What happened on November 22, 1987

ENTERTAINMENT

TRAVEL

Unglazed Ceramics May Be Dangerous for Food TONI TAYLOR, Taylor, an authority on the travel industry, lives in Los Angeles.
A City in Ruins With Buddhas Looking On JAMES F. LEE, Lee is a free-lance writer living in Lewisburg, Pa
Stranded and Alone, She Finds 'Family' in Tokyo AUDREY TERRILL, Terrill is a Santa Clara free-lance writer
None of Those Problems
Surprising Bookstore
Bad INS Experience
But It Cost Us
Bad INS Experience
What's Down Under? LUCY IZON, Izon is a Canadian travel journalist covering youth budget routes.
New Ramada Discount Available Worldwide JACK ADLER
Touring in Depth
A Chalet in Leavenworth
Canberra: Where the City and Country Meet FRANK RILEY, Riley is travel columnist for Los Angeles magazine and a regular contributor to this section
The Savvy Traveler : Lion Rock . . . Africa at Its Purest PETER S. GREENBERG, Greenberg is a Los Angeles free-lance writer
On a Roll Through Napa's Sleepy Wine Country CHRISTOPHER P. BAKER, Baker is a free-lance writer living in Oakland
Cornish Meat Pie
Movable Microbrewery
Retreat to Lake Como JUDITH MORGAN, Morgan is a La Jolla free-lance writer.
Is This Any Way to Treat Your Spouse? Yes! BOB O'SULLIVAN, O'Sullivan is a nationally known travel writer who lives in Canoga Park
The Brontes' Country ELAINE BERMAN and ART BERMAN
A Whiff of Rich Scents and Hundreds of Items JENNIFER MERIN, Merin is a New York City free-lance writer .
Vivaldi in Vermont
A Maze of Options for Over-60s BILL HUGHES, Hughes is a 25-year veteran travel writer living in Sherman Oaks.
Taxi to Huatulco
Isle of Menacing Cliffs WILLIAM C. BRISICK, Brisick is a free-lance writer living in Westlake Village
Good Food and a Slow Pace on the Isle of Ischia BEVERLY BEYER and ED RABEY, Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers .
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.

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BOOKS

Theater of the Absurd in a Czech Prison : MY COMPANIONS IN THE BLEAK HOUSE Novel by Eva Kanturkova; introduction by Vaclav Havel (The Overlook Press: $19.95; 314 pp.) Rose Styron, Stryon is a poet and journalist who has worked extensively with Amnesty International and the Helsinki Watch Committee . She has made frequent trips to Eastern Europe, including Czechoslovakia.
Storytellers : Trials of the Beautiful People KAREN STABINER
NONFICTION : THE ESSENTIAL TILLICH: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WRITINGS OF PAUL TILLICH, edited with a preface by F. Forrester Church (Macmillan: $19.95; 288 pp.). John K. Roth
Mysteriously Ordinary Henry Moore : THE LIFE OF HENRY MOORE by Roger Berthoud , (E.P. Dutton: $29.95; 454 pp., illustrated) Gerrit Henry, Henry, the author of "Janet Fish," a monograph on the contemporary painter published by Burton Skira, Geneva, is a contributing editor for ARTnews. 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)
Fiction Tom Nolan
Lessons of History
Fiction Michael Harris
Corpo Lifer Jailbreak : THE GRAND LIFE by Jan Novak (Poseidon Press: $16.95; 256 pp.) Gary Dretzka, Dretzka is a journalist living in Chicago. and
One Poem a Week
Nonfiction Michael Krepon
Fiction Stewart Lindh
Biography of Collins
The Best of Dickens?
Beware the Eighth of August : A DARKER MAGIC by Michael Bedard (Atheneum: $13.95; 183 pp.; ages 10-14) Joan Lowery Nixon, Nixon's most recent children's book is "Beats Me, Claude" (Viking)
Gift Books 1987: For Children : A Dinosaur for Christmas EVE BUNTING, Bunting's most recent picture book is "Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour" (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin). and
Christmas Secrets : TIDINGS by William Wharton , (Henry Holt: $17.95; 259 pp.) Larry Heinemann, Heinemann is the author of "Paco's Story" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), recently named the winner of the National Book Award for fiction. and
The Slaughter of the Shoshone : SHOSHONE MIKE by Frank Bergon (Viking Press: $17.95; 296 pp.) Louis Owens, Owens is author of "American Indian Novelists" as well as numerous articles on American Indian writing. and
Let the Unknown Be X : XMAN by Michael Brodsky (Four Walls Eight Windows: $14.95; 448 pp.) Stewart Lindh, Lindh received his doctorate in semiology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes, where his research director was the late Roland Barthes
Poetry Lesson Number One by Wanda Coleman
Lloyd Wright's Necessary Noise : MANY MASKS, A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright by Brendan Gill (G.P. Putnam's Sons: $24.95; 560 pp., illustrated) Ross Miller, Miller teaches English and American studies at the University of Connecticut. He is a frequent contributor to The Book Review. and
First of the 'Policy Intellectuals' : LIBERAL Adolf A. Berle and the Vision of an American Era by Jordan A. Schwartz (The Free Press: $24.95; 422 pp.) Richard Lingeman, Lingeman, executive editor of the Nation, is author of "Don't You Know There's a War On? A History of the American Home Front, 1941-1945" (G. P. Putnam's Sons) and "Theodore Dreiser: At the Gates of the City, 1871-1907" (Putnam's). He is completing the second volume of the latter biography. and
Four Generations Down Under : IT'S RAINING IN MANGO by Thea Astley (G.P. Putnam's Sons: $17.95; 208 pp.) Valerie Miner, Miner's fifth novel, "All Good Women," was just published by The Crossing Press. and
Nin Was Married to Guiler
Strange Love in Australia : DREAMHOUSE by Kate Grenville (Viking: $14.95; 170 pp.) Judith Freeman, Freeman's first collection of stories, "Family Attractions," will be published by Viking in winter, 1988. and
In Defense of 'Paco's Story' JACK MILES, Times Book Editor
The Rapid Rise of Stand-Up Comics : COMIC LIVES by Betsy Borns (Fireside Books: $8.95; 304 pp.) Lawrence Christon, Christon is a Times staff writer.

OPINION

'New Problems for Playa Vista'
How to Help Your School
Words of Wisdom
Concentrating on Smog
Wright, Reagan on Nicaragua
War and Peace
Wright, Reagan on Nicaragua
Sunraycer
Wright, Reagan on Nicaragua
Wright, Reagan on Nicaragua
Changes
Campaign Marathons and Juggling Families Patricia Schroeder, Patricia Schroeder is a member of the House of Representatives from Colorado
The Elusive Search for the Political 'New Generation' Ronald Brownstein, Ronald Brownstein covers politics for the National Journal
Wright, Reagan on Nicaragua
Wright, Reagan on Nicaragua
There's No Benefit in Nationwide Polling Hours DANIEL HAYS LOWENSTEIN, Daniel Hays Lowenstein is a professor of law at UCLA.
Wading Through 'Wacko' Airline Prices or the Perils of Not Reading Fine Print Gregg Easterbrook, Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor to Newsweek
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
Wright, Reagan on Nicaragua
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).
Passing Time at LAX
U.S. Bases: Hangover in History Stanley Meisler, Stanley Meisler is The Times bureau chief in Paris and regularly covers Spain. and
Covert Actions Remain Necessary : We Need Only Careful Adherence to Existing Rules LEE H. HAMILTON, Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.) is chairman of the House select committee that investigated covert arms transactions with Iran.
After the Horror in Enniskillen Mary Breasted, Mary Breasted is an American journalist who has lived in Dublin and London.

REAL ESTATE

What happened on November 22, 1987

ENTERTAINMENT

The Short Life of Elizabeth Hartman : Instant Stardom in 'Patch of Blue,' Then Unemployment, Then Suicide SANDRA HANSEN KONTE, Konte is a San Francisco journalist

Sad Timing Pat H. Broeske

Def Leppard: From Hot to Cold to 'Hysteria' DENNIS HUNT

Reassessing the Legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe WILLIAM WILSON

Les Anges Chef Trading L.A. Smog for Island Trade Winds COLMAN ANDREWS

Sean Gets a Lift Nikki Finke

Major Marketing Leonard Klady

Breathing Again Leonard Klady

Silent Treatment Pat H. Broeske

Giving Thanks for Places That Don't Serve Turkey : Delicatessen With a Chinese Viewpoint MAX JACOBSON

Dog Days Beth Ann Krier

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

Sexy Angle John M. Wilson

A Sneeze Odyssey Connie Benesch

Black Music Fans Say They Can't Always Get What They Want CONNIE JOHNSON and DON SNOWDEN

Radio's Blackout : Why Are So Many Acclaimed Black Artists Ignored by Black Stations? CONNIE JOHNSON and DON SNOWDEN

* * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty : : Ironic Act CHRIS WILLMAN

Between the Lines Leonard Klady

A Name in Vain Patrick Goldstein

* * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty : : Post-Split Supertramp DUNCAN STRAUSS

* * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty : : Cher in the Shallows CONNIE JOHNSON

Off Again, Off Again Leonard Klady

Food From Cold Climates Compiled by David Pecchia

Giving Thanks for Places That Don't Serve Turkey : La Bruschetta: Unusual Italian RUTH REICHL

Blazing a Path for Black Repertory Troupe DOUGLAS SADOWNICK

No Justice for Pre-Presidential Peccadilloes : Sorry, Babe, but Candor and Campaigning Don't Mix PATRICK GOLDSTEIN

Boardwalk Romance STEVE HOCHMAN

Formula Movies Craig Modderno

Allard Finds There's Music After Chorale CHRIS PASLES

Indian Fare Far Afield From the Ordinary FLORICE NEWBERY

* * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty : : The Queen of Soul Returns to Church CHRIS WILLMAN

A Free-Form Approach to Denizens of the Dance World JANICE ARKATOV

* * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty : : Whodini? Who Cares? KRISTINE McKENNA

Why Actresses Are in Love With 'Babbitt' DENNIS McDOUGAL

Musicians Union and LACO Out of Tune? JOHN HENKEN

A Treasure of Jug Band Tunes TERRY ATKINSON

Sultan Draws From the Past and the Present ZAN DUBIN

* * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty : : Puppet Tunes GINA ARNOLD

CD CORNER : Catching Up on Ray & Sam ROBERT HILBURN

Chorale Looking to the Future CHRIS PASLES

Book Burning Pat H. Broeske

A Mushroom Lover's Dream COLMAN ANDREWS

Laguna Takes Some Heat From HBO Movie Randy Lewis

Stereotype or Truth? : Business Insiders Review Harsh 'Glengarry Glen Ross' HERMAN WONG

SNUB-bing MTV for Rock-Video Wild Side TERRY ATKINSON

Another Hit Film Song Has Jennifer Warnes Dancing PATRICK GOLDSTEIN

Bill Watrous Gets His Second Wind LEONARD FEATHER

TRAVEL

Unglazed Ceramics May Be Dangerous for Food TONI TAYLOR, Taylor, an authority on the travel industry, lives in Los Angeles.

A City in Ruins With Buddhas Looking On JAMES F. LEE, Lee is a free-lance writer living in Lewisburg, Pa

Stranded and Alone, She Finds 'Family' in Tokyo AUDREY TERRILL, Terrill is a Santa Clara free-lance writer

What's Down Under? LUCY IZON, Izon is a Canadian travel journalist covering youth budget routes.

New Ramada Discount Available Worldwide JACK ADLER

Canberra: Where the City and Country Meet FRANK RILEY, Riley is travel columnist for Los Angeles magazine and a regular contributor to this section

The Savvy Traveler : Lion Rock . . . Africa at Its Purest PETER S. GREENBERG, Greenberg is a Los Angeles free-lance writer

On a Roll Through Napa's Sleepy Wine Country CHRISTOPHER P. BAKER, Baker is a free-lance writer living in Oakland

Retreat to Lake Como JUDITH MORGAN, Morgan is a La Jolla free-lance writer.

Is This Any Way to Treat Your Spouse? Yes! BOB O'SULLIVAN, O'Sullivan is a nationally known travel writer who lives in Canoga Park

The Brontes' Country ELAINE BERMAN and ART BERMAN

A Whiff of Rich Scents and Hundreds of Items JENNIFER MERIN, Merin is a New York City free-lance writer .

A Maze of Options for Over-60s BILL HUGHES, Hughes is a 25-year veteran travel writer living in Sherman Oaks.

Isle of Menacing Cliffs WILLIAM C. BRISICK, Brisick is a free-lance writer living in Westlake Village

Good Food and a Slow Pace on the Isle of Ischia BEVERLY BEYER and ED RABEY, Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers .

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.

FOOD

Storing Desserts : A Large Variety of Holiday Delicacies Can Be Prepared Ahead and Frozen MINNIE BERNARDINO, Times Staff Writer

California by Mail JOAN DRAKE, Times Staff Writer

Turkey Soup a Hearty Reminder of the Holidays ROSE DOSTI, Times Staff Writer

Sweet Somethings MINNIE BERNARDINO, Times Staff Writer

Newsletter's Food Philosophy Bert Greene, Greene is a New-York based food writer

BUSINESS

$100 Dolls Are the Talk of Toy Makers DENISE GELLENE, Times Staff Writer

LIVING WITH A LESSER DOLLAR : Exports on Rise as Manufacturers Find Competition Easier JAMES RISEN, Times Staff Writer

SIR LAWRIE TRIES IT AGAIN : But This Time, the Briton Is Out to Lure Upscale Home Buyers Instead of Concentrating on Southern California's First-Timers MICHAEL FLAGG, Times Staff Writer

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

Health Care: We Demand Best--and Pay for It JAMES FLANIGAN

Losses Coming Into Style at Clothestime JOHN CHARLES TIGHE

LIVING WITH A LESSER DOLLAR : Higher Import Costs Hurt Firms Dependent Upon Foreign Goods PAUL RICHTER, Times Staff Writer