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What happened on March 13, 1996
BUSINESS
Success, From the Ground Up : O.C.'s Gary Brinderson Is a Building Heavyweight LESLIE EARNEST, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
South Coast Plaza to Get Tourism Kiosk Marla Dickerson
Company Ran Ponzi Scheme, Receiver Accuses JAMES S. GRANELLI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Failed Experiment Succeeds in Proving Something LEE DYE
Railroad Merger Gains Backing of 2 Key Unions JAMES F. PELTZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
InVitro Moves to Expand Market
Quarterly Profits Dip at Three D
Technology Times Staff and Wire Reports
Assisted Living on Buying Spree
Kingston Announces Price Cut
New Orders for Computer Chips Fall Again From Reuters
Magellan Missing Out on Rally From Bloomberg Business News
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Other News Times Staff and Wire Reports
Thefts Add Up to Lodging Industry Losses Marla Dickerson
Cyclicals Are Back in Favor, but Some More Than Others TOM PETRUNO
Real Estate Times Staff and Wire Reports
Sverdrup Lands Kirtland Job
Company to Move to Anaheim
'I'm Going to Disneyland' . . . to Study the Plumbing Marla Dickerson
Times Mirror to Explore Sale of College and Science Units From a Times Staff Writer
A Wounded Lion : Tarnished MGM Finds Itself on the Block JAMES BATES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Health Times Staff and Wire Reports
Additional 396,000 Shares Sold by Data Processing Resources GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2 Views on 1st Amendment : As Americans Decry What They See as Online Censorship, Germans Wonder What All the Fuss Is About MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
AOL, Microsoft Form Broad Alliance in Online Services JUBE SHIVER Jr., TIMES STAFF WRITER
Timber Times Staff and Wire Reports
Company Town Annex Times Staff and Wire Reports
To Our Readers
Technology Times Staff and Wire Reports
Blue Chips Up Slightly After Another Tumultuous Session MARTHA GROVES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Isuzu Pulls 'Body Bag' TV Commercial DENISE GELLENE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Election-Year Information and Some Fun and Games LAWRENCE J. MAGID
PEOPLE : Discord Cited as Buzz Publisher Resigns DENISE GELLENE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More Women Join Ranks of U.S. Executives Abroad From Reuters
AT&T to Sell Stock in Equipment Business From Bloomberg Business News
From Fonts to Furniture, Something for Every PC Procrastinator DANIEL AKST
Wiz Technology Makes a Buy
Light's Out: Taco Bell Cuts Most Low-Cal Menu Items GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Blue Chips Up Slightly After Another Tumultuous Session MARTHA GROVES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Behind Many Hotel Changes Is a Woman CAROL SMITH, Carol Smith is a freelance business writer based in Pasadena
Technology Times Staff and Wire Reports
U.S. Trade Deficit Second-Worst in History From Times Wire Services
I-Flow Sells Marketing Rights
D.A., Service Station Settle Suit Over Contamination
Xylan Shares More Than Double in 1st Day of Trading PATRICE APODACA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Going Places : Inland Empire Keeps Adding Jobs With Transportation and High Tech JAMES FLANIGAN
PEOPLE : MCA Vice Chairman Tom Pollock Resigns JAMES BATES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Mourners Say Goodbye to a Comedy Legend DUKE HELFAND, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rapping Teacher Proves He Has All the Angles : Teacher mixes math and hip-hop to teach 10th-graders the Pythagorean theorem. Attitude is the reason many kids don't do well, he says. So he tries to make learning fun. ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Vince Edwards, TV's Dr. Ben Casey, Dies at 67 ERIC SLATER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southeast : Bill Would Require Truth by Officials at Public Meetings
Laguna Beach Says 24 Teachers Subject to Layoff MARTIN MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
College District Hires Official Who Left Amid Scandals KELLY DAVID, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
San Gabriel Valley : City Council Answers Parishioners' Parking Prayers
Deputies Describe Chaos After Woman's Slaying at Courthouse
Commission Divided on 13-Home Project DAVID R. BAKER
A Dissident's View of Taiwan Chinese dissident WEI JINGSHENG has been in prison for almost all of the last 17 years. Before his most recent arrest in 1994, he gave a copy of his prison writings to a friend, who recently smuggled them to Japan. The following is excerpted from Wei's Sept. 30, 1984, memo on Taiwan, translated by Philip J. Cunningham, a writer in Tokyo
Countywide : Immigrant Paperwork Assistance Offered LESLEY WRIGHT
Chancellor, Senate President to Draft College Hiring Policy MIMI KO CRUZ
Builder Downsizes Plan for CSUN JOHN CHANDLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Museum Merger Vote Deadline Delayed 21 Days ZAN DUBIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Foes of Tighter Rules for Signs Lose Round BILL BILLITER
Seniors : Achievements, activities : Lecture to Explore Orange County's Past JOHN POPE
Outstanding Athlete Nominations Sought MIGUEL BUSTILLO
Oxnard City Council Votes to End Year-Old Land Use Commission ERIC WAHLGREN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
103 Signs Will Admonish L.A. Drivers to Buckle Up
Westside
Council Considers a Billboard Boast TRACY WILSON
Owner Blames MTA Tunneling for Sinking Club EFRAIN HERNANDEZ JR., TIMES STAFF WRITER
Magnet School Plans Curriculum Sessions DAVID R. BAKER
Seniors : Achievements, activities : Style Course Focuses on Redefining Image JOHN POPE
ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 10 Years Ago Today . . .
Crime, Economy Mark Mayor's Speech NICK GREEN
School's Concert Benefits Sick Boy KIMBERLY BROWER
North Hollywood : Science Student Wins College Scholarship KATE FOLMAR
City Rejects Offer to Use Simi Dump TRACY WILSON
A Little Means a Lot for LAUSD : Some good news: L.A. schools still have the best and brightest
Plea Entered in Child-Support Case PAUL ELIAS
CHP Stops Van With 20 Illegal Immigrants LEE ROMNEY
Foes Aim to Buy Land to Stop Sport X MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pat Buchanan
Front-Runner's Duty: Reject the Politics of Resentment : Dole, and GOP, should say no to Buchanan's approach : Buchanan intends to force his 'anti' agenda onto the GOP platform committee at the San Diego convention and try to wield veto power over vice presidential candidates.
Crimes
Seismic Retrofit Bond Measure
Unions
Family, Friends Hold Vigil for Burn Victim JOANNA M. MILLER and DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Countywide : Supervisors Reduce Dumping Fee by 23% SHELBY GRAD
ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : Measure T: A Small, Good Change
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting of Teacher
When Parallel Universes Bump PATT MORRISON
Court Ruling on Assisted Suicides
Obituaries : Dorothy Evelyn Wolstenholm; Motel Owner
Countywide : 1 Death, 2 Fires Are Blamed on the Rain
Human Skull Found at Air Base
Jesse Jackson Exhorts Students to Vote ANTONIO OLIVO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Unleashed Federal Power Is No Cure for Terrorism GLENN HARLAN REYNOLDS, Glenn Harlan Reynolds is an associate professor of law at the University of Tennessee
Seeking to Seize Opportunity : Democrats focus on credentials, charisma, charges of carpetbagging in bid for seat vacated by GOP's Carlos Moorhead. NANCY HILL-HOLTZMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
South Bay : Assemblyman Offers 4 Bills to Safeguard Grave Sites
Anaheim Urged to Deal With Disney on Big A Revamp GREG HERNANDEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Valleywide : Deadline for New 'Green Cards' Nears MARGARET RAMIREZ
Irvine Broker Arrested in Grand Theft
Busch Ranch in Owens Valley
Planners Deny Proposal for 228 Homes in East Ventura TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Council Orders Talks on Police Firing Range DEBRA CANO
Boy Critically Injured in Crash at Intersection LEE ROMNEY
San Fernando Valley : Family Challenges Police Account of Fatal Shooting
Redbook List Honors 2 Local High Schools KIMBERLY BROWER
Bidder Protests Award for Building of a Park ENRIQUE LAVIN
Blue's Blues : Part of the Habitat of an Endangered Butterfly Is Buried Under Compost ERIC SLATER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dinner-Dance to Fete Boys & Girls Clubs STEPHANIE BROMMER
A rotating panel of experts from the worlds of philosophy, psychology and religion offer their perspective on the dilemmas that come with living in Southern California. LARRY B. STAMMER / Times religion writer
Obituaries
Judge Forbids Use of '3 Strikes' Against Teen PAUL ELIAS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Schoolchildren Go for the Academic Gold MIGUEL HELFT
Deputy Tells of Courthouse Chaos After Shooting NICHOLAS RICCARDI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Delivering Clients From Postal Woes BOB POOL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Seniors : Achievements, activities : AARP Offers Driver Refresher Classes JOHN POPE
$20-Million Plan for Airports OKd JEFF McDONALD
1 Dead, 1 Hurt as Pickup Hits Pole, Skids Into House
Central Los Angeles : State Gives $500,000 to City for Business Growth, Jobs
Valleywide : Rain Causes Traffic Problems on Freeways JOSE CARDENAS
Plan Offers 9th-Graders High School Coping Tips RUSS LOAR
Van Nuys : High School Chosen for Technology Grant KATE FOLMAR
Supervisors Urge Expansion of Palmdale Airport TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Obituaries
Expansion of Palmdale Airport Urged TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Countywide : Disaster Preparedness Conference Thursday
Tests Show Woman Was Strangled
Seniors : Achievements, activities : Tustin High Wants to Hear From Alumni JOHN POPE
Storm Hits County With Surprising Force NICK GREEN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
UCI Medical Center Laying Off 151 Workers MICHAEL GRANBERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tightwad Ideas Flood Riordan's Contest JEAN MERL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kilauea Jazz Band to Play Radio Benefit KELLY DAVID
Pacoima : Parents Complete Nutrition Course TIM MAY
From a Time of Darkness, a Light Shines : Miep Gies, Who Hid Anne Frank's Family, Speaks in Anaheim DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
PERSPECTIVE ON PROPOSITION 200 : Only Lawyers Lose on No-Fault : The plan would curtail much litigation, cut most of the fraud and end the uninsured motorist subsidy. ANDREW TOBIAS, Andrew Tobias is one of the authors of Propositions 200, 201 and 202. In 1993, he won the Consumer Federation of America Media Service Award
The Fight Against Crime: Notes From The Front : Child's Safety Rides on Right Use of Seats LISA LEFF, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Electability' Key for Dems in Area Long Held by GOP NANCY HILL-HOLTZMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Chatsworth : School Adopts Strict Clothing Guidelines DAVID E. BRADY
Services Today for Retired Detective John McClain NANCY WRIDE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Westside : Westwood Gets Taste of Ireland, With Nouveau Twist
Family, Friends Hold Vigil for High-Voltage Tower Burn Victim JOANNA M. MILLER and DAVID R. BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Obituaries : Alma Pearl Wilson; 78-Year County Resident
NAACP Chief Urges O.C. Activism LORENZA MUNOZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
South Bay : RATHBUN ARRAIGNED
The Mother of All Outrages: Bonin on Social Security Dana Parsons
Calabasas : Golf Driving Range Complies With Rules FRANK MANNING
That Sinking Feeling : Club Owner Says MTA Tunneling Damage Has Closed Her Business EFRAIN HERNANDEZ JR., TIMES STAFF WRITER
Decision '96 : No on Measure to Study Cougars : Prop. 197 would open door to sport killing of the big cats
Trolling for Bass ROBERT A. JONES
NEWS
Running Hot and Cold KATHLEEN DOHENY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ficus' Shady Reputation Prompts Change in Scenery LARRY GORDON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Baylor University's Decision to End Its Ban on Dancing Has the Faithful Wondering Whether They Can Prevent Church-Affiliated Schools From . . . : Losing Their Religion ROY RIVENBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bribery Case Figure Known for Aggressive Style TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Recipients Upset by Senator's Letter on Gay Marriage Bill BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Diamond Fever in Angola BOB DROGIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Number of Arrests by LAPD Plunges Since '91 JIM NEWTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Watt Draws Probation in HUD Probe SHERI L. WASSENAAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
World IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : IRA Admits Setting Off Weekend Bomb From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Actions Raise Hopes for Break on Budget From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Vacancies on College Panels Go Unfilled AMY WALLACE, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
World IN BRIEF : SOUTH ATLANTIC : Chinese Spy Satellite Thought to Be in Sea From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Taiwan Hints at Direct China Ties if Threat Ends JIM MANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
World IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Clinton Signs Bill on Cuba Sanctions From Times Staff and Wire Reports
THE BATTLE AGAINST MIDEAST TERROR : Blockade of Palestinians Takes a Toll MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For the Record
Wilson OKs Methyl Bromide Extension Associated Press
Serious Crime Falls in State's Major Cities CARL INGRAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
O.C. to Pay for Defense of Former Budget Chief SHELBY GRAD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
THE BATTLE AGAINST MIDEAST TERROR : Prodigal to Return to Likud Fold MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nation IN BRIEF : NEW HAMPSHIRE : Dog Dials 911, Saves Her Owner's Life From Times Staff and Wire Reports
THE BATTLE AGAINST MIDEAST TERROR : At Summit to Thwart Terrorism, Safety Is a Key Concern JOHN DANISZEWSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mexico Official Quits After Massacre Charges MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dole Adds at Least 4 More States to String of Victories BOB SIPCHEN and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Brake Plants' Strike Puts GM on Brink of Shutdown DONALD W. NAUSS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Serious Crime Falls in State's Major Cities CARL INGRAM and GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
No Profit Seen From a Taiwan War RONE TEMPEST, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Divorce Spurred Susan McDougal to Borrow, Lawyer Says SARA FRITZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Death and Tax Measures Hold Low Profile MAX VANZI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Chechens Say Russians Looting, Burning RICHARD BOUDREAUX, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Turmoil of a Family--and a Country--in Transition : FUNNY BOY: by Shyam Selvadurai; Morrow; $23, 310 pages RICHARD EDER, TIMES BOOK CRITIC
Family, Friends Hold Vigil for Burned Youth JOANNA M. MILLER and DAVID BAKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Dole Wins 7 More States, Closes In on GOP Nomination BOB SIPCHEN and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
He's Standing Tall, Even From a Wheelchair LIBBY SLATE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
NEWS ANALYSIS : Quality of Most New Jobs Better Than Expected JONATHAN PETERSON and STUART SILVERSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Punch Lines
Muslims Retake Suburb After Serb Exodus TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Family Challenges Police Shooting BETH SHUSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. to Direct Dwindling Aid to Fewer Nations STANLEY MEISLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Police Shootings Raise Questions About '3 Strikes' JOHN JOHNSON and BETH SHUSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Ficus' Shady Reputation Prompts Change in Scenery LARRY GORDON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Summit's Political Theater Could Revive Peace Process MARJORIE MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Authors Chart a Course to Altar JANICE R. LITTLEJOHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Campaign '96 / BEHIND THE SCENES : Dole Press Spokesman Quotable but Invisible : Nelson Warfield would rather let his political witticisms, not himself, get the attention. SAM FULWOOD III, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Inmate Donates Kidney to Daughter From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Later Marriage Has Census Looking Like 'Friends' Cast MELISSA HEALY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Governor Signs Bill Extending Methyl Bromide Use 21 Months Associated Press
Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Alcoholics' Recovery Linked to Time From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Possible Muscle Find May Explain Some Headaches PAUL RECER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beyond Just Whistling in the Dark SUSAN HOWLETT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Packard Plans European Trip Despite Critics REBECCA S. WEINER, STATES NEWS SERVICE
A Journey Into a Young Writer's Old Soul DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Publishers Flood Market With Relationship Advice LINTON WEEKS, THE WASHINGTON POST
One Pint of Blood Equals Four Tickets
They Ate, They Spoke, They Left Early HILLARY JOHNSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
What Does 'Critical' Mean in Hospitalese? KATHLEEN DOHENY
All Play and No Work Is No Fun ROBIN ABCARIAN
SPORTS
The Ultimate Sacrifice PETE THOMAS
What More Can He Do? : UCLA's DeCinces Still Trying to Make Big League Teams Take Notice CHRIS FOSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Six Teams To Watch : Santa Margarita
Hook Discovers Winning Attitude at Huntington Beach WENDY WITHERSPOON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Six Teams To Watch : Huntington Beach
Rose Bowl Might Get a Super Bowl Before Year 2000 BILL PLASCHKE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nuggets Rise to Occasion and Knock Off the Magic From Associated Press
Ciccarelli Rockets Past Richard From Associated Press
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : It's Only Spring, but Finley Has Faith MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Azusa Pacific Loses in NAIA Associated Press
Stevenson Will Try to Add Punch to Lineup ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Rizzuto Returns to Yankees' Booth
Less Is More for Master's JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
COLLEGE BASKETBALL DAILY REPORT : Will Slowdown Game Faze Bruins? TIM KAWAKAMI
As Bass Arrive, So Do the Tales
Boys
College Basketball Daily Report Times News Services
CISL Releases 1996 Regular-Season Schedule
It's Mostly Downhill for U.S. Contingent BOB LOCHNER
Girls
Calendar PETE THOMAS
State Games to Be Spread Around County Sites KEITH THURSBY
A Red Carpet Is Rolled Out for O'Malley T.J. SIMERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sabonis Aces His Boards SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Titans' Two Basketball Teams Endure a Long, Difficult Season LON EUBANKS
If He Can't Hit, Will He Change It to Awful Terrible Monds III? MAL FLORENCE
Notes on a Scorecard ALLAN MALAMUD
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Rizzuto Returns to Yankees' Booth
Football From Staff and Wire Reports
Chatsworth Wins in Waltz as Van Nuys Loses Harmony TRIS WYKES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Becker, Capriati Knocked Out BILL DWYRE, TIMES SPORTS EDITOR
Rebelleion : Indians' Slugger Has Had Some Problems, but as Long as He Hits, Indians Won't Push Him ROSS NEWHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
COLLEGE BASKETBALL DAILY REPORT : Camby Is Top All-American Times News Services
Criticism Not Hard to Muster When It Comes to No. 1 Player JULIE CART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Six Teams To Watch : San Clemente
Heart Problem Forces Him to Quit Soccer MARTIN BECK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Course Superintendent Hoping Rains Go Away CHRIS FOSTER
COLLEGE BASKETBALL DAILY REPORT : Of Course, UMass Respects 11-18 Foe Times News Services
State Honor Is Fleeting for Cantrell; It's Also Ollie's to Share
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : It's Only Spring, but Finley Has Faith MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Gabriel Ruelas Fights Herrera in Main Event Tonight at Olympic STEVE SPRINGER
Matadors Just Swinging in the Rain STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
COLLEGE BASKETBALL DAILY REPORT : Turk Resigns at S. Mississippi Times News Services
Hoover Softball Coach Suspended Over Funds
Hatchery Stays Open, but Case Not Shut RICH ROBERTS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Lefty Eischen Has Right Stuff BOB NIGHTENGALE
SCC Basketball Team Gets Two O.C. Recruits
Ferrall's Harangue Over Harrick Gets Him Taken Off Air at XTRA LARRY STEWART
Business of Racing Is a Family Affair STEVE SCHUELEIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
It's Back to the Pool for Young U.S. Team PETER SCHMUCK, BALTIMORE SUN
Six Teams To Watch : Laguna Beach
Six Teams To Watch : Capistrano Valley
Killer of Jordan's Father Sentenced to Life From Staff and Wire Reports
Killer of Jordan's Father Sentenced to Life From Staff and Wire Reports
Six Teams To Watch : Corona del Mar
Minuto-Men : Born on the Same Day in Puerto Rico, UMass Guards Travieso and Padilla Overcame Obstacles to Success MARYANN HUDSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NBA Sits Abdul-Rauf for Stance on Anthem JIM HODGES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He Still Gives Full Day's Work JIM MURRAY
ENTERTAINMENT
Now to Serious Stuff, Moore or Less BENJAMIN EPSTEIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Art SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Quick Takes SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
People Watch SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
'Homegirl' Offering Two-for-One Tickets
Unity Center Benefit to Aid Arts Group
Art SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
Asian American Film Program Set for Tonight
Movies SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
'Faculty' Short on Laughs; 'Justice' Is Long on Holes HOWARD ROSENBERG, TIMES TELEVISION CRITIC
A Dubious Marking of Rather's 15 Years HOWARD ROSENBERG
Singer's Life Changed at Random DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Doctored-Up 'Invalid' Is Right Tonic for Moliere PHILIP BRANDES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Opera SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
After Some Difficult Years, They Decided to Give Music a Chance RICHARD CROMELIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Transylvan Quartet in Local Debut HERBERT GLASS
A Lukewarm 'Dangereuses' ROBERT KOEHLER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
McPartland Fills Bakery With Pure Skill DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'5 and Dime' Has the Goods T.H. McCULLOH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
TV Ratings : ABC Gets Mileage With 'Flyer'; NBC Wins Week : "The People's Choice Awards" were not the people's choice for viewing Sunday night. The CBS telecast got beat in the ratings by ABC's "Frequent Flyer," a TV movie about a bigamist pilot (Jack Wagner) who has three wives (one played by Nicole Eggert). : But the real people's choice last week, as it has been all season, was NBC's Thursday night lineup, which won five of the top six spots on the ratings list released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. That strong showing helped give NBC a narrow win for the week over ABC. : ABC, however, did best among the networks with its series premieres. Both "Muppets Tonight!" and "Buddies" won their respective time periods, although "Buddies" lost 29% of the audience from its lead-in, "Home Improvement." : The premiere of ABC's cop drama "High Incident" didn't do as well, ranking 55th among the week's 107 prime-time network programs. But that was better than the return of CBS' "Bonnie," which was 58th, and the first installment of NBC's "Malibu Shores," which was 87th. CBS' new sitcom "Good Company" came in at No. 52, losing 23% of its "Murphy Brown" lead-in. : (BEGIN TEXT OF INFOBOX / INFOGRAPHIC) LEE MARGULIES
Allen's 'Monkey' Worth the Wait : Thermadore: "Monkey on Rico"; Atlantic/Holiday (*** 1/2) MIKE BOEHM
New Music Program Is Given Soaring Direction by Salonen JOSEF WOODARD
Comedy SHAUNA SNOW, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
'Flower' an Elegant, Witty Celebration of Women KEVIN THOMAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bhutan's Culture Revealed in Rich Textiles WILLIAM WILSON, TIMES ART CRITIC
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