Commentary : 'Maurice's' Message for Today's Audiences DOUGLAS SADOWNICK, Sadownick is a Los Angeles-based writer who frequently contributes to Calendar and is published in New York Native, the Advocate, High Performance and L.A. Weekly. and
Cozy B&Bs Beckon From Lake Arrowhead Area MICHELE GRIMM and TOM GRIMM, The Grimms of Laguna Beach are authors of "Away for the Weekend," a travel guide to Southern California.
Consumers to Get Rude Awakening From American Dream A. GARY SHILLING, A. GARY SHILLING is a New York-based economic consultant and author of "The World Has Definitely Changed," published by Lakeview Press
VIEWPOINTS : Hollywood Independents Start to Feel the Squeeze WALTER ADAMS and JAMES W. BROCK, WALTER ADAMS is a professor of economics and past president of Michigan State University. JAMES W. BROCK is associate professor of economics at Miami University (Ohio). They are co-authors of "The Bigness Complex," which was published this year. and
VIEWPOINTS : How Can Flight Service and Safety Be Improved? : Industry Observers Explain What They Think Should Be Done to Make Skies Friendlier KEITH BRADSHER, The U.S. Department of Transportation released its first detailed report Nov. 11 on the timeliness and the baggage-handling performance of the nation's 14 largest airlines. That was followed by last Sunday's crash of a Continental Airlines DC-9 at Denver's Stapleton International Airport, killing at least 28. Times staff writer Keith Bradsher interviewed various airline industry observers about how to improve airline service and safety. Excerpts follow: and
Androgynous Old Men and Healthy Old Women : RECLAIMED POWERS Toward a New Psychology of Men and Women in Later Life by David Gutmann Elizabeth Janeway, Janeway's latest book is "Improper Behavior," a study of making and breaking rules (Morrow). / (Basic Books: $24.95; 336 pp.) OURSELVES, GROWING OLDER Women Aging With Knowledge and Power by
Paula Brown Doress and Diana Laskin Siegal and the Midlife and Older Women Book Project in cooperation with the Boston Women's Health Collective (Simon & Schuster: $24.95, cloth; $15.95, paper; 415 pp., illustrated)
When a Tract House Is Not a Family Home Dolores Hayden, Dolores Hayden is professor of urban planning at UCLA and the author of "Redesigning the American Dream: The Future of Housing, Work, and Family Life" (Norton).
An 'East of Suez' Debate to Define U.S. Commitments Geoffrey Kemp, Geoffrey Kemp, a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was special assistant to President Reagan for national security affairs from 1981 to 1984