'Real World' Pays Off in Contest JANET NAIRN, Janet Nairn, a design editor and writer, will be covering the design and architectural field during Sam Hall Kaplan's absence. and Sam Hall Kaplan is traveling in Europe on a National Endowment of the
Arts grant
CHANTILLY: France's Well-Kept Secret JERRY COHEN and DOROTHY COHEN, Jerry Cohen is a Times Staff Writer, Dorothy Cohen a Los Angeles free-lance writer.
Easy Orchard Pickings MICHELE GRIMM and TOM GRIMM, The Grimms of Laguna Beach are authors of "Away for the Weekend," a travel guide to Southern California.
Home-Chemicals Business Puts Pesticide Bill at Risk ALBERT H. MEYERHOFF and NANCY DRABBLE, Albert H. Meyerhoff is a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco. Nancy Drabble is director of Public Citizen's Congresswatch.
Arms Control Chances Slim and Fading Fast Spurgeon M. Keeny Jr., Spurgeon M. Keeny Jr., president of the Arms Control Assn., is a former deputy director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.