What happened on March 07, 1993

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STYLE: DESIGN : Shifting Into Neutra MICHAEL WEBB
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Correspondents' Choice : HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING? William Tuohy, London bureau, Six Times correspondents from around the world identify the harbingers of the season in cities they have covered.
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Correspondents' Choice : HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING? Teresa Watanabe, Tokyo bureau, Six Times correspondents from around the world identify the harbingers of the season in cities they have covered.
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Correspondents' Choice : HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING? William D. Montalbano, Rome bureau, Six Times correspondents from around the world identify the harbingers of the season in cities they have covered.
Traveling In Style : Up Jumped Spring Colman Andrews
L.a. Speak Jennie Nash
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Correspondents' Choice : HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING? Joel Havemann, Brussels bureau, Six Times correspondents from around the world identify the harbingers of the season in cities they have covered.
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Side Trips : Garden City Colman Andrews
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Correspondents' Choice : HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING? John J. Goldman, New York bureau, Six Times correspondents from around the world identify the harbingers of the season in cities they have covered.
ON-RAMP : But Officer, I Do Have a Library Card . . . Sheldon Teitelbaum
Lone Star Echoes
Lone Star Echoes
Lone Star Echoes
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Side Trips : Meet the Press Anna Scotti
The Wine List Dan Berger
RESTAURANTS : SUCH A SWELL PARTY : Eat, Smoke and Be Merry--It's Tatou, Where the Beautiful People Never Leave Ruth Reichl
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Correspondents' Choice : HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING? John Balzar, Seattle bureau, Six Times correspondents from around the world identify the harbingers of the season in cities they have covered.
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Side Trips : Nothing to Sneeze At Kathleen Doheny
The Rape Of Bosnia
SCHOOL DAYS : Separating the Trigo From the Chaff Mark Ehrman
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Prime Time in Budapest : On Both Sides of the Danube, the Hungarian Capital Echoes With the Past--and Glows With the Season JOHN LUKACS, John Lukacs, a native of Budapest, is a professor of history and the author of numerous books, including "The End of the 20th Century," published this year by Ticknor & Fields, and "Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and its Culture" (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Rape Of Bosnia
The Rape Of Bosnia
SATURDAY'S CHILD : When You're All Grown Up, Weekends Just Aren't What They Used to Be Wanda Coleman
ANIMAL CRACKERS : Trips to Vegas, Louis Vuitton Carrying Cases, Even Lingerie Are De Rigueuer for the Indulged Darlings of Pet Parents. How's a Simple Pet Owner to Compete? MARGO KAUFMAN, Margo Kaufman, a contributing editor to the magazine, is the author of "1-800-Am-I-Nuts?," a collection of essays published last month by Random House. credits;
Lone Star Echoes
STYLE: GARDENS : The Edible Landscape SUSAN HEEGER
GERMANY'S TROUBLES : The Third Reich Motto 'Germany For Germans' is Once Again the Rallying Cry; Foreigners Are the Target. This Time, Can the Hatred Be Stopped? TAMARA JONES, Tamara Jones is The Times' correspondent in Bonn; her last piece for this magazine was on the dismantling of East Germany's athletic machine.
The Rape Of Bosnia
TRAVELING IN STYLE : DEATH IN THE SEASON OF LIFE : The Funerals Are Something to See in This Little-Known Corner of Indonesia, Where Spring Comes Three Times a Year NIGEL BARLEY, Anthropologist Nigel Barley is assistant keeper at the Museum of Mankind in London and the author of several books, among them "Not a Hazardous Sport" (about Tanah Toraja) and "A Plague of Caterpillars." His most recent work is "The Duke of Puddle Dock: In the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles," published by Henry Holt
STYLE: STYLEMAKER : Building Bodies LESA SAWAHATA
TRAVELING IN STYLE : Northern California Is a Garden-Lover's Paradise, and the Gates Are Open to One and All : Bloom Country Levick divides her time between Los Angeles, Barcelona and Paris. Her books include "Barcelona: An Open-Air Sculpture Gallery" and "The Missions of California . "
The Poet as WITNESS : Molding the Political, the Metaphysical and the Erotic, C.K. Williams Is the Voice of a New Era. Allan M. Jalon, Allan M. Jalon lives in Los Angeles. His work, including fiction and essays, has appeared in such publications as Manoa and the Southwest Review.
Mr. Packard and the Deep Blue Sea : Using Cash and Family Ties, the Electronics Tycoon Is Bringing Underwater Mysteries to the Surface. LEE DYE, Lee Dye, a contributing editor of this magazine and a former Times staff writer, specializes in stories about science. He splits his time between homes in Alaska and Arizona.
TRAVELING IN STYLE : PROVENCE IN DARK AND LIGHT : The Air Is Sweet and Warm in the Alpilles Region of the South of France, but Watch Out for the Monsters JUDY FAYARD, Judy Fayard was senior editor of European Travel & Life until its demise last year. She has covered Europe from Paris for 17 years and was previously Los Angeles correspondent for Life magazine.
TRAVELING IN STYLE : SPRING BREAK! : Sex, Beer, Sun, Stupid Pool Tricks--It's an All-American Tradition KAREN KARBO, Karbo , a former resident of Newport Beach, is the author of two novels, "Trespassers Welcome Here" and "The Diamond Lane," both published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
TRAVELING IN STYLE : SEDUCED BY MEMORY : Behind Its Historical Facades and Old World Manners, Charleston in Springtime Is a Sensualist's Delight BARBARA HAGERTY, Hagerty writes a column for the Charleston Post-Courier and has contributed to Travel & Leisure and Ladies' Home Journal, among other publications
THE BIZ : Tracking Trek Sheldon Teitelbaum
TRAVELING IN STYLE : PASSION CITY : A Beautiful Town in the Guatemala Highlands Celebrates Holy Week With World-Famous Flair and Drama MIKE MCINTYRE, Mike McIntyre is a writer from California now living in Antigua. He is finishing a book on his travels around the world, to be titled "All Over the Map."

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Teens and Driving : Sensible proposals to reduce the highway carnage
Another Setback for Education in California : Schools: Whoever Honig's successor is, he or she will face a new power dynamic, with the office being used to further political ambition, not kids. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior associate at the Center for Politics and Policy at Claremont Graduate School
CAMPUS CORRESPONDENCE : A Maligned Generation Is Offered Its Salvation JOE GOODWIN, Joe Goodwin is a high school freshman at Concord-Carlisle High School
Good Samaritans
Education Priorities
Needed--Shot in the Arm
Taxes No Longer Signal Political Kiss of Death : Politics: Bill Clinton seems to have pulled off something that mortally wounded George Bush. But does this sell the American people short? Susan Estrich, Susan Estrich, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a law professor at USC. She served as campaign manager for Michael S. Dukakis in 1988
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Wild Horses
Yelstin's Hold on Power Grows More Tenuous by Day : Russia: The president is increasingly vulnerable on two fronts: the economy and on "abandoning" Serbia. Was life better under Brezhnev? Steven Merritt Miner, Steven Merritt Miner, a professor of history at Ohio University, recently returned from Moscow, where he did research in the Russian archives
Two Compton Officers Slain
Pinochet's Regime
PLATFORM : Education for All ANIKO ANN KLEIN, ANIKO ANN KLEIN, a member of the Special Education Commission, an advisory council to the Los Angeles School District, comments on the LEARN proposal . She told The Times:
PERSPECTIVE ON SHEIK ABDUL RAHMAN : N.Y. Bomb a Skirmish in Holy War : Muslim fundamentalists are willing to sacrifice innocent lives in their unrelenting campaign to overcome the evil West. MARK JUERGENSMEYER, Mark Juergensmeyer is dean of the University of Hawaii School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies and author of "The New Cold War? Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State" (UC Press, 1993)
Illegal Immigration: One Issue That Deserves Light, Not Heat
Boy's Check
In World Beset by Violence, Who Should Face War-Crimes Charges? : Justice: Assembling an international tribunal would be far harder now than after World War II, but it could deter international criminality. Robert Conot, Robert Conot is the author of "Justice at Nuremberg" (Carroll & Graf), a history of the trial of the major war criminals
Two Compton Officers Slain
LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : David Wilhelm : Charting a Permanent Campaign for a Changing Democratic Party Jacob Weisberg, Jacob Weisberg is deputy editor of the New Republic
CALIFORNIA PORTFOLIO : The Promised Land Is Not in Our Neighboring States JOEL KOTKIN and DAVID FRIEDMAN, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Center for the New West and an international fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Business and Management. David Friedman, an attorney, is a visiting fellow in the MIT Japan program
The Terrorists Among Us : American society is all too vulnerable to attack. DAVID WISE, David Wise, who writes often about intelligence agencies, is the author, most recently, of "Molehunt" (Random House), a book about the CIA's secret search for Soviet spies in its ranks
Two Compton Officers Slain
Two Compton Officers Slain
COLUMN RIGHT / JOSEPH FARAH : Oliver Stone: Far From the Malibu Crowd : The director's Santa Barbara retreat is not San Simeon. Yet. JOSEPH FARAH, Joseph Farah is editor of the cultural watchdog biweekly Dispatches and the political newsletter Inside California
Alameda Corridor LINDA DEUTSCH, Associated Press SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Two Compton Officers Slain
Good Samaritans

What happened on March 07, 1993

BOOKS

Formed and Deformed by War : SLOW WALK IN A SAD RAIN By John P. McAfee ; (Warner Books: $18.95; 256 pp.) Michael Harris, Harris is a frequent contributor to the Book Review.

The Anomie Within : EMPATHY By Sarah Schulman ; (Dutton: $18; 182 pp.) John Weir, Weir is the author of "The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket" (HarperCollins).

Nonfiction KAREN STABINER

Call It Slop David Kipen

Lower Than Low Life : WONDERS OF THE WEST By Kate Braverman ; (Fawcett Columbine: $20; 283 pp.) Paul Gervais, Gervais is the author of "Extraordinary People," a finalist for the 1991 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Fiction KAREN STABINER

Formed and Deformed by War : US By Wayne Karlin ; (Henry Holt: $22.50; 215 pp.) Robert Roper, Roper is the author, most recently, of the novel "Trespassers" (Ticknor & Fields).

Formed and Deformed by War : PARADISE OF THE BLIND By Duong Thu Huong ; (William Morrow: $20; 256 pp.) Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Fromberg Schaeffer is the author of "Buffalo Afternoon"; her next novel, "First Nights," will be published in April by Alfred A. Knopf.

Nonfiction KAREN STABINER

Fiction KAREN STABINER

Frontier Spirit JACK MILES

Fiction KAREN STABINER

Fiction KAREN STABINER

I, TOO, SING AMERICA: The African-American Book of Days by Paula L. Woods and Felix H. Liddell (Workman Publishing: $22.95; 256 pp.) E. W. Alexander

Roth Contemplates His Pipik : OPERATION SHYLOCK: A Confession By Philip Roth ; (Simon & Schuster: $23; 398 pp.) RICHARD EDER

Show Me the Girl : WRITING DANGEROUSLY: Mary McCarthy and Her World By Carol Brightman ; (Clarkson Potter / Crown: $30; 636 pp.) Shirley Ann Grau, Grau is a novelist and short story writer who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1965 for "Keepers of the House."

NEWS

HUNTINGTON PARK : Swap Meet Plans Anger Merchants DUKE HELFAND

CALIFORNIA ALBUM : Coming Out of Their Shells : After nearly vanishing, the famed giant pismo clam has rebounded--only to be threatened again by mollusk lovers and voracious sea otters. RICHARD C. PADDOCK, TIMES STAFF WRITER

ELECTIONS / COUNCIL : 6 Challengers, 2 Incumbents Vie for 3 Seats EDMUND NEWTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Gays in the Military : Ex-Officer Says U.S. Should Follow Israel's Example of Tolerance LISA KLUG, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Daughter Still Haunted by Mother's Disappearance Nearly 60 Years Ago : Mystery: She vanished in 1934 after telling relatives she was about to marry the man she had accused of fathering her 2-month-old child. Now her offspring searches for answers. JEFF DONN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Dynamic Duo of Wilkins-Fortson SEAN WATERS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

East Valley Firms Escape Most of the Pain of Recession : Economy: Two-thirds of the companies responding to a survey say they are holding their own or growing. ANDREW LePAGE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Pepperdine President Speaks Out Ron Russell, Times staff writer

Candidates' Forum Marked by Attacks, Theatrics MARC LACEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Clinton Says No Improprieties Intruded on Rep. Ford's Case from Reuters

City Sees Little Change in Main Income Sources : Finances: A budget review reveals a possible shortfall in income, but no reduction in services is expected. DUKE HELFAND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

44,300 Repatriated Reuters

Italian Restaurateur a True Renaissance Man LINDA FELDMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

O.C. Agency Helps Seniors Meet Needs DAVAN MAHARAJ, TIMES STAFF WRITER

COMMERCE : City Predicts Little Change in Income DUKE HELFAND

Armenia Gas Flows Anew Associated Press

Council or Directors--Voters Finally Get a Say EDMUND NEWTON

You Can Join 'Em--Or at Least You Can Sound Like 'Em ROBIN ABCARIAN

Bill Would Increase Number of Supervisors in Populated Counties Jerry Gillam, Times Staff Writer

Clinton's Jawboning May Win Drug Firm Price Cuts : Medicine: Advisers say President is focusing on issue as a prelude to introducing his health care reform plan. SARA FRITZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER

REGIONAL REPORT : Medical Waste Dumping Law Debated : Health: Officials see it as preventive medicine, but say more inspectors are needed. Critics say the risk of infection is slim and enforcement is too costly. HUGO MARTIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

South Africa Negotiations to Resume : Talks: Black and white leaders agree to reconvene within four weeks to forge constitution. Flare-up of fatal violence underscores urgency of finding a political settlement. SCOTT KRAFT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Security Fears, Political Ties Cloud U.S. View of Islam's Rise ROBIN WRIGHT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Mayoral Rivals Know Firsthand About Crime JESSE KATZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER

LOCAL ELECTIONS L.A. CITY COUNCIL : Bitter Rivalry Fuels 'Zev and Laura' Rematch JEFFREY L. RABIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Eastwood Wins Directors' Prize for 'Unforgiven' From Associated Press

Somalis Who Fled to Kenya Face New Violence : Africa: Authorities blame gunmen driven out by American and allied forces for murders and looting in camps. PAULINE JELINEK, ASSOCIATED PRESS

After 17 Years, the Stage Still Strikes Volunteer Actor's Fancy CHRISTINA V. GODBEY

Mortgages at 20-Year Low Associated Press

Authorities Find New Clues in N.Y. Explosion : Probe: Associate of key suspect may be linked to bomb-making gear discovered in N.J. apartment. SARA FRITZ and RONALD J. OSTROW, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Tough Battles Expected Over New Round of Military-Base Shutdowns : Defense: Process begins this week. Affected communities have already started lobbying the decision-making panel to save their facilities. ART PINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Human 'Leftovers' an Embarrassment in Poland JOHN DANISZEWSKI, ASSOCIATED PRESS

'Silent Plague' Infecting Millions of Women, NIH Director Warns From Reuters

Egypt's Future at Stake in Islamic Militants' Trial : Mideast: The defendants' spiritual leader fled to New York. A suspect in the World Trade Center bombing is an apparent follower. KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Law Officers Tread Carefully Into Bombing Suspect's Past GEBE MARTINEZ and WILLIAM C. REMPEL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Administration Urged to Renew China Defense Ties : Diplomacy: U.S. needs military contacts to keep abreast of Beijing's arms sales, buildups, officials say. JIM MANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

VIEW PARK : MTA Offers Look at Rail Proposals ERIN J. AUBRY

Honig Era Ends but Discord Remains : Education: Schools chief nominee faces a bruising confirmation fight as battle lines are drawn over powers of state board. JEAN MERL, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER

THE TIMES POLL : Most O.C. Seniors Find Retirement Rewarding : Free time and recreation spice what many call the best time of life. But others have health or money worries. DAVE LESHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

U.N. Finds Many Injured Muslims in Bosnia Enclave From Associated Press

U.N. Finds Many Injured Muslims in Bosnia Enclave From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Italy Reform Package Seeks to Tame Crisis WILLIAM D. MONTALBANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Men Organize to Fight Assaults on Women TONY ROGERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cookie Monster's Loot Doggone Good Associated Press

Sex Returns as Young, Old Put Disease Fears Aside, Study Says : Behavior: 'Janus Report' finds that 62% of men, 66% of women ages 18 to 26 are having more encounters now than 3 years ago. From Reuters

On the Move : Traffic Engineers Have Given the Green Light to Technology, Letting Specialized Computers Control the Flow of Motorists on Orange County's Streets, but Coordination Among Cities--Including Synchronizing Lights--Still Has a Long Way to Go MICHAEL FLAGG, TIMES STAFF WRITER

3 Suspects Arrested in School Bus Attack Associated Press

Danube Dramatizes Wide Discord Over Rivers JOY ASCHENBACH, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Canyon Is the Prize in One Man's Struggle : Environment: Developer sees luxury homes, school district sees a campus, city sees revenue and a park, but self-taught naturalist wants to keep Sandstone Canyon as it is. BERKLEY HUDSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

It's End of Chisholm Trail as Stockyards Go Out of the Auction Business : Cowtown: The final gavel comes down on the weekly cattle sales in Ft. Worth, marking the end of the city's historic link to cattle drives of yesteryear. MIKE COCHRAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Q&A : Judging Their Rank Along the PC Scale THE SOCIAL CLIMES STAFF

Cult Leader Is Asked to Let Followers Be Free to Leave : Standoff: FBI issues public appeal, vowing they 'will be treated fairly and humanely.' No sign given of anyone's release or of end to 7-day siege. LOUIS SAHAGUN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Pun Our Word, Readers Will Get Jest Desserts If They Take This at Its Farce Value DAVID HOLMSTROM, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

Marine Pleads Self-Defense in Shooting of Somali Teens From Associated Press

Jury Instructions Made Honig's Conviction Inevitable, Wife Says Associated Press

Tiny Glowworms Could Help Detect Water Pollution LAURAN NEERGAARD, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trash Bags Hold 18th-Century Oil Masterpieces Reuters

Fallen Japan Powerbroker Arrested on Tax Evasion Charges TERESA WATANABE, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A Walk Across the City PETER H. KING

Russian Extremist Charged Over Recruiting for Serbs MATT BIVENS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

FBI Says Sect Leader Vows Not to Kill Himself : Standoff: Agents tell of raiding compound after receiving a tip that members of the sect were thinking of mass suicide. From Associated Press