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What happened on December 29, 1996
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Story's Image of Woodland Hills
County's 33 Slayings in 1996 Take Grim Toll SCOTT HADLY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Local MADD Chapter Active as DUI Fatalities Rise Nationally RENE LYNCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dan Hon; Attorney and Columnist
1996: A Year in Photos
Role of LAPD SIS Officers
From the Public Trough
Too Good a Job?
Valley Catholics, Interim Leader Await Naming of Area Bishop JOHN DART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Death in High Winds Was Natural
Board's Newcomers Should Seize Chance for Change
Police Making Traffic Stop Find Man With Gunshot Wound to Neck
Tollway Intimidation Not a Solution PAUL J. PITT, Paul J. Pitt is a computer automation engineer who lives in San Juan Capistrano
Kids' Compassion for Kids
Officials Plan Pickups for Christmas Trees HILARY E. MacGREGOR
Forecasters See Damp Ending to '96 NICK GREEN
L.A. County's Flu Season Mild So Far, Doctors Say MARTHA L. WILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2 Glendale Men Shot in Griffith Park
A Number of Priorities for Keeping the Good Times Rolling
Anaheim Man Robbed and Shot in the Leg
County Seeks Funds for Ambitious Wish List CARLOS V. LOZANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Two Ways of Viewing One Board
Spread the Blame in Hospital Dispute
Seen, Not Heard at Moorpark Meetings
A Call for Faith All Year Long
Airport Debate in Van Nuys
Criminals and Complaint Filings
Hypothesis Flawed in Gallegly Story
PUC Consumer Complaint Line
Shopping Cart Law Doesn't Work
Slain Woman Found in Car
Play Ball, No-Names!
Barely Half of Americans Say News Media Get Facts Right From Associated Press
Multi-City Crackdown Targets Drunk Drivers SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Truck Driver in Fatal Crash Arrested NICK GREEN
Latest Development on Bolsa Chica
Year In Review TIM RUTTEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Moral of the Story? That There's Even Any Question Dana Parsons
Hundreds Mourn 5 Young Fire Victims DEBORAH BELGUM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Groups Launch Plan to Protect Oaks NICK GREEN
Medical-Waste Mess Leads to Fees for Health Professionals SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Letter Writer Had a Vested Interest
College District Offers Free Driver Education BILL BILLITER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Valley Catholics, Interim Leader Await Naming of Area Bishop JOHN DART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Pushing Car Dies After Being Struck
Ken Wahl Held on Charges of Making Terrorist Threats
Ventura County College Personnel Panel Member Named REGINA HONG
A Year of Giving Generously
Complex Near Jail Not a Bad Idea : Golf Course, Hotel Plan Next to Pitchess Just Need Research
Economic Forecasting Credit
This Is Only a Test MICHAEL GRANBERRY, Times Staff Writer
High School Gym Closure
Bureaucrats Created Traffic Nightmare
Life, Love and Longevity : Nuns Shower Patients With Unconditional Affection, Care at Convalescent Hospital KATE FOLMAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
New Camarillo Transit System Set to Begin ANNE LOUISE BANNON
Police Ignored Probable Cause
No Cease-Fire in Airport Battle
Keeping Order on 4th of July
Couples Flying United Spark Cries of 'Not in My Airspace' SCOTT HARRIS
Students' View on Child Labor
A Shocking Lack of Compassion
Deans Are Conejo High Schools' Lords of Discipline KATE FOLMAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Youth, 17, Killed in Brawl; 3 Arrested
Reassessing Valley's Melting Pot ROGER WALDINGER, Roger Waldinger, a professor of sociology at UCLA and director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, is the co-editor of "Ethnic Los Angeles," (Russell Sage Foundation) and the author of "Still the Promised City? African Americans and New Immigrants in Post-Industrial New York" (Harvard University Press)
Why Should This Be the Season? NOREEN CASTELLANI, Noreen Castellani is a founding volunteer of Frontline Foundation
New Chapters in Some Tales Told in '96 BOB POOL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Remembering Those Who Made a Difference
SPORTS
A Father's Farewell : Former Laker Erickson Copes With the Death of His Nocturnal 'Angel' MIKE DOWNEY
Mater Dei Comeback Falls Short
UNPOLISHED GEM : 76ers' Brash Rookie Allen Iverson Does It His Way as He Takes the NBA by Storm MARK HEISLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kersey Finally Feeling Good SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
Mother of Player Killed in Accident Associated Press
Lakers Tonight SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
Baumgartner Gets Moved to Defense ROBYN NORWOOD
Marina Defense Shuts Down Ocean View to Reach the Final MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Braswell Sharpens Focus on Big Plans JEFF FLETCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Today's Wild-card Playoff
Kings Can't Hold the Avalanche LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
They Know Little About Carolina T.J. SIMERS
Loyola Plays Tough, but Loses FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ
This Week's 'Dallas' Has No Suspense T.J. SIMERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spurrier Remains on the Offensive CHRIS DUFRESNE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Brown Pushes, but Fullerton Hangs On LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
USC's Rally Proves Too Little, Too Late to Defeat UNLV, 80-75 GEORGE DOHRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Uh, Mike? You Almost Missed STEVE SPRINGER
Jaguars Have Ways, Means to Stun Bills STEVE SPRINGER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spurrier Not One to Turn Cheek CHRIS DUFRESNE
Pac-10 Putting Up Impressive Numbers From Associated Press
Unexpected Twist Gives Vasquez a Quick Victory Over Perez DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bruins Score Upset; Trojans Also Win From Associated Press
Bylsma, Nurminen Each Provide a Goal LONNIE WHITE
Soothsayer Has 1997 Figured Out JIM MURRAY
Baumgartner Gets the Nod on Defense ROBYN NORWOOD
Baffert Takes Two Top Spots in the Feature BOB MIESZERSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Poised Fullerton Beats Brown LON EUBANKS
Penguins Like New Goaltender From Associated Press
Ducks Having Devilish Time on Their Trip ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dallas 40, Minnesota 15 Associated Press
Nielsen's Royal Comeback Sets Up Cross-town Meeting MITCH POLIN
There's No Quit in Paterno, 70 Associated Press
Snyder Plucks Coaching Honor Associated Press
Arizona State EARL GUSTKEY
Instant Replay : More Than Bragging Rights at Stake for Florida, Florida State in the Sugar Bowl BRENT KALLESTAD, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Community College Basketball Roundup
Kansas Tabs Allen to Replace Mason Associated Press
Newport Harbor Falls in Rhode Island
Robinson Out Six to 12 Weeks Associated Press
Veteran Harper, New Guys Team Up for Maverick Win Associated Press
Fountain Valley Wins El Toro Wrestling Meet
Smith's Running Effectiveness a Question Mark for Cowboys Bob Oates
Draft's Pick: One Sport : Stanford Linebacker Will Drop Baseball to Focus on Football MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Boller Makes Fast Impact, Leads Hart to Title, 37-29 LAUREN PETERSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Bruins' 'Bench' Chips In TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hartman Will Transfer to Portland State
Soccer
Utah's Easy Win Cut Short JOHN WEYLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Marauders Advance to Final, 92-73 STEVE GALLUZZO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Today's Wild-card Playoff
LSU Does Just Enough to Win, 10-7 From Associated Press
You Never Know What They Think--Until Now Mark Heisler
Boys' Basketball / Orange Holiday Classic
Brea Olinda Falls to Pickerington in the Semifinals
Excalibur Girls' Soccer Tournament Postponed WENDY WITHERSPOON
Kidd Aggravates Old Injuries, Misses Second Half of Debut From Associated Press
Hagman Helps CSUN Shoot Down Air Force
Harvard-Westlake Doesn't Let Down PETER YOON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Penguins' Stojanov Injured in Crash Times News Services
The Miracle Man No Ordinary Jones MIKE DOWNEY
Gustavus Adolphus Beats Concordia in Overtime
Rancho Santiago Wins in Overtime STEVE KRESAL
Ohio State LISA DILLMAN
Orange Reaches Tournament Final With 48-34 Win MIKE WOJCIECHOWSKI
Boys' Basketball
Touch of Sinnamonn Lifts Crescenta Valley
Newbury Park Steps Up TRIS WYKES
Indians' Mesa Arrested for Misconduct From Staff and Wire Reports
Nonconference JEFF FLETCHER
A Matter of Honors : Arizona State Linebacker Scott Von der Ahe Takes Umbrage at Pac-10 Snub and Those Who Doubt Him and His Team DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No. 8 Utah Makes Nice, Dumps UCI JOHN WEYLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wildcat Coaches to Gang Tackle HELENE ELLIOTT
And These Are Some of His Best Volleys MAL FLORENCE
Kings Not Well-Known Enough to Be Anonymous Bill Plaschke
Top to Bottom : CAPSULES AND RANKINGS MARK HEISLER, Times Staff Writer
Now You Know HOUSTON MITCHELL
BUSINESS
Companies Can Ask Plenty of Their Exempt Employees
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview STUART SILVERSTEIN
America West to Add Overnight Maintenance at John Wayne MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview JESUS SANCHEZ
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview CHUCK PHILIPS
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview AMY HARMON
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview DENISE GELLENE
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview JAMES BATES
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview VICKI TORRES
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview JUBE SHIVER
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview GEORGE WHITE
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview SALLIE HOFMEISTER
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview MYRON LEVIN
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview DON LEE
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview CHRIS KRAUL
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview DONALD W. NAUSS
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview JAMES F. PELTZ
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview JULIE PITTA
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview MICHAEL HILTZIK
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview DAVID R. OLMOS
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview MARTHA GROVES
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview JAMES F. PELTZ
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview NANCY RIVERA BROOKS
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview CHRIS KRAUL
Homeowners May Win New Tax Relief in 1997 KENNETH R. HARNEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Finding an Oasis of Profit for Islamic Investors From Bloomberg Business News
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview JESUS SANCHEZ
Biz Quiz JAMES F. PELTZ
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview THOMAS S. MULLIGAN
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview DAVID R. OLMOS
INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview EVELYN IRITANI
The Companies to Watch Are Taking a Global View JAMES FLANIGAN
Shareholders Should View Manager's Departure as a Red Flag RUSS WILES, Russ Wiles is a financial writer for the Arizona Republic
From the Weird to the Wonderful, the Year's Business News Was Full of Surprises From Associated Press
California's job growth surged in 1996 and is headed higher next year, analysts say. The big question now: Is the state's economy really. . . : Ready to Fly? PATRICE APODACA
Year-End Bonuses Being Replaced With Performance-Based Plans
California's job growth surged in 1996 and is headed higher next year, analysts say. The big question now: Is the state's economy really. . . : Ready to Fly? : Housing Prices in L.A. on Rise, Moderately JESUS SANCHEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
California's job growth surged in 1996 and is headed higher next year, analysts say. The big question now: Is the state's economy really. . . : Ready to Fly? : Tech, Trade and Movies Main Engines DON LEE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NEWS
Let Tommy Help With Timeouts
End of Trail May Change for Imprisoned Navajo Leader JULIA PRODIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pianist, 14, Sneaks Out of Cuba to Pursue His Dream EDDIE DOMINGUEZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deputies Call Desert Stretch Their Beat TOM GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dolls Continue to Take Biting Toll From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Work Release Is Key to Escape for Many Inmates ERIC LICHTBLAU and RALPH FRAMMOLINO and PAUL FELDMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Inn Hollywood IRENE LACHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Philanthropist Set for New Year Honor From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Britain Hopes 10,000 Ringers Will Chime In SUE LEEMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clinton, Archer Meet to Discuss Policy From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Guerrillas Arrive in Guatemala City for Signing of Treaty From Associated Press
2 Computer Errors Delay Flights in East From Times Staff and Wire Reports
If at First You Don't Secede, Try Again With Better PR NANCY HILL-HOLTZMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
N. Korea Is Said Near Apology for Sub Incident From Associated Press
Stowaways Found in Ship Container Reuters
Let's Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
Don't Tar All Kids With the Same Brush
9 Killed by Ebola, State Radio Reports From Times Wire Reports
NASA Seeks to Prove Safety of Privatizing the Shuttle MARCIA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Tale of Ethics: the Positive and Negative DANA PARSONS
Firm Fujimori Is Familiar Figure MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rebels Free 20 Captives in Peru, Revise Demands MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Canada Coaxes Painful Memories Out of Abused Schoolchildren DAVID CRARY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Voting Dispute Deepens Rift Over Latino Group NANCY CLEELAND and DEXTER FILKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Man Charged After Hostage Standoff From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Missing Girl, Soldier Met on Internet From Times Staff and Wire Reports
10,000 Mourn First Victim of Serb Opposition Protests From Times Wire Services
Experts Cite Frustration in Shaken-Baby Deaths From Associated Press
Furor Over Election Spotlights Latino Aid Group NANCY CLEELAND and DEXTER FILKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Details Emerge of Clinton Fund-Raising Involvement GLENN F. BUNTING and ALAN C. MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Shielded Species Get High-Tech Lab Help KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Democratic Aide's Role in Campaign Told ALAN C. MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Peal Is the Sum of Many Changes
World Population Growth Stabilization Advocated by 2025 Reuters
Despite Efforts, the State Department Attracts Relatively Few Minorities GEORGE GEDDA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cuts in Welfare Payments Take Effect This Week VIRGINIA ELLIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Army's Hotline Is Nerve Center for Growing Sex Harassment Inquiry SHERYL STOLBERG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ex-McDonald's Worker Held in Shooting BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Some Scientists Question Ban on Peacetime Use of Nuclear Explosions IAN MADER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Can the Rev. Matthew Fox Even Be Considered a Christian?
When Jews Leave Faith Behind MARJORIE MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Backs Planned Changes to Air-Bag Regulations MARLENE CIMONS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Thousands of Addicts, Alcoholics to Lose Aid VIRGINIA ELLIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Son Wins New Murder Trial for Mother ELIZABETH HUDSON, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST
600 Held in Shooting of Hussein's Son From Times Wire Reports
Powerful Snow and Ice Storm Rakes Pacific Northwest RORY MARSHALL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chess : International News JACK PETERS, INTERNATIONAL MASTER
Guerrillas Arrive in Guatemala City for Signing of Treaty From Associated Press
Orange County Pictures Of The Year 1996
Besieged by Bills, Transplant Patient Dies ERICH SMITH, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Debutantes Presented in Time for Holidays MARY LOU LOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Doctor Accused of His Baby's Death Caught in Tragic Dilemma CATHERINE CROCKER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Probes Death Row Record Label's Money Trail CHUCK PHILIPS and ALAN ABRAHAMSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Four-Star Films : 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan' Susan King
TURN ON, TUNE IN OR MISS OUT : Charlie Rose and masters of the art universe on PBS; ABC welcomes new year with Dick Clark in Times Square STEVEN LINAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Violent History
A Penchant for Burglaries
Family Hour Provides No Haven From Sexual Messages LYNN SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : New 'Shelby Woo' files opened on Nickelodeon; KCET unveils a 'Magic School Bus' special LEE HARRIS, TIMES WRITER WRITER
Whose Childhood Is It Anyway? MARNELL JAMESON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
WALTER CRONKITE: Anchored in History SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Trying to Hide His Past
S. Koreans Protesting Labor Law Clash With Police From Times Wire Services
'Unsuitable' for Probation
The Year in Toasts, Boasts and Roasts
BOOKS
BLOOD SPORT The President and His Adversaries By James B. Stewart; Simon & Schuster: 479 pp., $25 J. ANTHONY LUKAS
INFINITE JEST By David Foster Wallace; Little, Brown: 1,079 pp., $29.95 DAVID KIPEN
THE SIZE OF THOUGHTS Essays and Other Lumber By Nicholson Baker; Random House: 355 pp., $25 JIM KRUSOE
THREE GOSPELS By Reynolds Price Scribner: 288 pp., $23 CHRISTOPHER TILGHMAN
HISTORY WARS The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past Edited by Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt; Metropolitan Books: 291 pp., $30 JOYCE APPLEBY
DANCE REAL SLOW By Michael Grant Jaffe; Farrar Straus & Giroux: 242 pp., $20 AMY BLOOM
LIGHT YEARS: A Memoir By Le Anne Schreiber; Lyons & Burford: 160 pp., $20 SUSAN CHEEVER
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF MAVIS GALLANT By Mavis Gallant: Random House: 887 pp., $45 MICHAEL DORRIS
RUINED BY READING A Life in Books By Lynne Sharon Schwartz Beacon Press: 119 pp., $18 FREDERICK BUSCH
Among Our Contributors
REWRITES By Neil Simon; Simon & Schuster: 397 pp., $25 STEVE ALLEN
THE GIANT'S HOUSE A Romance By Elizabeth McCracken; The Dial Press: 259 pp., $19.95 ANTONYA NELSON
HELLMAN AND HAMMETT The Legendary Passion of Lily and Dash By Joan Mellen HarperCollins: 549 pp., $32 ALLEN BARRA
THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS By Scott Turow; Farrar Straus & Giroux: 534 pp., $26.95 EDNA BUCHANAN
THE STORIES OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV Edited and translated by Dmitri Nabokov; Alfred A. Knopf: 659 pp., $35 TATYANA TOLSTAYA
OUT OF SIGHT By Elmore Leonard; Delacorte Press: 296 pp., $22.95 ED McBAIN
PUSH By Sapphire: Alfred A. Knopf: 179 pp., $20 PAULA L. WOODS
Culture Shock : LE DIVORCE, By Diane Johnson; Dutton: 309 pp. , $23.95 RICHARD EDER
GOOD HAIR By Benilde Little Simon & Schuster: 237 pp., $22 KAREN GRIGSBY BATES
IN SEARCH OF NATURE By E.O. Wilson Island Press: 192 pp., $19.95 EDWARD HOAGLAND
HEAT WAVE By Penelope Lively; HarperCollins: 215 pp., $22 FAY WELDON
IN THE OPEN Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic By Timothy Donohue; University of Chicago: 204 pp., $22.95 ALEC WILKINSON
ALICE MUNRO Selected Stories By Alice Munro: Alfred A. Knopf: 545 pp., $30 KATE PHILLIPS
AN EASY BURDEN The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America By Andrew Young; HarperCollins: 550 pp., $27.50 JULIAN BOND
AN ACCIDENTAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Houghton Mifflin: 396 pp., $24.95 SUSAN ISAACS
JERUSALEM One City, Three Faiths By Karen Armstrong Alfred A. Knopf: 471 pp., $30 : TO RULE JERUSALEM By Roger Friedland and Richard Hecht Cambridge University Press: 554 pp., $39.95 JONATHAN KIRSCH
JESSE The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson By Marshall Frady Random House: 552 pp., $27.50 ROBERT SHERRILL
THE POET By Michael Connelly; Little, Brown: 436 pp., $22.95 LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV
HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust By Daniel Jonah Goldhagen; Alfred A. Knopf: 640 pp., $30 LOUIS BEGLEY
WE WERE THE MULVANEYS By Joyce Carol Oates; Dutton: 432 pp., $24.95 BEVERLY LOWRY
THE LAST OF DEEDS & LOVE IN HISTORY By Eoin McNamee; Picador USA: 185 pp., $21 FRANK McCOURT
Richard Eder's Top Ten Books Of 1996
A MAPMAKER'S DREAMS The Meditations of Fra Mauro Cartographer to the Court of Venice By James Cowan; Shambhala: 151 pp., $18 ALAN LIGHTMAN
JACKIE ROBINSON An Intimate Portrait By Rachel Robinson With Lee Daniels Harry N. Abrams: 240 pp., $29.95 : STEALING HOME An Intimate Family Portrait by Sharon Robinson, HarperCollins: 213 pp., $24 ROGER KAHN
UNDAUNTED COURAGE Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West By Stephen E. Ambrose; Simon & Schuster: 496 pp., $30 PATRICIA NELSON LIMERICK
THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS By Roddy Doyle; Viking: 208 pp., $22.95 FRANCINE PROSE
JAMES THURBER His Life and Times By Harrison Kinney; Henry Holt: 1,238 pp., $40 BILL BARICH
A TALENT FOR TROUBLE The Life of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyler By Jan Herman; Putnam: 500 pp., $30 STEVEN BACH
BORDERING ON CHAOS Guerrillas, Stockbrokers, Politicians and Mexico's Road to Prosperity By Andres Oppenheimer; Little, Brown: 367 pp., $25.95 ANN LOUISE BARDACH
PROSPECT The Journal of an Artist By Anne Truitt; Scribner: 221 pp., $22 ALIX KATES SHULMAN
STORIES FROM A SIBERIAN VILLAGE By Vasily Shukshin translated by Laura Michael and John Givens; Northern Illinois Univ. Press: 255 pp., $35 cloth, $16 paper MARTIN CRUZ SMITH
DOING BATTLE The Making of a Skeptic By Paul Fussell Little, Brown: 320 pp., $24 RUSSELL F. WEIGLEY
TALES OF BURNING LOVE By Louise Erdrich; HarperCollins: 452 pp., $25 VERLYN KLINKENBORG
ENDANGERED DREAMS The Great Depression in California By Kevin Starr; Oxford University Press: 402 pp., $35 T. H. WATKINS
BIRDSONG By Sebastian Faulks; Random House: 402 pp., $25 GEORGE GARRETT
OPINION
U.S. vs. Asia: Culture as Diplomacy Jacob Heilbrun, Jacob Heilbrun is an associate editor of the New Republic
The Last Barrier Against Chill
Free Buses
Israel and Expanded Settlement Activity
Payment to Hubbell
Parking Placards
Gingrich Seems a Hypocrite, While Clinton Seems a Cynic William Schneider, William Schneider, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a political analyst for CNN
Predictions? OK: Everything You Won't Be Seeing in '97 Bruce McCall, Bruce McCall is a regular contributor to the New Yorker
How to Prevent Death by Fire in Unsafe, Illegal Housing Neal Richman and Danny Krouk, Neal Richman teaches in the Department of Urban Planning in the School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA. Danny Krouk consults with the Community Building Institute. Both work on the Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles telecommunications and information system
Killing Minorities Softly With Words Intended to Be Helpful David E. Hayes-Bautista and Gregory Rodriguez
'Living Wage' Proposal
For Science, 1997 Shapes Up as the Year of the Tight Belt
Concealed Weapons Permits
Crash Course in Americanism
We Can't Afford to Lose China Again JOSEPH S. NYE Jr., Joseph S. Nye Jr. is dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs in the Clinton administration
Dennis Ross Richard B. Straus, Richard B. Straus is the editor of the Middle East Policy Review
U.S. Quietly Abandons the Kurds of Northern Iraq Thomas Goltz, Thomas Goltz covers the region bounded by the Adriatic and Caspian seas. His documentary film on Chechnya was a finalist for the Rory Peck Award (London)
Carl Sagan
Presidents Expect History to Justify Them; Don't Bet on It Robert Dallek, Robert Dallek, who taught at UCLA for 30 years, is currently a professor of history at Boston University. His most recent book is "Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents" (Hyperion)
DreamWorks: To Be a City or a Studio? Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the John M. Olin fellow at the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy and a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. He is also business-trends analyst for Fox TV
Dispute Over Unionization at New Otani
TRAVEL
Traveler's Notes . . .
Butterflies Alight at Niagara Falls
Down By the Ocean, Down By the Sea LUCY IZON
A Matter of Definition
Striking a Peaceful Note in the Mideast
Maybe Fascinating; Maybe Not JOHN MUNCIE
Music of Berlin and the Bayou KARIN DOMINELLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Joy in Leadville
Festivals, Feasts & Fairs AMY A. WEBER
From Beaches and Bluffs to Birds JOHN McKINNEY
Indigestible Prices?
Paris on Alert for More Bombings EDWARD WRIGHT, Wright is a former assistant foreign editor at The Times. His column appears monthly
Safe Car Rides . . . Without Complaints EILEEN OGINTZ
With a Takeover in the Air, Rooms Are in Great Demand CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Plying the 'Canals' of San Diego
How to Quell Fear of Flying KATHLEEN DOHENY
Civil War of Words
turning 2000 . . . where in the world will you be? CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
ENTERTAINMENT
Discovering a Fresh New World of African Sounds Don Snowden, Don Snowden is an occasional contributor to Calendar
Show-Biz Showdown
Love Connection
Identity Crisis
Jersey Girl
In Memoriam
Music / Dance
Room For One More
Theater
Art
Architecture
Kevin Thomas' 10-best List
A Guide To The Best And Rest Of '96
So, They Fixed TV ... Brian Lowry, Brian Lowry is a Times staff writer
The End of Life as We Know It?
'96 By The Numbers
It Was Downright Doleful Chuck Crisafulli, Chuck Crisafulli writes about comedy for Calendar
The Consensus Top 10 Richard Cromelin
Best of the Year? It's Just Too Close to Call Kenneth Turan, Kenneth Turan is The Times' film critic
Restaurants
On Stage, It Just Keeps Rollin' Along Laurie Winer, Laurie Winer is The Times' theater critic
Pop Music
Classic Struggle Mark Swed, Mark Swed is The Times' music critic
Howard Rosenberg HOWARD ROSENBERG
Work in Progress
In a Dubious Year, a Man of Distinction Steve Hochman
Year of Extremes in Dance Circles Lewis Segal, Lewis Segal is The Times' dance critic
The Future Beckons Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn is The Times' pop music critic
Top 10 Entertainment Highlights on the Third Rock From the Sun
The Year In Quotes : Two Michaels And Only One Mickey
A Few Things Memorable Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
There's 'Sexual Politics' and Museum Politics Too Christopher Knight, Christopher Knight is a Times art critic
Jazz Builds a Home in the West Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
How Shall He Be Remembered?
Movies : Top 10 Findings In Polls About Cultural Issues:
Television : TOP 10 QUOTES ABOUT REGULATING TV
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