King's Legacy Is at Risk : Earl Ofari Hutchinson calls for a concerted effort to reverse the backward movement. By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, \o7 Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a sociologist who has spent 22 years lecturing and writing about the black experience in America. He is the author of five books, the most recent of which is titled "The Assassination of the Black Male Image." He is also a frequent opinion-piece contributor to many newspapers and magazines. Last week, he spoke at the invitation of the black staff and faculty of USC at a celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He lives in Los Angeles and was interviewed by Karen E. Klein\f7
Reader Finds White Guy's Jokes Unfunny By Scott Harris, \o7 Address TimesLink or Prodigy e-mail to \f7 YQTU59A (\o7 via the Internet: \f7 YQTU59A@prodigy.com)
HUMILIATION IN CHECHNYA : From Hero to Heel, Russian Army Stuck in Trenches of Incompetence By Steven Merritt Miner, \o7 Steven Merritt Miner, a professor of Russian history at Ohio University, is a contributor to "The Diplomats," edited by Gordon Craig and F .L. Loewenheim (Princeton University.) He is also working on a book, "Selling Stalin," about Soviet propaganda\f7
How to Tell Tenants You're Selling? From Operation Sentinel. \o7 This column is prepared by Operation Sentinel, a rental housing mediation service in Sunnyvale, Calif\f7
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Pay Special Attention to Roof, Drains in Rain By Gary Abrams, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; \o7 Abrams is a general contractor who has written on home improvement topics for The Times since 1989\f7
Plying the Frontiers of Alaska By Harry Basch and Shirley Slater, \o7 Slater and Basch travel as guests of the cruise lines. Cruise Views appears the first and third week of every month. \f7