Country Squire Homes...
- NCAA Basketball Tournament: The Final Four : The Final Nobody Expected : P.J. Shows Duke That Seton Hall Is King, 95-78
- Seton Hall's Wake-Up Call Catches Duke in Deep Sleep
- A Stand-In Boat Makes Good as Penn Wins Varsity Eight Final
- Game Started, Ended Badly for the Big O
- Colleges : Irvine's Gillette Wins High Jump at West Coast Relays
- Commentary : When Reel and Real-Life Merge Into One Image
- A Taste of the Fabulous '50s
- Murder Most Glamorized : Ever since Truman Capote's acclaimed 1966 book, "In Cold Blood," networks have gobbled up grisly true-life scenarios
- INTERZONE <i> by William S. Burroughs (Viking: $17.95; 194 pp.) </i>
- A Prize Setting
- Kajima, Sumitomo Among Buyers of Coldwell Banker Brokerage
- MEN'S SPRING FASHION : MEN at WORK : 10 Californians--in Fields Ranging From Real Estate to Rock--Wear Looks for the Workplace and Beyond
- Getting the Most From Remodeling
- Sex and Exercise : The Male Perspective
- THE EMPEROR Downfall of an Autocrat <i> by Ryszard Kapuscinski; translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand (Vintage International: $7.95) </i>
- Iraqis Flock to Polls to Elect Parliament
- Seashore Art
- Illegal Use of Car Pool Lane Will Cost $236
- Study Blames Recreational Boaters : Migrating Gray Whales Face Widespread Hazing
- Life Is a Cabaret on Michigan Avenue, Ol' Chum
- Gas Prices Soar : Station Customers Shrug and Pay
- Charles Hillinger's America : Whaler as Rare as the Animal He Hunted
- Warnings Unheeded : Disaster at Valdez: Promises Unkept
- When Different Groups Converge, the Ignorant and the Curious Can Be Unexpectedly Rude
- Times Ballot Recommendations
- Many Rookie Names Will Have Familiar Ring This Season
- THE TIMES' ALL-INLAND BASKETBALL TEAM
- NCAA Basketball Tournament: The Final Four : The Final Nobody Expected : Higgins' Shot at Two Seconds Gives Michigan a Shot at First
- The Rise of Seton Hall Began Four Years Ago
- NHL Roundup : Rangers Fire Coach, but Change Doesn't Help
- Ricky Redux
- Jailhouse Rock Aside, the Center Won't Roll : 'Elvis' Show Is a Start. Now, When Will the Real Thing (Rock, That Is) Show Up?
- MICHAEL MILKEN, THE MAN : A Grateful Friend Describes Him as Compassionate and Caring
- AROUND HOME : Swings
- Commercial Scene : 3M Breaks Ground on Distribution Center
- Commercial Scene : Site of Emery Airfreight Sells for $4 Million-Plus
- Baseball '89 : A Preview : It's Their Home Away From Home : Dodgertown Spring Training Center Exemplifies Changes Over Years
- Cacophony Marks Iraq Animal Market
- Jean de Florette (Bravo Sunday at 5...
- Bradley for Mayor--Again
- Irvine Takes Lead in Affordable Housing . . .
- LOTTERY RESULTS APRIL 1
- Westside Development Sparks a Squabble : 2 City Agencies Caught in a Traffic Jam
- They didn't win a million dollars, but...
- Dream Season : Fantasy Baseball Camp Offers Patrons a Taste of Big Leagues and a Chance to Hobnob With Their Boyhood Idols
- Wilson, Flavin Wins Races as Saugus Opens 50th Season
- NCAA Men's Swimming Championships : Texas Outpoints Stanford to Win Team Title
- Detroit Is Still the Capital of American Auto Design
- On the 98-count indictment of financier and...
- Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor: Leviticus 19:13 : Leviticus Project: Latest in Boiler-Room Bashing
- Millions of Iranians Are Sharing the Same Desire--to Leave the Country
- Gilley's Sings Swan Song--Country-Style
- Baseball '89 : A Preview : PUCKETT FULL OF MIRACLES : Twin Outfielder Is Fast Becoming Known as One of the Game's Best Players
- W. Hollywood Bond Backers Launch Attack on Landlords
- Illiterate Candidates Banned in Iraq Election
- Saudi Arabia Beheads 5
- Judge Won't Order Reagan to Appear at Trial
- Candidates Step Up Efforts to Get Messages Across : Denied Chance to Debate Woo, 4 Rivals in 13th District Race Scramble for Attention
- Richard Crenna and Dennis Farina are on...
- 9-Year-Old Girl Needs Break, Takes Car for 50-Mile Spin
- May Reduce Number of Cesareans : Laser Improves Monitoring of Fetuses
- New Editor for Section Named
- Land for Sale : Veterans Ready to Deal to Save Meeting Place
- Bruce M. Brusavich of Torrance is the...
- Baseball Legend : Harbor Coach Jim O'Brien Has Made Winning a Habit
- With Some Key Players Missing, Sockers Are Finding Themselves
- The Rap Reality: Truth and Money : Compton's N.W.A. catches fire with stark portraits of ghetto life
- What Drives Julie Harris? : Star of "Miss Daisy" is on a heroic tour
- Stipends Offered Women Students
- Moscow's Art Wonder Down Under
- Amazing Grace : GRACE HAD AN ENGLISH HEART <i> by Jessica Mitford (E.P. Dutton: $18.95; 159 pp.) </i>
- QUALITY OF LIFE : Six L.A. Lives : Residents Polled by The Times Talk About Their Love-Hate Relationship With a Changing L.A.
- Commercial Scene : Weber Services Leases in Distribution Center
- Group Vows to Renew Fight to Block Culver City Project
- Owens Lake's Dust: Airborne Health Hazard
- Mozambique Rebels Free 4 Red Cross Workers Who Were Held for 2 Weeks
- 5th District Face-Off on Transit, Jobs
- State Delays Picking Site for Parole Office
- Owens Valley Brush Fires Burn 1,000 Acres
- Commentary : As the Hapless Line Up for Food, the Focus on Their Plight Sharpens
- Tank Truck Crash on I-5 Jams Traffic for 18 Miles
- Gasoline Users Shrug and Pay as Prices Soar
- 5 in Southland Join Latinos in Suit Alleging Customs Bias
- Racing at Santa Anita : For Eddie Delahoussaye, It's Stakes Wins or Nothing
- High School Baseball : Milligan, Lohman Provide Long Ball in Notre Dame Win
- State Publishes Pamphlet on Trust Deed Investments
- WHEN THE MACHINE STOPPED A Cautionary Tale From Industrial America <i> by Max Holland (Harvard Business School Press: $22.95; 325 pp.)</i>
- Writing for Change in South Africa : THE ESSENTIAL GESTURE Writing, Politics and Places <i> by Nadine Gordimer, edited and with an introduction by Stephen Clingman (Alfred A. Knopf: $19.95; 356 pp.) </i>
- WINFIELD A Player's Life <i> by Dave Winfield with Tom Parker (Avon Books: $4.50) </i>
- In a Lather : Pricey Shampoos Bubble With Claims, But Are They Better Products?
- Lewises Give $5 Million to USC School
- The Internationalization of (Paperback) Publishing
- Spring Street Complex Sold for $25 Million
- Pals With a Purpose : Pioneer High Pairs Employees With Students Who Are 'At-Risk' of Dropping Out--So Far It's Working
- Commercial Scene : Lincoln Distribution Center Ground Broken
- The Quality of Life in L.A. : A Times Poll Special Report
- Honoree's Heart Remains in Watts
- Soviets Get Grim Look at Holocaust
- After 70 years of Hibernation, Soviets Select
- Local News in Brief : Hearing Set on TV Contract
- Council Harmony Could Hinge on Santa Ana Race
- Jimmy Spencer and Dale Jarrett have been...
- BREAKING SILENCE : Two Decades Later, Goalby Finally Talks About De Vicenzo, 'Clerical Errors' and the '68 Masters
- Chargers Land Bahr, Super Bowl Hero Smith With Final Signings
- Matching Moguls, Note for Note : Conflicts Between Hollywood and Composers Have Been Played on an Epic Scale
- Georgia O'Keeffe : A look at the reasons for her vast popularity sheds light on the trends within the art community
- Stiffer Sentences for Con Men Cheer Fraud Task Force Leaders
- Calorie-Free Vacation
- Baseball '89 : A Preview : The Money Game : Baseball Is Still a Sporting Bargain
- Baseball '89 : A Preview : He's Bringing His Bat and Code to Padres
- Legion Volunteers Almost-Free Land : Beverly Hills Vets Trying Vainly to Enlist Developers in a Deal for Faded Headquarters
- Gingrich: Don't Expect 'Kinder, Gentler' Politics
- CSUN Edges CS Los Angeles, 11-10 : Weisfuss' Big Hit Succeeds Where Attempts at Little Ones Fail
- Road Race Set Today in Irvine
- Commercial Scene : Orion Group Leases Space to Unihealth for $3 Million
- Annuals and Perennials Make Good Bedfellows
- 2 Indian Leaders Will Return for Nicaragua Vote
- Flores Has an Anchor : She's Coasting Toward Reelection in Diverse District
- Commentary : Death Knell for Noblesse Oblige? : School Shuns Time-Honored Values in Sharon Rogers Incident
- Prep Roundup : Svoboda Sparkles at Bishop Amat Relays
- Commentary : Racing in New York Continues to Decline
- The San Diego Yacht Club will probably...
- Laguna Hills Boys Run Off With Title at Dana Hills Meet
- GWRBI Disappears From the Boxscores
- Keith Comstock Is Still In There Pitching : At 33, Much-Traveled Reliever Back in Padre Organization at Las Vegas
- Spring Football : Finding New Quarterback a Priority for UCLA
- Mike Aulby took advantage of three open...
- Quibbles & Bits
- <i> Films now going into production: </i>
- 'Oz'-some
- Commentary : A Vote Against Use of 'African-American'
- 'All Aboard' Sounds for Free Children's Train Rides in Torrance
- Time-Warner Merger Could Force Sale of South Bay Cable Company
- College Baseball : Canyons' Fast Start Leads to 9-6 Win Over Bakersfield
- HOFFMANS USHERING IN NEW ERA
- Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders of Oklahoma...
- Mt. Hermon's Ribs Take the Hungry and Make 'Em Believers
- Inside 'Dick Tracy'
- Latin Nations May Be Facing Political Crisis as Economic Troubles Deepen
- FICTION
- Stock of Unsold Homes Drops Dramatically
- The Public Woman as Honorary Man : THE WARRIOR QUEENS <i> by Antonia Fraser (Alfred A. Knopf:</i> $22.95; 383 pp.)
- L.A. Architect Aids Armenian Reconstruction
- FOOD : A Frank Suggestion : Broiled Pesto Halibut, Fresh Tomato Sauce and Grilled Vegetables
- Consumer Report : Stay Healthy on Planes
- AROUND HOME : Arts and Crafts Furniture
- Scotland By Train
- Buddy Rogers: Someone to Count On
- White House Party Is the Pits: Bush Pitches In on a Cold Day
- Thai Pirates Kill 45 Viet Refugees, Survivors Assert
- Condo Project Stands Empty in Legal Limbo
- Home Improvement : Couple Decides There Is No Place Like Home : Small-town feeling, diverse population inspire the remodeling of a very modest house.
- The Pig in the American Python : AGE WAVE The Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging America <i> by Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. and Joe Flower (Jeremy Tarcher: $19.95; 380 pp.) </i>
- House Permits Dip
- Commercial Scene : 7.19-Acre Site Leased in San Diego for $11.9 Million
- Visual Oases in Urban L.A.
- Long Beach Expected to Ban Assault Rifles Despite Surge of Opposition
- Khrushchev Memoirs Excerpted for 1st Time in Soviet Publication
- Journalists Take Comic Aim at Pistol-Packin' President
- Whittier College Trims Layoff Plan as Fiscal Outlook Grows Brighter
- Two Months to Live : Sculptor Races Death to Repair Statue
- 4 U.S. Warships Leave Persian Gulf
- Bush Sheds Some Baggage
- GM'S REVOLUTION IN AUTO DESIGN
- Trade Deficit Has Lethal Fallout
- Identity of Birds in Photos Hard to Swallow
- I'd like to thank KTTV for its...
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- Comments on 'Style'
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- Fans of that marvelous English soap opera,...
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