What happened on August 13, 1989

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Watergate Then and Now: How Quickly They Forget By David R. Gergen, \o7 David R. Gergen, editor at large for U.S. News & World Report, led President Richard Nixon's speech writers in 1973-74\f7
The Tough Approach to Countering Terror By Robert H. Kupperman and Jeff Kamen, \o7 Robert H. Kupperman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Jeff Kamen of Independent Network News television are co-authors of "Final Warning: Averting Disaster in the New Age of Terrorism," to be published at the end of September by Doubleday\f7
A Continental Shift : Latin Americans Convert from Catholicism to a More Private Protestant Belief By Richard Rodriguez, \o7 Richard Rodriguez, a contributing editor to Opinion, is also an editor for Pacific News Service\f7
Despite Tea Parties at the Top, South African Apartheid Prevails By Charlene Smith, \o7 Charlene Smith is a South African journalist\f7
Glasnost Amplifying Cries for Independence By Andrew Nagorski, \o7 Andrew Nagorski is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\f7
A-Bombing Japan: Army Wanted to Use Batches of Nukes on Military Targets By Barton J. Bernstein, \o7 Barton J. Bernstein is a professor of history at Stanford\f7
Mirror Images: Canadians See Us, We See Ourselves By Donella H. Meadows, \o7 Donella H. Meadows is an adjunct professor of environmental and policy studies at Dartmouth College\f7
UC Tenure: a Forest of Deadwood By Jack Miles, \o7 Jack Miles, a former professor, is The Times' book editor\f7
. . . Wish You Were Here
A Symbolic Thunderhead
Riptides of Reform
Rape Is All Too Thinkable for Quite the Normal Sort of Man By Neal King and Martha Mccaughey, \o7 Neal King and Martha McCaughey are graduate students in the doctoral program in sociology at UC Santa Barbara\f7
Racial Segregation Itself Remains a Corrosive Force : Blacks Held Back by Isolation Within Cities By Douglas S. Massey, \o7 Douglas S. Massey is professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and director of its Population Research Center\f7
You'll Lose a Bundle Selling America's Economy Short By John H. Makin, \o7 John H. Makin is the director of fiscal-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington\f7
Contras Keeping Eyes on Freedom By Xavier Arguello, \o7 Xavier Arguello served as general secretary of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Culture and editor of the official cultural magazine, Nicarahuac, from 1979 until 1984. He now lives in Miami and edits the quarterly journal Resistencia\f7

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There's Still No Substitute for a Good Attitude in the Air By Peter S. Greenberg, \o7 Greenberg is a Los Angeles free-lance writer\f7 .
A handy new 50-page restaurant guide is available free... By Jerry Hulse
Strolling Beach Boardwalk in Scenic Santa Cruz By Tom Grimm and Michele Grimm, \o7 The Grimms are Laguna Beach free-lance writers/photographers and authors of the updated "Away for the Weekend." \f7
Chugging Along on the Old Patagonian Express By Karl Zimmerman, \o7 Zimmerman is a free-lance writer living in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y\f7
Unlocking Gateway to Sahara By Beverly Beyer and Ed Rabey, \o7 Beyer and Rabey are Los Angeles travel writers\f7 .
Canada Boasts World's Biggest Mall By Jennifer Merin, \o7 Merin is a New York City free-lance writer\f7 .
Choose Tour Operators With Lots of Caution By Jack Adler, \o7 Adler is a Los Angeles free-lance writer\f7
Visitors Get a Frozen Reception Here By Frank Riley, \o7 Riley is travel columnist for Los Angeles magazine and a regular contributor to this section\f7
A Picnic Adds Taste to Visual Feasts By Judith Morgan, \o7 Morgan, of La Jolla, is a magazine and newspaper writer\f7
Transportation Cards for Austria and Greece By Jack Adler
Flights out of China have been delayed for hours as...
Stone Castle of Chillon Imprisons Dark Memories By William C. Brisick, \o7 Brisick is a free-lance writer living in Westlake Village\f7 .
Remote Wolf Point Ranches Try to Snare Visitors By Steve Cohen, \o7 Cohen is a free-lance writer living in Durango, Colo\f7
Toying With Christmas in Villages of Bavaria By Bill Hughes, \o7 Hughes is a 30-year veteran travel writer living in Sherman Oaks\f7
Flying to Barren Birdsville for a Day at the Races By Marti Gerdes, \o7 Gerdes is a free-lance writer living in Portland, Ore\f7

What happened on August 13, 1989

BOOKS

The Soviet Union Is No Joke : SAY CHEESE! \o7 by Vassily Aksyonov translated by Antonina W. Bouis (Random House: $19.95; 404 pp.; 0-394-54363-7) \f7 By Zinovy Zinik, \f7 and \o7 Zinik's recent novel, "The Mushroom-Picker," was published this year by St. Martin's Press.

Ready to Dare the Undaring : CARTOGRAPHIES Short Stories \o7 by Maya Sonenberg (University of PittsburghPress: $17.95; 131 pp.; 0-822903627-5) \f7 By Aram Saroyan, \f7 and \o7 Saroyan's most recent book is a novel, "The Romantic" (McGraw-Hill).

The Soviet Union Is No Joke : SOVIET HUMOUR The Best of Krokodil \o7 by the editors of Krokodil magazine (Andrews & McMeel: $12.95 paper; 192 pp.)\f7 By Dubravka Ugresic, \o7 Ugresic is a Yugoslav writer and critic. and \f7

Anglo-American Disch : YES, LET'S New and Selected Poems \o7 by Tom Disch (The Johns Hopkins University Press: $16.95, cloth; $8.95, paper; 112 pp.) \f7 By Ian Gregson, \f7 and \o7 Gregson will be a visiting professor in the English department at Cal State Long Beach in the fall semester.

POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES \o7 by Jose Marti edited by Philip S. Foner translated by Elinor Randall (Temple University Press: $24.95; 149 pp.) \f7 By Sonja Bolle

THE RUBY SLIPPERS OF OZ \o7 by Rhys Thomas (Tale Weaver Publishing, 636 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood 90069: $14.95; 232 pp.) \f7 By Sonja Bolle

I BECOME PART OF IT Sacred Dimensions of Native American Life \o7 edited by D. M. Dooling and Paul Jordan-Smith (Parabola Books: $14.95; 291 pp.) \f7 By Sonja Bolle

ISTANBUL INTRIGUES A True-Life Casablanca \o7 by Barry Rubin (McGraw Hill: $18.95; 301 pp.) \f7 By Sonja Bolle

Last year Elizabeth George of Huntington Beach made a... By Charles Champlin

Southern Baroque : CALL AND RESPONSE \o7 by T.R. Pearson (Simon & Schuster: $19.95; 361 pp.) \f7 By Rita Mae Brown, \f7 and \o7 Brown is the author of a number of novels, including "Southern Discomfort" (Bantam).

FARAWAY PLACES \o7 by Tom Spanbauer Plume: $6.95\f7 By Charles Solomon

INVERSIONS \o7 by Scott Kim Freeman: $11.95 \f7 By Charles Solomon

THE BODY'S MEMORY \o7 by Jean Stewart (St. Martin's Press: $16.95; 272pp.) \f7 By Judith Freeman

MAGDALENA & BALTHASAR \o7 by Steven Ozment Yale University Press: $9.95, illustrated \f7 By Charles Solomon

SOCIALISM: PRESENT & FUTURE \o7 by Michael Harrington (Arcade Publishing: $19.95; 320 pp.) \f7 By Walter Russell Mead

VIDEO NIGHT IN KATHMANDU And Other Reports From the Not-So-Far East \o7 by Pico Iyer Vintage: $9.95 \f7 By Charles Solomon

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE \o7 by Raymond Carver Vintage: $6.95 \f7 By Charles Solomon

WHITE BOY RUNNING \o7 by Christopher Hope Anchor: $8.95 \f7 By Charles Solomon

Making It in Literary Moscow By Bettyann Kevles, \o7 Kevles is a Los Angeles writer\f7

NEWS

Project in Walnut Hits Opposition : Homeowners Cool to Developer's Plan By Irene Chang, Times Staff Writer

Covina OKs Face Lift for Shopping District By Elizabeth Lu, Times Staff Writer

Breathing Easy : Pomona Hospital Teaches Lung Patients How to Cope With Life in the Smog Zone By Edmund Newton, \o7 Times Staff Writer \f7

Reports of Asians Preying on Asians Rising Sharply By Ashley Dunn, Times Staff Writer

Homeowners Want to Jilt Pomona, Join Chino Hills By Irene Chang, Times Staff Writer

Teacher Quits Whittier College After Tenure Is Denied By Michele Fuetsch, Times Staff Writer

County Hopes to Finish Work on New Courthouse Within Several Weeks By Rick Holguin, Times Staff Writer

Shot by Another Police Officer : Disabled Ex-Bell Gardens Detective Wins Suit By Annette Kondo, Times Staff Writer

No-Name Park : Long Beach's Roots, Problems Share Green Strip By Ted Johnson, Times Staff Writer

ABC Schools Weigh Dress Code to Halt Gang 'Intimidation' By Lee Harris, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7

As Old Industries Ebb, San Pedro Hopes Tourists Turn the Tide By Sheryl Stolberg, Times Staff Writer

Fine Wine : 40 Experts From Around the World Put California's Best to the Taste Test By Berkley Hudson, \o7 Times Staff Writer\f7

Wholesale Prices Drop, Car Sales Rally : Fears of Recession Ease as Economy Keeps Expanding By Tom Redburn, Times Staff Writer

Bangkok's Slums Harboring Hopes as Well as Squalor, Violence, Despair By Denis D. Gray, Associated Press

Invention Was His True Calling By Larry Pryor

Postman Admits Delivering Cocaine Associated Press

Volunteers Help Students Set Goals : Mentors Encourage, Advise Inner-City Youth By Patrice Gaines-carter, The Washington Post

Swedes Charge 3 in Plot to Kidnap Businessman's Son From Reuters

Daughter of Lawyers Wed Rancher, New Way of Life By Tad Bartimus, Associated Press

Mother Accused of Slaying in Latest of Children's Deaths Associated Press

Pesticide Poisonings Cited by Toxicologists : 'Lawn-Care Syndrome' Blamed for Bird Deaths By Claudia Levy, The Washington Post

From $10 a Week to Station Owner : Radio Entrepreneur Sets High Standard By Arthur H. Rotstein, Associated Press

Labs Can Detect Content, Country of Origin : Customs Service Keeps Imports Honest By Michael Specter, The Washington Post

Blobs Familiar to Love Canal Survivor : Mobile Home Park Oozing Toxic Waste By Darren Dopp, Associated Press

Mississippi Town's Whites Rebel at Minority Status By Mark Seghers, Associated Press

Freezing Traffickers' Finances : Hong Kong Wields New Anti-Drug Law By B.Y. Wong, Reuters

British Boy's School Says It's too Macho for Girls, Scraps Coeducation Program Reuters

Retiree Triumphs in 7-Year Battle Against Bureaucracy to Change Mideast Maps By Jim Anderson, United Press International

Panama Accuses U.S. of Threats, Treaty Violations from Associated Press

Aliens at Home, German Townsfolk Endure Life Surrounded by Swiss By Mark Heinrich, Reuters

Chores First, Then a Commute : Many Rural Women Take Jobs Off the Farm to Help Maintain Homes By Tad Bartimus, Associated Press

Doctors' Lab Investments Are a Bitter Pill for Some By Daniel Q. Haney and Fred Bayles, Associated Press

Farmers Create Vacuum in a War Against Harmful Insects : Devices Lift Bugs Off Crops, Reduce Need for Chemicals From Associated Press

Stress Is Peaking for High-Tech Workers in the Silicon Valley By John M. Leighty, United Press International

Catholic Shelters Provide Help for the Homeless, Malnourished : Addicted Street Children Pay Price for Bolivia's Drug-Based Prosperity By Peter Mcfarren, Associated Press

Ship's Dangerous Cargo From Reuters

Canadian Who Lost Abortion Case Loses His Job at Car Dealership From Associated Press

Polish Premier Wants to See Walesa on Standoff From Associated Press

Ballots Cast to See Who Will Replace Wright From Associated Press

Eastern Airlines Strikers Start 'Moving Picket Line' From Associated Press

L.A. County Overpaid $121 Million in Welfare : Error Rate for Misspent Aid Is on the Rise; Other Beneficiaries Shortchanged $25.4 Million By Lynn O'Shaughnessy, Times Staff Writer

Focus Turns to Engine Design for Air Safety By Paul Houston and William C. Rempel, Times Staff Writers