What happened on March 22, 1987

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OPINION

California: Good Aims, Bad Results Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe is director of the Study of State Legislative Leadership at the Institute of Politics and Government at USC.
Transcendental Nature of Pi
L. A. GANGS : Our City, Their Turf Robert Conot, Robert Conot is an author and editor who has written extensively on urban problems and violence.
Transcendental Nature of Pi
Transcendental Nature of Pi
Oil Imports Fuel New Energy Fears Daniel Yergin, Daniel Yergin, president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, is editor of "Oil and Gas Strategies for the 1990s," to be published by his firm.
Conrad's Cartoon on the Pope
The Net Widens
Israel: The Fallout of Old Friends Richard B. Straus, Richard B. Straus is editor of the Middle East Policy Survey. and
Conrad's Cartoon on the Pope
Conrad's Cartoon on the Pope
Transcendental Nature of Pi
Not Watergate
Hollywood and Democrats: an Embrace That Only Looks Glamorous ANDREW KOPKIND, Andrew Kopkind is an associate editor of the Nation, from which this article is adapted.
Conrad's Cartoon on the Pope
Balancing Wildlife and Urban Life Naomi Bliven, Naomi Bliven is a long-time contributor to the New Yorker.
Breathe--and Lobby--While You Can : Air Quality Is Abysmal, Controls Are Getting Weaker ELLEN STERN HARRIS, Ellen Stern Harris is executive director of the Beverly Hills-based Fund for the Environment and a former member of the state Environmental Study Council and the Los Angeles County Environmental Quality Control Committee.
Chinese Writers Steer a Careful Course Around the Shoals of Government Policy Gayle Feldman, Gayle Feldman, a contributing editor to Publishers Weekly, has worked extensively in Chinese publishing houses and is a frequent visitor to China.
Transcendental Nature of Pi
Fighting Hunger, a Priest in the Philippines Finds a Military Foe Niall O'Brien, Father Niall O'Brien is the author of "Revolution From the Heart: A Story From the Struggle for Justice in the Sugar Lands of the Philippines," to be published this fall by Oxford University Press.
Scalia: Signs of Hope
No Comfort
Moving on Acid Rain--Finally
Conrad's Cartoon on the Pope
When the Soviets Want Yes Don Cook, Don Cook is The Times' European diplomatic correspondent.

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TRAVEL

A Trio of 1987's Memorable Dates With Destiny FRANCES SHEMANSKI, Shemanski, a New York free-lance writer, is the author of "A Guide to Fairs and Festivals in the United States" and "A Guide to World Fairs and Festivals" (Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn.). She also compiles the monthly world calendar for the Los Angeles Times and other major newspapers across the country. and
The Neighborhood Health Centers
World Events in 1987 FRANCES SHEMANSKI
Strolling Down Book Lane, Turning Up Leaves DON JAMES, James is a Los Angeles free-lance writer.
Video on Israel for Sale or Rent
BritRail Will Expand Services
Hiking Fulfills Inner Need to Travel More Slowly FRANK RILEY, Riley is travel columnist for Los Angeles magazine and a regular contributor to this section
Picnic a Delight Taken Aboard Europe's Railways JEFF FREES, Frees is a Colorado Springs free-lance writer/photographer.
Bargain Hunting? Try Bucket Shops PAUL MARKSON, Markson is a Los Angeles free-lance writer.
From Alaska to Hong Kong, Travelers Have a World of Options SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Slater and Basch are Los Angeles free-lance writers.
Foreign Tourist Offices
A Jungle River Tour of Ecuador's Amazon Basin MICHELE GRIMM and TOM GRIMM, The Grimms of Laguna Beach are authors of "Away for the Weekend," a travel guide to Southern California.
Once Again, It's Time for Europe BILL HUGHES, Hughes is a 30-year veteran travel writer living in Sherman Oaks.
Customs Is Cracking Down on Forbidden Fruits PETER S. GREENBERG, Greenberg is a Los Angeles free-lance writer.
International Travel : With Renewed Interest In Overseas Travel, Americans Are Returning To Europe And The World JERRY HULSE, Times Travel Editor
Sailing in South Pacific's Storied Society Islands RICHARD LOW, Low is a Santa Ana free-lance writer.
How to Get Best Buys When Traveling Abroad JENNIFER MERIN, Merin is a New York City free-lance writer.
Could McDonald's Be Rome's Archenemy? JUDITH KELLER, Keller, of New York, is a writer and film maker who has lived in Rome.
Europe Has That New Car for You JENNY MICHAELS, Michaels is a New York City free-lance writer.
How to Exchange Money--Cheaply MORRIS D. ROSENBERG, Rosenberg is a Washington Post writer.
Reliving Feudal Days in Japan at Fete in Okazaki LADISLAW REDAY, Reday is a Newport Beach free-lance writer.
Australian Air Passes JACK ADLER
It's a Long Drive From London to Moscow in a Family Van ROBIN CHARTERIS, Charteris works for the New Zealand Associated Press in London.
Fun Is Making a List of Favorite Mexican Hotels RICHARD J. PIETSCHMANN, Pietschmann is a Los Angeles free-lance writer.

What happened on March 22, 1987

BOOKS

The Enigma of Arrival by V. S. Naipaul (Knopf: $17.95; 352 pp.) RICHARD EDER

Armed Truce: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE COLD WAR, 1945-46, by Hugh Thomas (Atheneum: $27.50; 667 pp.) Marvin Seid, Seid is a Times editorial writer. and

The Pride and the Fall: THE DREAM AND ILLUSION OF BRITAIN AS A GREAT NATION by Correlli Barnett (The Free Press: $24.95; 359 pp.) Clancy Sigal, Sigal, an American writer of long residence in England, teaches in London and Los Angeles for the USC Journalism School. and

Henry James on the Streetcar JACK MILES, Times Book Editor

Hold On, Mr. President! by Sam Donaldson (Random House: $17.95; 294 pp.) Robert Shogan, Shogan covers national politics for The Times' Washington bureau

The Last Navigator by Stephen D. Thomas (Holt: $19.95; 299 pp., illustrated) Art Seidenbaum, Seidenbaum is The Times' Opinion editor.

A Taste for Travel by John Julius Norwich (Knopf: $22.95; 495 pp.) William Murray, Murray writes frequently from Italy for The New Yorker

Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941-1945 by Martin Gilbert (Houghton Mifflin: $40; 1,417 pp.) David Eisenhower, Eisenhower is the author of "Eisenhower at War, 1943-1945" (Random House)

Monty: Final Years of the Field-Marshal, 1944-1976 by Nigel Hamilton (McGraw-Hill: $29.95; 996 pp., illustrated) Alan Campbell Turner, Turner, a graduate of Oxford and Berkeley, is professor of political science at UC Riverside. and

ENTERTAINMENT

JUST THE FACTS, MANK : Director Tom Mankiewicz Is 'Dragnet's' Top Cop PATRICK GOLDSTEIN

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

U2--ambition And Power ROBERT HILBURN

FROM RUSSIA WITH DEALS : The current 'Entertainment Summit' symbolizes warming Soviet-American cultural relations. But in Moscow, Gorbachev has been trying for months to create a Hollywood on the Volga. ELLEN FARLEY

A Wiser Play Than Some Of Us Knew AMIRI BARAKA

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week KEVIN THOMAS

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Tough Or Puff? Pat H. Broeske

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week SHEILA BENSON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Big Buzz & Hot Tickets CLARKE TAYLOR

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Casting Around Craig Modderno

Tough Or Puff? Clarke Taylor

MEN, STAND UP AND TAKE IT : Rights Group Gets No Sympathy for Complaints About Ads RANDY LEWIS

Trashed Pat H. Broeske

The Bootleg Syndrome ELLEN FARLEY

Taking Aim At Oscar's Oversights John M. Wilson

Her Place Is In The Kitchen Barbara Miller

Her Place Is In The Kitchen Pat H. Broeske

It's Expressly Deutsch ZAN DUBIN

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week KEVIN THOMAS

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week KEVIN THOMAS

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week SHEILA BENSON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week SHEILA BENSON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week KEVIN THOMAS

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week MICHAEL WILMINGTON

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week KEVIN THOMAS

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week LEONARD KLADY

Afi Film Fest: The Final Week KEVIN THOMAS

Fortress Nureyev LEWIS SEGAL

A Deli At World's Edge CHARLES PERRY

Dankworth, Laine In A Poetic Groove LEONARD FEATHER

A Long Conversation . . . JANICE ARKATOV

A Chef Is More Than A Cook COLMAN ANDREWS

Long Beach Symphony Travels Sidlin's Route DANIEL CARIAGA

Old Masters In Transition To Modernism WILLIAM WILSON

Orford And Others Play Chamber Music On Cd HERBERT GLASS

Jefferson Airplane Alums Crash And Burn CHRIS WILLMAN

Amazing Grace Donna Rosenthal

Citrus: The Juicy News On Melrose RUTH REICHL

The Cradle Mellows Patty Smyth DENNIS HUNT

What's In A Name? A Lot Of Noise To Thomas Dolby PATRICK GOLDSTEIN

Fade Out: Waldo Salt PAUL JARRICO

MAGAZINE

Growing Kiwi Fruit PAUL B. ENGLER

Always on Sunday : The Making of a Flea-Market Fanatic BEVIS HILLIER

The Story of Sam : Or, A Mechanic in Hollywood AMY EPHRON, Amy Ephron's novel "Bruised Fruit" was just published by Doubleday.