What happened on July 21, 1991

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The Diplomacy of Death : When spies execute foreign policy : Why the Plot to Kill Hussein Failed By Yossi Melman, \o7 Yossi Melman, an Israeli journalist, is co-author of "Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community\f7 " \o7 (Houghton Mifflin)\f7
The Diplomacy of Death : When spies execute foreign policy : Why Effort to Get Gates May Succeed By David Wise, \o7 David Wise writes frequently about intelligence and espionage. His most recent book is "The Spy Who Got Away" (Random House)\f7
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE : The Neurotic Need of Psychotherapists to Exploit Their Patients By Leonore Tiefer, \o7 Leonore Tiefer is clinical associate professor of psychiatry and urology at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y\f7
U.S. Now Regrets It Sought Rich and Powerful Allies : Summit: As Germany and Japan get over 'World War II syndrome,' Bush faced increased uncollegiality at the G-7 economic conference. By Walter Russell Mead, \o7 Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition" (Houghton Mifflin). He is working on a book for the Twentieth Century Fund\f7
Sherman Block : For L.A. Sheriff, King Fallout Means All Life Is Now on Videotape By Victor Merina, \o7 Victor Merina is a Metro staff reporter for The Times. He interviewed Sherman Block in the sheriff's office\f7
Why We Cannot Buy Our Way Out of Environmental Dilemmas : Conservation: The Nature Conservancy owns millions of acres. Is it any better than the government at managing them? Consider the Gray Ranch. By Tom Wolf, \o7 Tom Wolf worked for the Nature Conservancy in Wyoming and New Mexico\f7
West Coast Firms Say It's Bull : New York Stock Exchange plans to start a half-hour earlier
BOOK MARK : Labor Peace Was Never Easy, Especially When a World War Loomed By Steven Fraser, \o7 Steven Fraser is executive editor at Basic Books. Sidney Hillman went from impoverished refugee in 1907 to labor-movement statesman. As the country prepared for World War II, he served at the top levels of government, a status not without its dilemmas, as his biographer explains. An excerpt\f7
EQUITY WATCH : Name Game
Free Trade \o7 and\f7 a Cleaner Mexico : President Salinas still has something to prove
Community Colleges Can Do It : Feds' slashing attack on loan defaults will cripple innocents
COLUMN LEFT/ ALEXANDER COCKBURN : Shady, Yes, but Not the Least Bit Unusual : Are we pretending that, unlike BCCI, Western banks don't launder dirty money? By Alexander Cockburn, \o7 Alexander Cockburn writes for the Nation and other publications\f7
PLATFORM : Gone Too Far By Bobbi Miller, \o7 For many school districts, gang attire is becoming a major issue. In Tustin, where the debate is raging, BOBBI MILLER, the mother of two, told The Times:\f7
The Beginning of a New Social Contract? : Police: Blacks and browns have to learn to trust the law, and cops have to understand the problems of urban communities. By Diane E. Watson, \o7 State Sen. Diane E. Watson (D-Los Angeles) is the author of a bill that would make it a crime for officers to fail to intervene in or report use of excessive force by police\f7
With the Spotlight Off Child Care, Administration Panders to Ideologues : Regulations: Parents asked for and got from Congress a bill creating more and safer day-care programs, but now that victory is threatened. By Nancy Amidei, \o7 Nancy Amidei is currently Belle Spafford Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Utah\f7
PERSPECTIVE ON HEALTH : Surviving Cancer, but Not Stigma : Six million people have overcome what used to be a certain death sentence, but society's phobias persist. By Bill Soiffer, \o7 Bill Soiffer is a San Francisco journalist and the author of "Life in the Shadow: Living With Cancer" (Chronicle Books, 1991)\f7

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What happened on July 21, 1991

BOOKS

ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES \o7 by Maya... By Charles Solomon

TURNING LEAVES: The Photograph Collections of Two Japanese... By Charles Solomon

ROUND THE FIRE STORIES \o7 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... By Charles Solomon

THE SACRED NIGHT \o7 by Tahar Ben Jelloun, translated by... By Charles Solomon

THE THROWING MADONNA: Essays on the Brain \o7 by William... By Charles Solomon

HOW I BECAME HETTIE JONES \o7 by Hettie Jones (Penguin... By Charles Solomon

BLOOD WHISPERS: L.A. Writers on AIDS, \o7 edited by Terry... By Charles Solomon

Un Unerring Eye for the Achilles Heel : SHADOWPLAY: The Life of Antony Tudor \o7 By Donna Perlmutter (Viking: $24.95; 420 pp.) \f7 By Deborah Jowitt, \o7 Jowitt is principal dance critic for the Village Voice and the author of "Time and the Dancing Image" (UC Press). \f7

Running AMOK By David Chute, \o7 Chute is a recovering film critic\f7

A Realist of Distances : CABIN FEVER, \o7 By Elizabeth Jolley (HarperCollins: $19.95; 224 pp.)\f7 By Elizabeth Ward, \o7 Ward writes frequently about contemporary Australian fiction\f7

Japan's Lower Depths : THE GAMBLER'S TALE: A Life in Japan's Underworld, \o7 By Junichi Saga translated by John Bester illustrated by Susumu Saga (Kodansha International: $19.95; 253 pp.)\f7 By Karl Taro Greenfeld, \o7 Greenfeld is managing editor of Tokyo Journal\f7

Bread, Love and Dreams By Colman Andrews, \o7 Andrews is a frequent contributor to The Times and the author of "Catalan Cuisine." This is an excerpt from "Everything on the Table," a book of essays on food and drink to be published by Bantam Books in 1992\f7

A Bullet for Big Tom : TRUE CRIME, \o7 By Michael Mewshaw (Poseidon: $19.95; 288 pp.)\f7 By Winston Groom, \o7 Groom is a novelist and screenwriter who lives in Magnolia Springs, Ala\f7 .\o7 , and gets his mail delivered daily by boat\f7

Fiction By Don G. Campbell

Nonfiction By Sonja Bolle

Fiction By Don G. Campbell

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Fiction By Don G. Campbell

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Nonfiction By Chris Goodrich

Travels With My Aunt' By John Espey

UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE \o7 by Bel Kaufman (HarperPerennial... By Charles Solomon

NEWS

Housing: Orange County's builders conceived HomeAid as a way to help the homeless and polish their public image. By John O'Dell, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Other Police Forces Dismiss L.A. Study : Discipline: Civil rights groups say suburban police need to improve. But police officials generally believe that their supervision is tighter and discipline swifter than in the LAPD. By Jesse Katz, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Bank Saves City Officials a Trip to the Big Apple : Finances: Delegation drops plans to go to New York after Sumitomo Bank offers to provide a letter of credit. By Mike Ward, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Panel Rejects Preferential Hiring Plan : Language: The proposal to recruit bilingual 911 dispatchers is seen as discriminatory. A similar recruitment plan for firefighters is rescinded. : MONTEREY PARK By Irene Chang, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Summertime means story time at Kidspace Museum in... By Franki V. Ransom

Late Architect's House Is in a Class by Itself : Design: Cal Poly Pomona uses Richard Neutra's unique, expressive home as both a learning and teaching tool. By Amy Louise Kazmin, TIMES STAFF WRITER

After-School Programs Get Financial Boost in Some Cities : Budget: School districts with reduced funding are turning to their cities for help, but the response is uneven. By Michele Fuetsch, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Girl Hams It Up for the World : Ham radio: At 5, she's maybe the youngest operator in U.S. Her mental skills are surprising. By David Haldane, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Author of Terror Tales Turns Nostalgic on Visit to Hometown : Reminiscence: Best-selling novelist John Saul takes a limousine tour of the neighborhood where he grew up. By Dick Wagner, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Fleet of 500 Expected for Boat Show By Les Dunseith

Arthur Brooks; Ace Fighter Pilot in World War I From Associated Press

Casualties Are High as Kurds, Iraqis Clash : Unrest: Battles in the north leave up to 500 dead or wounded. The fighting is outside the zone being protected by allied forces. By John J. Goldman, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Oceanside's Vice Mayor at Center of Recall Storm By Ray Tessler, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Town Angered by Elite Schools' Tax Immunity : Government: As city's budget tightens during recession, local lawmakers take a hard look at revenue that boarding institutions could yield. By Lee Mitgang, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Flying Fingers Earn Typing Trophies for Father-Son Combination From India Associated Press

After 35 Years, Nation's Ribbon of Interstates Nearly Complete : Transportation: It has profoundly influenced the country's evolution. When Eisenhower began the system, he envisioned an American Autobahn. By Mitchell Landsberg, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Suit Challenges Way Insurance Firms Divide Physical, Mental Illnesses By Sarah Nordgren, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Humans Swelter but Koala Plays It Cool in Heat Wave From Associated Press

19-Year-Old's Random Death Brings Home New York's Sobering Statistics By Leslie Dreyfous, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Love Fat-Laden Foods? It's Only Human By Diane Duston, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Britain May Curb Cars, Get Back on Track : Transportation: The nation's antiquated rail network can expect to get a new lease on life to coincide with the opening of the Channel Tunnel train link to France. By Alexander Macleod, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

Outside Turmoil May Boost Spain's Tourism : Europe: Officials hope the troubles on two sides of the Mediterranean will benefit them. By Stephen Brown, REUTERS

Advance of 'Killers' Keeps Scientists Busy as Bees : Entomology: It is hard to tell an Africanized honeybee from a regular one. Experts hope that interbreeding will reform the new strain. By Richard L. Vernaci, ASSOCIATED PRESS

China's 'Emperors' Not Spoiled, Survey Says \o7 Reuters\f7

South Carolina City Lets Nature Treat Its Sewage : Environment: Solar heat and bacteria purify the water. Plants, wildlife thrive on the nutrients. Designers say it costs less than conventional systems. ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Tip to Restaurants: Don't Be Rude By Rick Hampson, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brewery Sues Over Marketing of Underwear Associated Press

For Soviets, It's a Question of Cabbage By Michael Woods, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

The '2nd Wave' of the AIDS Epidemic Begins to Stalk a New Generation : Health: The sweep of infection catches whole families in a sea of terrifying social, legal and medical issues. By Lisa Levitt Ryckman, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Family Fights Government Order to End Cattle Grazing on Texas Island : Environment: U.S. officials say the cows trample vegetation and use water needed by wild animals in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. By Kelley Shannon, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Coal Miners, Operators Again Square Off on W.Va. Battleground : Labor: In 1921, 2,100 troops quelled a unionist rebellion. Now a company wants to strip-mine Blair Mountain, triggering a more complicated struggle. By Martha Bryson Hodel, ASSOCIATED PRESS

West African Gullah Traditions Kept Alive on the Sea Islands By Janice L. Kaplan, SMITHSONIAN NEWS SERVICE

Medical Care Reform May Be Reaching Turning Point : Health: Soaring costs nudge even organized medicine and big business to agree it is time for major change. By Edwin Chen, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Bush Sees No U.S. Role in New Iraq Fighting By James Gerstenzang, TIMES STAFF WRITER

COLUMN ONE : Living as Strangers in Japan : Short of workers but leery of foreigners, the nation 'imported' those of Japanese descent. But tensions and prejudices persist. One industrial town shows why. By Leslie Helm, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Southern Pacific Apologizes for River Spill By Richard C. Paddock, TIMES STAFF WRITER

LAPD Begins Crackdown on Computer Messages By Ted Rohrlich, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Pair Emerge as Key Suspects in Libyan Terror By Robin Wright, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Yeltsin Bars Communist Party From Workplace : Russia: The federation's new president moves to end decades of preferential treatment for members. By Elizabeth Shogren, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Saudis Offer Deal on Israel Boycott : Mideast: Kingdom supports end to ban on firms doing business with Jewish state if it will stop building settlements in occupied areas. Baker expresses delight. By Jim Mann, TIMES STAFF WRITER

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY ELECTION / 5TH DISTRICT : Collins, Alby Race a Test of Wilson's Policies By Jerry Gillam and Paul Jacobs, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

$1-Million Visas Seeking to Lure the Wealthy to U.S. : Immigration: It is hoped the rich will open businesses in this country that will provide jobs for Americans. By Ashley Dunn, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Pilot's Family Tells of Frustration, Rage : MIAs: 'Robertson pride' sustained wife, daughter after he crashed in Vietnam and their skepticism of the government grew. By Dan Weikel, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A Troubled Cal State Called, and He Answered : Education: The 20-campus system's relations with unions and legislators were turbulent when Ellis E. McCune was picked to restore calm. The acting chancellor steps down this month. By William Trombley, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Who Pays for a Girl's Horror? : Family Sues After Mountain Lion Mauls 5-Year-Old, but County Says It's Not Liable for Animal's Attack By Matt Lait, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Majority Serbs Stand Defiant in Croatian Town : Yugoslavia: In Glina, numbers and geography are a recipe for trouble. By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Thousands of Mixed Families Caught in Yugoslavia's Bitter Ethnic Divide By Tyler Marshall, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Lingering Heat Wave Topples Records in East From Associated Press

Gates' CIA Nomination Put in Dangerous Limbo : Intelligence: With hearings delayed, he has to endure months of questions, rumors about his agency activities. By Michael Ross, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Dismantling Nears for Nuclear Plant From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Nation IN BRIEF : WISCONSIN : Twice-Labeled Tuna Recalled From Stores From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Abortion Rights Group Vows GOP Platform Fight From Associated Press