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What happened on November 18, 1996
ENTERTAINMENT
'Riverdance': Irish Culture on the Hoof By Lewis Segal, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
'Space Jam' Proves a Slam Dunk for Bugs By Judy Brennan, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Trying to Write Across Color Lines By Robert W. Welkos, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Attorneys, Defend Thyselves By Howard Rosenberg
A Night With Murder in Its Heart By Bill Kohlhaase, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
For Grant Lee Buffalo, Dose of Charm, Drama Beats a Limited Range By Mike Boehm, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pen~a Plays Flamenco Guitar With Heat, Light By John Henken, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
What Would Beavis & Butt-head Say? Compiled by Times Staff Writers and Contributors
HBO Continues Domination of the CableACE Awards By Brian Lowry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Struggles of 'Die Fledermaus,' Part 2 By Chris Pasles, TIMES STAFF WRITER
High-Tech Look at an Old--Fashioned Strummer : WILLIE NELSON: "Willie--The Life and Music of Willie Nelson" Graphix Zone (** 1/2) By Randy Lewis
Ritual as a Window on History By Beverly J. Robinson, Beverly J. Robinson, PhD, is on the faculty of the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA
Reenacting O.J. Simpson Civil Trial Is Theater at Its Worst By Helen Galvin, Helen Galvin, a freelance writer in Altadena, is working on a mystery novel
Carr Helps Make 'Lettice' Mostly Lovely By Don Shirley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Play That Funky Sanskrit Music, Brit Boys By Elysa Gardner, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Early Demos Give Warmth to Diamond's 'Lifetime' By Robert Hilburn
Freberg to Appear at Century City Bookstore
Solid Liquid Soul Leans to Funk By Don Snowden
Hitchcock's British 'Strangers' to Open By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Matthews Band Seems to Hold Back By Steve Hochman
L.A. Chamber Orchestra Plays Vital Mendelssohn By John Henken
Pianist Halim Backs the Boast By Timothy Mangan
Muir String Quartet Passes Its Tests By Herbert Glass
Focusing on the Intimate Jerry Herman By Don Heckman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Spirited 'Watts' Tries Bringing Home a Powerful Message By Victoria Looseleaf
Elegance and Strength Fill 'Moments' of Lisa K. Lock By Victoria Looseleaf
Leonard to Lecture on Restoration of Paintings
Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Saturday Night' Out By Greg Braxton, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NEWS
Rap Is All the Rage, in Both Its Meanings
Cable Programming Is Just Aces in Her Book
Crazy for Cute : Their Tacts Differ, but Anne Geddes and Mary Engelbreit Have the Kid Market Cornered By Beverly Beyette, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Estate Planning By Nicolai Ouroussoff, TIMES ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
The Museum Has One Face By Tracy Johnson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
All the Store's a Stage--and Bloomie's Debut Wins Raves By Ann Conway
Punchlines
Studying a People Full of Contradictions : THE SPEARS OF TWILIGHT: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle, By Philippe Descola, Translated from the French by Janet Lloyd; New Press; $25, 504 pages By Michael Harris, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Yes, Nice Guys Do Get Honored By Betty Goodwin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Cost of Politics
White House Investigations
Cost of Cigarette Smoking to Society
Prop. 209 and UC Diversity
Discrimination at Texaco
California GOP
Chicken Factories
Gulf War Illness
Gang Turns Hope to Fear, Lives to Ashes By Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Gingrich Acts to Shore Up Support for Speakership By Janet Hook, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DEA Quietly Aids Local Drive Against Drugs By Beth Shuster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Drug Found to Improve Memory By Robert Lee Hotz, TIMES SCIENCE WRITER
Big Game: Charles White, Jeff Fisher, Tom Ramsey and Terry... By Dana Haddad and Michael Lazarus
Egypt Plans a New Valley to Rival the Nile By John Daniszewski, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Decision on Jet Is Harsh Blow to McDonnell By Ralph Vartabedian, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spacecraft Russia Aimed at Mars Lands in Pacific By Richard Boudreaux, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Returnees Inundate Rwandan Frontier By Bob Drogin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Moving In When Owners Move Out By Lee Romney, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Group Promotes Image of Christians as Political Moderates By Lee Romney, TIMES STAFF WRITER
After 209, What's Next for Connerly? By George Skelton
It's a Tall Tale: Antennas Assuming Secret Identities By Frank Messina, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Investor Bets Against Big Quake for 4 Years By Kenneth Reich, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Exit Polls: Romanian Leader Is on Way Out \o7 Associated Press\f7
India Arrests Miss World Protesters \o7 Associated Press\f7
Clinton, Congress Have a Chance to Reach Goal in Balanced-Budget Game By Ronald Brownstein
Ending Hunger Takes on New Complexity By Rone Tempest, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Toll in Apartment Explosion Rises to 42 From Times Wire Reports
Cosmonaut Dropped From Joint Mission From Times Wire Reports
Cosmonaut Dropped From Mission \o7 Reuters\f7
Blasts Shake Foundation of Bosnian Peace Plan By Tracy Wilkinson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bosnian Serb Army Officers Disrupting TV By Tracy Wilkinson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Snow Closes N.D. Highways \o7 Associated Press\f7
DNC Dismisses Fund-Raiser, Returns Another $5,000 By Alan C. Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Broken Water Main Forces Evacuations From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Bomb Meant for Son Injures His Mother From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Student Charged in Spiking of Drink From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Land Giveaway a Bust for Small Town From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Scholarship Offer Meant for Virgins From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Loser Drops Suit Challenging Vote From Times Staff and Wire Reports
June Levant; Actress Co-Hosted '50s Talk Show By Myrna Oliver, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Magnitude 3.3 Quake Shakes Kern County \o7 Associated Press\f7
Police Find Car Belonging to Missing Woman
Teens Arrested in Torture of Classmate \o7 Reuters\f7
1 Killed, 3 Injured When Speedboat Hits Wave \o7 From a Times Staff Writer\f7
Green Party Considers Adding Issues to Platform \o7 From Associated Press\f7
Sex Harassment Complaints to Army Hotline Exceed 4,000 \o7 From Associated Press\f7
Angry Prisoners at 'Tent City' Jail Riot, Set Fires \o7 Associated Press\f7
BUSINESS
Virus? What Virus? By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Access to Comdex By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He Didn't Get the Right Signal --and Filed Suit By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sales Not Keeping Up With Digital Equipment's Products From Bloomberg Business News
It's What's on the Outside That Counts By Michelle V. Rafter, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
For Now at Least, Deal With Apple Not Meant to Be By Julie Pitta
Technology and Community
The Soul of the New Machine By Julie Pitta, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DVD, the Goliath: Storage peripherals may not be the... By Ilan Greenberg
Office Suite: Microsoft loves to talk about its plans for... By Leslie Helm
Deutsche Telekom Stages Huge IPO From Bloomberg Business News
Cable Pioneer Bob Magness Dead at 72 Times Staff and Wire Reports
Texaco CEO Urges Firms to Weed Out Racism From Associated Press
NTSB to Begin Hearing Into ValuJet Crash Times Staff and Wire Reports
Boeing, Bell Plan Civilian Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Times Staff and Wire Reports
Call Your Mother: A new campaign by Pacific Bell urging... By Karen Kaplan
The Week Ahead
Gambling With Our Freedom By Terry Schwadron, Terry Schwadron is deputy managing editor of The Times and oversees latimes.com, its Web site. He can be reached via e-mail at terry.schwadron@latimes.com
Putting It Into Words--His Way By Paul Karon
Sega Enters the Race to Bring Internet to TV By Aaron Curtiss, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sellers Wish Public Would Pick Up on 'Smart' Phone By Jube Shiver Jr., TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Pens Don't Always Pan Out By Lawrence J. Magid
Televised Surfing By Jennifer Oldham
The 'Productivity Paradox' Requires a Human Solution By Gary Chapman, Gary Chapman is director of the 21st Century Project at the University of Texas at Austin. He can be reached at gary.chapman@mail.utexas.edu
A PC Industry Snapshot
Trading Places
Mass Mailing Urges Back Seat Riding for Kids From Associated Press
Amateur Help Wanted; PhDs (and Nut Cases) Need Not Apply By Lee Dye
It's Up and Atom for Young Chemist By Pat Prince Rose, Pat Prince Rose is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles
Welcome to the Land of OS; Now Go Find Your Compass By Charles Piller, Charles Piller (cpiller@macworld.com) is senior editor at Macworld magazine
Wait to See How MMX Shakes Out By Richard O'Reilly
Things to Keep in Mind When on the Road By Kim Komando, Kim Komando is a Fox TV host, syndicated talk radio host and founder of the Komputer Klinic on America Online (keyword KOMANDO). She can be reached via e-mail at komando@komando.com
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Out of Scandal, Something Good : Now the new fertility science reforms must be rigorously honored
Clinton and the Environment: A Good Record May Improve : Newly signed parks bill could be a symbol for new term
A First for Workplace Safety : California regulators address explosion in repetitive motion injuries
Honor Among Spies
Lincoln's Journey: A Fable for Today : History: Transcending his background gave us the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. By Gabor S. Boritt, Gabor S. Boritt directs the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. His most recent books are "Why the Civil War Came" (Oxford University, 1996) and "Of the People, By the People, For the People and Other Quotations from Abraham Lincoln" (Columbia University Press, 1996)
Americans Have No Cause to Be Timid : Trade: U.S. companies and workers are the world's strongest, able to compete in fully open markets. By Michael Brownrigg, Michael Brownrigg is a U.S. diplomat and trade negotiator whose last posting was in Hong Kong. He is a visiting fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy, headquartered at USC. The views expressed are his own
Women Are Still Voting With Their Libidos By Rosalie Osias, Rosalie Osias is a New York lawyer and president of the Osias Foundation
Out of Scandal, Something Good
Speedboat Pilot Dies, 3 Passengers Hurt in Accident By Len Hall and Dexter Filkins, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Corps of Engineers to Begin Repairing Beach at Surfside By David Reyes, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Running Some New Design Ideas Up the Pole By Frank Messina, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Miss America Spreads the Word By Patricia Ward Biederman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
LAUSD Plans to Establish Districtwide Standards By Lucille Renwick, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Puff 'n' Stuff : New Cigar Parlors Are Full of Homey Touches, Wide Choice of Stogies By J.R. Moehringer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Singing Praises : 4,600 Hear Evangelist Greg Laurie Preach at Universal Amphitheatre By John Dart, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Residents Worry About Tollway's Effects Once It Opens By David Haldane, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Youth Theater Play a Departure for CSUN By Sylvia L. Oliande
Housing Applications Sought From Seniors By Darrell Satzman
15 AP Scholars Cited at Viewpoint School By Sylvia L. Oliande
Quake Insurance Agency the Topic By Darrell Satzman
Temperatures to Rise as Skies Clear Briefly By Ed Bond
Program Offered on Starting a Business By Susan Abram
Banks Seeks Food and Toy Donations By Darrell Satzman
Volunteer's Faith in People Restored by Red Cross Duty By Russ Loar, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Agenda * Issues coming up
Hoggatt Sister Seeks Funds to Promote Athlete Safety
Tighter Zoning Helps Preserve Areas of Older Housing By Shelby Grad, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Feuer to Hold Meeting on Park Improvement By Dade Hayes
17-Year-Old Driver Slain in Santa Ana
Truancy Ordinance Aims at Pocketbook By Fred Alvarez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ventura Officials to Discuss Funding for Affordable Housing By Hilary E. Macgregor, TIMES STAFF WRITER
6 Club-Goers Hospitalized After Taking GHB Drug By David Rosenzweig, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sobriety Stops Slow Drivers but Speed Up DUI Arrests By Jeff Mcdonald, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Teaching Assistants Call Strike at UCLA By Amy Wallace, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Lawyers to Argue War Stress Behind Deputy's Slaying By Tracy Wilson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DEA Helps Local Police Crack Down on Drug Dealers By Beth Shuster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
6 Hollywood Club-Goers Hospitalized After Taking the Liquid Drug GHB By David Rosenzweig, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Foster School Kids Treated to Clippers Game By Jason Terada
Casino Sued Over Alleged Contributions By Jeff Leeds, TIMES STAFF WRITER
National NAACP Leader Criticizes Upheaval in Compton Branch By Tim Rutten and Nicholas Riccardi, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Bark Park By Tracy Johnson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
6 Hollywood Club-Goers Hospitalized After Taking the Liquid Drug GHB By David Rosenzweig
Ahmanson Foes Alter Tactics as a 'Courtesy' By Mack Reed
Family Gets New Home After '94 Quake By Jason Terada
School Bonds Have Flunked in L.A. Before By Cecilia Rasmussen
Friends Fete Retiring County Supervisor By Scott Steepleton, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Mischief Turns Deadly When Truck Flips, Killing Passenger By Jason Terada
Council to Review Kadota Fig Area Plan By Mack Reed
Obituaries
Death Threat, Extortion Attempt Lead to Arrest By Scott Steepleton, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
SPORTS
Bryant Provides Lakers With Shot of Old Confidence By Scott Howard-cooper, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clippers Are Rounding Into Shape By Chris Baker, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Redskins Come to Own Defense By T.J. Simers, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A RIVALRY (IF NOTHING ELSE) : Neither UCLA Nor USC Will Be Playing for a Berth In the Rose Bowl This Year, But History Has Proven That Anything Can Happen When They Play for Pride By Earl Gustkey, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No Holtz Barred in His Search By Mike Downey
Buying Winners? In Baseball Money Is No Guarantee By Hal Bock, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Italian Fighter in a Coma, Surviving on Life Support From Staff and Wire Reports
Italian Fighter in a Coma, Surviving on Life Support From Staff and Wire Reports
His Swing Was Purely Presidential By Mal Florence
Johnson Is Baffled by Probert Action By Lonnie White
Kariya May Return Against Islanders By Robyn Norwood
Dallas Powers Its Way Past Edmonton, 7-3 From Associated Press
Kings Get the Better of This Brawlgame By Lonnie White, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Campbell's Game-Winner Gets His Point Across By Robyn Norwood, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Can You Please Keep That Dawg Leashed
One Taco Short Of A Combination Plate
Top County Teams Get Playoff Assignments By Martin Henderson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
UCLA Survives Irvine Rally
Fullerton Falls in Basketball Tournament
Woodbridge's Burgess Set to Sign With BYU By Jason Reid, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fusco Stays Close to Her Volleyball Roots By Wendy Witherspoon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Strawberry Farms Starts to Grow By Steve Kresal and Martin Beck
Noteworthy
Vikings Stay Alive for Playoffs From Associated Press
Kansas City Sacks Krieg Into Record Books From Associated Press
Detroit Cools Fontes' Very Hot Seat From Associated Press
Elway, Davis Know How to Beat Patriots From Associated Press
This Time, Mistakes Go Tampa Bay's Way From Associated Press
Steeler Defense Leaves Brunell Seeing Black From Associated Press
Defense Has Buffalo in Top Form From Associated Press
Nedney Has Miami Smiling From Associated Press
Elvis Gets Vote of Confidence With Victory From Associated Press
Beuerlein Does Enough, Panther Defense the Rest From Associated Press
Daniel Man of Moment for Colts From Associated Press
Cardinal Defense Does Job From Associated Press
Falcons Not as Bad as Saints, 17-15 From Associated Press
Holtz Says Little About His Future By Larry Stewart
Bruins Are Bruised and Battered By Jim Hodges
Rooney: They're 'Flacks and Bloodsuckers' By Steve Springer
Hawaii Game Is Marred by Melee Associated Press
Kersey Provides Immediate Dividends By Scott Howard-cooper
Technically, Ainge Takes Charge By Ara Najarian, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ugly Mood Over Ugly Sonic Win From Associated Press
Milestone Does Not Concern Fitch By Chris Baker
Magic Gets Good News on Hardaway Associated Press
Victory Speech Lets the Result Speak for Itself By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Horseshoe for Luck : Jockey Jimi Okamura Rehabilitating Well From Awful Spill By Bob Mieszerski, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kite Ponders Another Winning Combination By Thomas Bonk, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southern Section Playoffs Offer Plenty of Intrigue By Eric Shepard, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Connolly Gets a Golden Gift By Randy Harvey
Back Pains Forces Graf to Concede Title Match From Associated Press
They'll Be Glad That It's Over By Julie Cart, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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