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- How to Earn Realty Profits Today
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- Fontana Tells Staff to Solve Tract's Problems : Walnut Village: Council issues order to clean up violations after homeowners complained.
- Make Room for Some Suite New Experiences : Hotels: Now you can stay in a jail, a tree house or a horse-drawn carriage. Welcome to the fun new world of fantasy suites.
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- Cruise Missile Limits Approved : Arms talks: Superpower negotiators clear the way for a treaty. They agree to halt production of chemical weapons. But the debate on conventional arms is stalled.
- Bush Declares Kilauea's Path a Disaster Area
- Tourists Tell of Bus Breakdowns Before Fatal Accident
- Manila Tells Uncle Sam to Take a Hike--but If He Does? : Philippines: The Aquino government, eyeing '92 elections, plays to domestic politics. But an early U.S. pullout could be damaging.
- U.S. Misery in Inequality: Ignoring the Grim Truths : Economy: While wealthy Americans are rewarded with tax cuts, workers fall deeper in debt. Family income has been static since 1973.
- Electric Buses Touted as Quick Fix for Gridlock : Rapid transit: The 'trackless trolleys' have many supporters, but one of them acknowledges that they 'all have hidden agendas' for promoting the vehicles, which rely on overhead wires.
- 'Beer Joint' Became Cradle of Country Music Stardom
- Debating Debates: No 'Big Mo' : 'GOOD' VS. 'BAD' ABORTIONS: THE MATTER OF MOTIVES : Rights: Are there abortions that even supporters of legal abortion wouldn't allow? Many concerned people are willing to make distinctions.
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- Fans Are Still Interested, but What About Players?
- UCSD's Behrens Wins Division III Singles Championship
- COMMMENTARY : Sammy: Persevering Cat Both On and Off Course
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- Harbor Beats Golden West to Earn Spot in JC Finals
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- Cinefile
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- The Boys of the Boulevard
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- Court Upholds Religious Freedom for Divorced Parents
- Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Rain-Soaked States Get Wetter, Windier
- Nation in Brief : Texas : Transplant Pioneer Develops Problems
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- PLATFORM : Partnerships
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- Notes on a Fascist Disneyland : Behind Burma's Enchanting Facade, a Police State Tightens the Screws
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- Corruption, Separatism Issues Swamp India FBI
- Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Algae Blooms Seen Keeping Earth Cool
- A European View: Security Not Dependent on Tanks : NATO: America and Europe appear to be at odds over continental security. Europe seeks a consensus that use of military force is inconceivable.
- Burglary Suspect in Air Shaft Lands in Jail Cell
- Turnout for Free Measles Vaccinations Falls Short
- Strawberry Festival Has Something for Only 1 Taste
- STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS : Valley's Clarke Makes Her Point--5,000 Times--in Heptathlon
- Todd Lichti, a guard for the Denver...
- Dickmann, Erickson Win Division II Honors
- Driving Miss Stacey : Tennis: Jellen of Calabasas cruises toward the top of junior competition after receiving a push from her parents.
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- MIXED MEDIA : ** 'THE PUNK ROCK MOVIE" Directed by Don Letts <i> Rhino videocassette ($19.95)</i> : <i> Works are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five stars (a classic). : </i>
- Stanford Is a Contender in Baseball Again
- Arnold Leads Morningside to CIF Title : Prep track: Sophomore sprinter wins 100-meter dash in meet she missed last year because of injury.
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- GYMNASTICS : Dimas Leads Compulsory Competition
- Ballot Pamphlet
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- Knick Nucleus Not Enough vs. Piston Total Package
- Stress Backstage? Call the Theater Shrink : 'Dr. Bob' Maurer uses family counseling skills to help actors thrown together performance after performance
- NBA DRAFT LOTTERY : Instead of Stern, This Deal Calls for Monty Hall
- Loyola Clinches Conference Title : College baseball: Lions foil Pepperdine's hopes of a series sweep and win their first outright championship in 17 years.
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- ELDER CARE: Caring for California's Aging Population : Most Elderly People Seek Family Help
- ELDER CARE: Caring for California's Aging Population : RESOURCE GUIDE: CARING FOR THE ELDERLY : Glossary
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- With Free-Love Guru Dead, India Commune Goes Mainstream
- Shams Foreign and Domestic: Politics as Soap Opera in Age of Shrinking 'Thought' : Television: When players learn to face the camera and pose like Lincoln, form becomes substance and Dan Quayle can be vice president.
- Two monuments are together again, and a third will get some video protection.
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- *** TONY! TONI! TONE! "The Revival" <i> PolyGram</i> :<i> Albums are rated from one star (poor) to five stars (a classic).</i>
- MIXED MEDIA : ** 1/2 "POGUETRY: THE LYRICS OF SHANE MacGOWAN" Illustrated by John Hewitt and Steve Pyke : <i> Faber & Faber paperback ($12.95)</i> : W<i> orks are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five stars (a classic). : </i>
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- Cinefile
- How Blades and Clapton Dished Out Salsa and Cream
- Reason and Rhetoric on Flag Burning and Free Speech
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- No Diplomacy Necessary
- LETTERS IN VIEW : 'Periodical Problem' Brings Readers' Postal Complaints
- ELDER CARE: Caring for California's Aging Population : Corporations Are Facing Up to Need to Help the Helpers : Caring for elderly relatives costs American businesses $10 billion a year in lost worker time. One answer may be employee benefit plans that include flex time and counseling programs.
- An American Conceit
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- 'Dr. Welsing is the first scientist to psychoanalyze white racism. . . .'
- A Look-Ahead Monorail System
- Scottish Gaffes
- Reasons for Anti-Edmiston Vote
- Reason and Rhetoric on Flag Burning and Free Speech
- Scarcity of Women
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- Pastor's Drug Arrest
- Rent Control Seen as Unjust, Harmful
- No Preview Fan
- Sterile Medflies
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- One Fact Tips Scales: the Unborn Have No Choice
- Carol Burnett's new show "Carol and Company"...
- Peninsula Traffic's Effect on San Pedro
- Cyclists Share Blame
- IT'S IN THE MALE
- 'Gotta Nickel?' : Los Angeles psychologist Robert Butterworth took to the streets to learn more about how passers-by react to the upturned palm of a panhandler. As he tells Times staff writer David Haldane, he was surprised by what he found in his brief life as a bum.
- Spraying Opponent
- Artistic Legacy
- KUDOS FOR KOCE
- Hollywood's Obstacles to Movies About AIDS
- A Tale of a Falling Star : For eight seasons Gary Coleman --of 'Diff'rent Strokes'-- was at the top of the world. When the laugh track stopped, he had to scrounge for work. Now, his main role is in the courtroom, in a pathetic fight against his own parents.
- There <i> Is</i> a Law; It Should Be Enforced
- Saddened by City's Removal of Trees
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- Cable Companies' Monopolistic Role Criticized
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- Ahimsa's Caring Role as a Skilled Facility
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- 'Dr. Welsing is the first scientist to psychoanalyze white racism. . . .'
- 'Dr. Welsing is the first scientist to psychoanalyze white racism. . . .'
- Mortgage Broker Fees
- Author of Plan to Ban Gill Nets Decries the Waste They Create
- 'PEAKS' AND VALLEYS
- Hollywood's Obstacles to Movies About AIDS
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- Rosamunde Pilcher has a secret.While her peers...
- Backs Flexible Zoning
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- Murder Is Murder . . . Regardless
- Heavy Traffic Above
- Cable Companies' Monopolistic Role Criticized
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- Attack on Gay Student Counseling Draws Fire : Education: A defeated school board member calls the proposal a 'project of depravity and filth' and 'a recruiting ground for homosexuals.' The board's president calls the comments 'ugly, negative, nasty approach to policy-making.'
- Objection to Article
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- Author of Plan to Ban Gill Nets Decries the Waste They Create
- Cable Companies' Monopolistic Role Criticized
- Developers Fight Back
- Morocco : What better way to see Tangier than through the eyes of the French Master? During a visit in 1912, he set up his easel in the room of his hotel and was instantly inspired by North Africa's vivid colors and sharp contrasts of light and shadow (below, "Landscape Viewed From a Window").
- 'PEAKS' AND VALLEYS
- E. Contini's Death
- UCLA Should Build a School at Park
- Newport Board Failed to Listen on School Split
- There <i> Is</i> a Law; It Should Be Enforced
- There <i> Is</i> a Law; It Should Be Enforced
- Santa Monica Mayor Urges Easing Rent Control Laws to Save Housing
- Bishop Tutu Meets Disneyland, and Thrill Is Mutual
- Weaving Through Scot Isle
- Lompoc Still a Bloom Town Despite Drought
- A Hero's Welcome Awaits Mandela at Each U.S. Stop
- Case Against MD Saddens, Shocks Town
- Brochures Tell More Than They Perhaps Intend
- Reasons for Flat-Tasting Melons
- Boycott Puts Korean Stores at Center of N.Y. Race Strife
- Andrew Katz and Rebecca Mocciaro have been...
- From the Archives: Jill Ireland, Actress Waged Public Battle With Cancer
- NBC Merges Production, Distribution Units: National Broadcasting...
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- 2 Dead, 43 Injured in Tour Bus Crash
- HOME DESIGN : A Stroll in Brookdale : Tour to Showcase 1920s-1930s Homes
- U.S. Warns of Heightened Potential for Terrorist Acts by Peru Rebels
- WORLD IN BRIEF : GUATEMALA : Candidate Asks for Election Observers
- Bush, Congress Grapple With Federal Deficit
- 5 Scholarships Are Awarded by Hospital
- COLUMN ONE : The Case of the Missing Jurors. . . : Budgets are down, caseloads are up, and civil plaintiffs often pay the price. Some states are limiting trial by jury to criminal matters.
- Camp Pendleton
- North City West Up in Arms Over Proposed Landfill
- San Diego
- THE COLLEGES : UCSB Slugger Antoon Not Afraid of Wolf
- Aztecs Are One Victory From WAC Title
- SOUTHERN SECTION TENNIS PLAYOFFS : Leach's Record Now 57-0; Laguna Beach Rolls
- GOLF ROUNDUP : Crenshaw: 3 Swings on Par 4 for a 5
- Fullerton's Homers Rout Moorpark
- Dead Rowdies
- CITY 3-A VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP : Monroe Makes Short Work of Verdugo Hills
- Southern Baptists Ask Others for Evaluation : Criticism: Their tendency to shun the opinions of outsiders was put aside when they sought the assessment of different denominations. And they got an earful.
- Tragic 'Musica Dolorosa' Echoes Latvia's Political Struggle : Composer: Peteris Vasks' music, to be played in Orange and Costa Mesa, was written in memory of his sister. But maybe, he says, it is a cry of pain--perhaps that of his troubled country.
- NCC Condemns Columbus' 'Invasion' of New World
- Shock of Laker Fans Overcome by Wonder: Where to Place Blame
- Seth E. Schofield has been elected president...
- Charles A. Shanor, general counsel of the...
- Banks Tighten Credit Rules for Smaller Firms : Loans: A new survey backs up complaints by small-business owners who say borrowing money is getting tougher.
- Educator's Methods Now Getting Straight A's : Schools: The 'Comer process' aims for a caring environment, focusing on students' growth and development. It also seeks to get parents involved.
- Soviet Spaceship Slated for Repair Job in Orbit : Soyuz: Astronauts await delivery of a ladder to fix the craft damaged during takeoff.
- Jill Ireland; Actress Waged Public Battle With Cancer
- The Year the Rains Came--Worst May Be Yet to Come : Floods: Raging water has taken a toll of lives and property in Southern states. Runoff and saturated ground make for a summer of discontent.
- Theft of Skelton Artworks Is No Joke : Shoplifting: Two portraits of clowns taken from a Newport Beach gallery are estimated to have a total value of $50,000.
- The Cuban and Romanian sports federations accepted...
- SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 4-A BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
- Wahlsteen's Arm, Legs Spark Kennedy Victory
- SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 3-A BASEBALL PLAYOFFS : After 12 Innings and Four Hours, Kennedy Takes Step Toward Repeating
- TENNIS ROUNDUP : Graf Starts Slowly but Wins Easily
- SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL ROUNDUP : Weil Pitches No-Hitter to Lead Hart to 7-1 Win
- Searching for Extraterrestrials
- Coping With Grief Over Death of a Beloved Pet
- CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SANTA ANA : Court Official Faces Drug Count
- NATION IN BRIEF : HAWAII : Lava-Damaged Area Declared a Disaster
- Professor's Solution: Limit Use of Juries
- FOCUS / LATIN AMERICA : Mexicans Hear Tax Man's Footsteps : President Salinas pushes a novel--and, for him, politically dangerous--concept.
- Highlights of Historic Treaty to Reunite Germany
- FBI Wiretaps on Bloch Legal, Judge Rules
- CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS / PROPOSITION 123 : $800 Million Asked for New Schools
- 2 Arts Groups Better Their Scores in Grant Evaluations
- ANAHEIM : Greek Festival to Be Held Today, Sunday
- Six Escape From Juvenile Hall After Car Smashes Locked Gate
- Gang Member Gets Extra 3 Years Under Terrorism Law
- ELECTIONS STATE SENATE : Guide to District 22 : Overview
- Man Guilty of Killing Brother in Case Urged by 3rd Sibling
- Jalewalia Heads List of Fabulous 44 Picks
- Gymnastics Regional Set for UCLA
- SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS' TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS : Edison's Taylor Repeats Her Victories in 800 and 1,600
- Advantage Oilers: Edmonton Takes Two in Boston : Stanley Cup: Jari Kurri has hat trick in 7-2 victory to become leading postseason goal scorer. He also ties single-game record for a final with five points.
- North Park Hosting 'Carnival of the Arts'
- HOME DESIGN : Garden: Dry but Not Dull
- WORLD IN BRIEF : PAKISTAN : 10 Killed, 54 Hurt as Blast Rips Lahore
- LIFE IN THE (NOT SO) FAST LANE
- 12 Brazilians Killed in Soybean Plant Blast
- Ex-School Bus Driver Pleads No Contest to Sex Charge
- Rebel States Threaten to Break Up Yugoslavia
- Marriage With Parental Guidance : Studies: A CSUN professor finds modern mothers and fathers are sending their children traditional messages of what to look for in a mate--wealth, education and ethnic similarity.
- Burglary Suspect Seized After 11-Hour Standoff
- COUNTYWIDE : Local CHP Officer Gets Medal of Valor
- Development, Transplants Are Killing Off Valley Oaks : Endangered species: The majestic trees that gave Thousand Oaks its name are slowly disappearing from the Ventura County landscape.
- Money: the Art of the Matter
- Taft Upends Chatsworth in 5 Games
- SOUTHERN SECTION ROUNDUP : Rosselli Shuts Down Final Millikan Rally to Key Alemany Upset
- His Complete Mastery in Derby Makes Colt This Critic's Choice
- JUNIOR COLLEGE REGIONAL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS : Fullerton Beats Moorpark to Punch in 14-1 Victory
- U.S. Policy
- Archdiocese Settles Suits Charging Abuse
- Parker-Hannifin Corp.
- Green Burrito Chain's Parent Offers Stock Sale
- Bureaucracy, Baseball and Bad Joke
- 1 Killed, 46 Injured as Tour Bus Overturns
- HOME DESIGN : HEARTH BEAT : Antique Fireplaces Draw New Interest as Decorating Centerpieces
- Living a Neighborhood Nightmare : Squatters: Living next door to an abandoned house is an eye-opening, soul-wrenching experience.
- COUNTYWIDE : Trial Court Funding for County Restored
- Judge to Rule on Bid to Halt Pest Spraying : Mexfly: The city of El Cajon wants him to block an aerial dose of malathion aimed at eradicating the insect.
- Shock of Laker Fans Overcome by Wonder: Where to Place Blame
- RACING : Unbridled Wins Over One Skeptic
- Nuclear Ordnance
- 40% of Big S&Ls; Fall Shy of Capital Standards
- Mrs. Marcos' Logs Show $50,000 Gift to Ex-Gov. Ariyoshi
- Notes Link North and Effort to Polish Noriega 'Image' : Iran-Contra: The previously secret papers suggest U.S. aides sought the Panamanian's help in getting aid to the Nicaraguan rebels.
- TUSTIN : Teachers Approve 9.4% Wage Increase
- State Plans Testing for Ill Effects of Malathion
- Slain Man's Mother Denies He Provoked Officer : Trial: Amanda Martinez testifies that she saw the muzzle flash when her son was shot at her birthday party in Westminster.
- COUNTYWIDE : 4 Youths Named to Military Academies
- SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS : Last Dance Is Early for Sunny Hills
- If Other Cities Do It, Why Not L.A.?
- Lichti Has Surgery on Broken Right Foot
- WEEKEND TV : Feinstein-Van de Kamp Head to Head on KCBS
- Titan Gymnastics Saved, Coach Says : Fullerton: Dick Wolfe learns fate of men's team after meeting with school president; fencing program's future remains unclear.
- NCAA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS : UC Irvine Sweeps West Virginia in Singles
- MOVIE REVIEW : Kohlhaase Film Portrays Spunky Survivor in East German Society
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Politically Correct, Politely Punk
- Gerrymandering in California and Merits of Props. 118, 119
- TV Reviews : Child-Abuse Drama Mirrors Sensational Case
- Rating Agencies Downgrade Debt of CalFed, Great Western
- Army Work for Hughes
- Pic 'N' Save, Fighting Takeover, Puts Itself on Block : Retailing: Skeptical analysts say the effort appears half-hearted and may be just an effort to persuade shareholders that it is moving to boost the stock price.
- Cuban TV Assails False Unanimity, Calls for Debate
- Germanys Sign Treaty to Merge : Unification: The historic pact to combine economic, social and monetary systems goes into effect July 2. Still at issue is the new nation's military status.