Future of City--More Than a Name ROSANNE WELCH, Rosanne Welch is a Van Nuys writer whose credits include an episode for "Picket Fences." Her e-mail address is rosewelch@aol.com
Italian at Heart COLMAN ANDREWS, Andrews is the executive editor of Saveur magazine and the author of "Flavors of the Riviera," to be published this fall by Bantam
'90s a Rude Awakening From Suburban Dream MYRON LEVIN, This story was reported by Times staff writers Myron Levin, Lucille Renwick, Doug Smith and Jocelyn Y. Stewart. It was written by Levin
Mutual Funds: the Opportunity for Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs MICHAEL SCHRAGE, MICHAEL SCHRAGE is a consultant and a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of "No More Teams! Mastering the Dynamics of Creative Collaboration."
U.S. Must Do More Than Wait Shibley Telhami, Shibley Telhami, director of Cornell University's Near Eastern Studies Program, is currently a guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. He is the author, among other things, of a book on the Camp David Accords
New Building as Catalyst Frances Anderton, Francis Anderton, formerly the editor of LA Architect, the American Institute of Architects' local publication, has just co-authored a guide to architecture in Las Vegas
Hurting Friends to Hurt a Foe JORGE G. CASTANEDA, Jorge G. Castaneda is a political scientist and writer in Mexico City. His latest book is "The Mexican Shock" (New Press, 1996)
To Truly Inspire--Offer Evangelical Fervor Robert Dallek, Robert Dallek is a co-author of "Character Above All: Ten Presidents from FDR to George Bush" (Simon & Shuster) and the author of "Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents" to be published in September by Hyperion
The Political Game Behind the Valley's Rebelliousness Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior associate at the Center for Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate School and a political analyst for KCAL-TV
Creating a Vibrant Area Alexander Garvin, Alexander Garvin, a member of the New York City Planning commission, teaches urban planning at Yale University. He is the author of "The American City: What Works, What Doesn't" (McGraw-Hill)