What happened on July 27, 1997

BOOKS

Reading L.a.
Well Up in the Blessings, by Dan Brown
Molto Andante By Ted Libbey, \o7 Ted Libbey is a commentator for National Public Radio and the author of the "NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection" (Workman)\f7
Dark Vision By Nicholas Fox Weber, \o7 Nicholas Fox Weber, executive director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, is currently writing a book about the painter Balthus\f7
Louis the Great By Dan Morgenstern, \o7 Dan Morgenstern is the director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University and a former editor of Downbeat Magazine\f7
Less than Zero By Michael Frank, \o7 Michael Frank is the author of short stories and essays. His work has appeared in Antaeus, the Southwest Review, Glimmer Train, the New York Times and elsewhere\f7
Shattered By Alexander Theroux, \o7 Alexander Theroux is the author of "The Primary Colors" and "The Secondary Colors."\f7
SNAKE.\o7 By Kate Jennings\f7 .\o7 Ecco: 157 pp., $21\f7 By Michelle Huneven, \o7 Michelle Huneven is the author of the recently published "Round Rock."\f7
ECHO HOUSE.\o7 By Ward Just\f7 .\o7 Houghton Mifflin: 328 pp., $25\f7 By Morton Kondracke, \o7 Morton Kondracke is the executive editor of Roll Call\f7
TUMBLE HOME: A Novella and Short Stories.\o7 By Amy Hempel\f7 .\o7 Scribner: 155 pp., $21\f7 By Susan Salter Reynolds, \o7 Susan Salter Reynolds is an assistant editor of Book Review\f7
MEMORY MAMBO.\o7 By Achy Obejas\f7 .\o7 Cleis Press: 249 pp., $24.95\f7 By Charlotte Innes, \o7 Charlotte Innes writes on literary topics\f7
BURNED CHILD SEEKS THE FIRE.\o7 By Cordelia Edvardson\f7 .\o7 Translated from the German by Joel Agee\f7 .\o7 Beacon: 106 pp., $18\f7 By Thomas Frick, \o7 Thomas Frick is an editor at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\f7
ALMOST NO MEMORY.\o7 By Lydia Davis\f7 .\o7 Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 194 pp., $21\f7 By Benjamin Weissman, \o7 Benjamin Weissman is the author of "Dear Dead Person."\f7
Memory Palace By Andrew Nagorski, \o7 Andrew Nagorski, Newsweek's Berlin bureau chief, served as Newsweek's Warsaw bureau chief from 1990 to 1994. He is the author of "Reluctant Farewell: An American Reporter's Candid Look Inside the Soviet Union" (A New Republic Book/Henry Holt) and "The Birth of Freedom: Shaping Lives and Societies in the New Eastern Europe" (Simon and Schuster)\f7
Hot and Bothered By Naomi Glauberman, \o7 Naomi Glauberman is an essayist and short story writer\f7
After Fighting for Hours, by Kate Gleason
On the Brink By James G. Blight, \o7 James G. Blight is co-author of "Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis and the Soviet Collapse." His new book, "Politics of Illusion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reconsidered," will be published in November. He is professor of international relations (research) at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies\f7
Fiction UNNATURAL EXPOSURE by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam...

NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

Something Has Survived, Baby By David Gritten
Lots of 'Sunshine,' Little Light By Christopher Knight, Christopher Knight is a Times art critic
His Box of Starlight By Kristine Mckenna, Kristine McKenna is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Soul Men, 'Nuyorican' Style By Lorraine Ali, Lorraine Ali writes about pop music for Calendar
They Shoot, They Score By Mark Swed, Mark Swed is The Times' music critic
There Is Nothing Like a Dame Who Portrays a Queen By David Gritten, David Gritten, based in England, is a regular contributor to Calendar
John Leguizamo / Actor By Steve Hochman
All Popular on the Western Stage By Jan Breslauer, Jan Breslauer is a regular contributor to Calendar
Hey, Let's Put on a Show Tune By Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
Their Master's Voice By John Henken, John Henken is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Into the Wood By Leah Ollman, Leah Ollman is a frequent contributor to Calendar
After 20 Years, P-Funk's Just Gettin' in da Groove By Cheo Hodari Coker, Cheo Hodari Coker is a Times staff writer
Welcome to Her World By Elysa Gardner, Elysa Gardner is a regular contributor to Calendar from New York
In Brief By D. James Romero
In Brief By Cheo Hodari Coker
In Brief By Steve Hochman
Bone Thugs Fires a Fierce Double Volley in 'War' By Cheo Hodari Coker
Police Blotter By Steve Hochman
Avery Abstains By Steve Hochman
Solo Flight By Steve Hochman
Small Faces
Steely Dan's Modest Proposals By Steve Hochman
Unleashing More of the Davis Legacy : MILES DAVIS By Don Heckman

BUSINESS

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

OPINION

Who's Looking Out for Nation's Social Contract? By Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips, publisher of American Political Report, is author of "The Politics of Rich and Poor." His newest book is "Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street and the Frustrations of American Politics" (Little Brown)
A Closet Surrounds Even the Most Open of Gay Lives By Andrew Holleran, Andrew Holleran, a novelist and essayist, is author of "The Beauty of Men" (Morrow)
Birth of Nations By Michael Clough, Michael Clough is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a research associate at the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley and co-chair of the New American Global Dialogue..
U.S. Bullying Tactics Alienating Asian Allies By Robert A. Manning, Robert A. Manning, a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, is a former State Department policy advisor (1989-93)
Can the IRA Leave its Myths Behind? By Michael Elliott, Michael Elliott is the editor of Newsweek International
Gary Squier By Jodi Wilgoren, Jodi Wilgoren covers City Hall for The Times
Brennan's Magic: Always Time to Talk By Norman Dorsen, Norman Dorsen is a law professor at New York University School of Law. He was national president of the American Civil Liberties Union 1976-1991
No Exceptions to Gun Rule
Loathed at First Sight : Sex appeal is important . . . ask the Neanderthals
Crimes That Would Not Fade
Late State Budgets: Stuff This Genie Back in the Bottle
Low-Tech Policing Was Cunanan's Accomplice By Joseph D. Mcnamara, Joseph D. McNamara, a retired police chief of San Jose, Calif., is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His latest book is "Code 211 Blue" (Fawcett, 1997)
Mir Is a Lab for Learning, Errors and All By Harvey Wichman, Harvey Wichman is director of the Aerospace Psychology Laboratory at Claremont McKenna College
Why Grand Juries Cannot Act Like Grand Juries Should By Charles L. Lindner, Charles L. Lindner is past president of the L.A. County Criminal Bar Assn. He represented grand juror Jerry Berk in his suit against the court
After Backstabbing, GOP Backs Gingrich, Sort of By David R. Gergen, David R. Gergen, editor at large for U.S. News & World Report and a contributor to "The News Hour With Jim Lehrer," served as a White House advisor to four presidents

REAL ESTATE

SPORTS

MAGAZINE

East Side Story By Emory Holmes Ii
A Show of Hands By Daniel Nussbaum
Rock 'n' Roll City * By Michael Walker
Wild Things By Debra J. Hotaling
Aunt Lillian's Gift By Jodi Wilgoren, Jodi Wilgoren is a Times staff writer
Villa in Wonderland By Susan Heeger
The New, Improved Spago By S. Irene Virbila
Help Wanted By Jim Newton, Jim Newton covers City Hall for The Times. He covered the Los Angeles Police Department from 1993 to this year. His last article for the magazine was about the federal prosecution of the LAPD officers who beat Rodney King
Look Who's Talking By Berkley Hudson

TRAVEL

What happened on July 27, 1997

BOOKS

Molto Andante By Ted Libbey, \o7 Ted Libbey is a commentator for National Public Radio and the author of the "NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection" (Workman)\f7

Dark Vision By Nicholas Fox Weber, \o7 Nicholas Fox Weber, executive director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, is currently writing a book about the painter Balthus\f7

Louis the Great By Dan Morgenstern, \o7 Dan Morgenstern is the director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University and a former editor of Downbeat Magazine\f7

Less than Zero By Michael Frank, \o7 Michael Frank is the author of short stories and essays. His work has appeared in Antaeus, the Southwest Review, Glimmer Train, the New York Times and elsewhere\f7

Shattered By Alexander Theroux, \o7 Alexander Theroux is the author of "The Primary Colors" and "The Secondary Colors."\f7

SNAKE.\o7 By Kate Jennings\f7 .\o7 Ecco: 157 pp., $21\f7 By Michelle Huneven, \o7 Michelle Huneven is the author of the recently published "Round Rock."\f7

ECHO HOUSE.\o7 By Ward Just\f7 .\o7 Houghton Mifflin: 328 pp., $25\f7 By Morton Kondracke, \o7 Morton Kondracke is the executive editor of Roll Call\f7

TUMBLE HOME: A Novella and Short Stories.\o7 By Amy Hempel\f7 .\o7 Scribner: 155 pp., $21\f7 By Susan Salter Reynolds, \o7 Susan Salter Reynolds is an assistant editor of Book Review\f7

MEMORY MAMBO.\o7 By Achy Obejas\f7 .\o7 Cleis Press: 249 pp., $24.95\f7 By Charlotte Innes, \o7 Charlotte Innes writes on literary topics\f7

BURNED CHILD SEEKS THE FIRE.\o7 By Cordelia Edvardson\f7 .\o7 Translated from the German by Joel Agee\f7 .\o7 Beacon: 106 pp., $18\f7 By Thomas Frick, \o7 Thomas Frick is an editor at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\f7

ALMOST NO MEMORY.\o7 By Lydia Davis\f7 .\o7 Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 194 pp., $21\f7 By Benjamin Weissman, \o7 Benjamin Weissman is the author of "Dear Dead Person."\f7

Hot and Bothered By Naomi Glauberman, \o7 Naomi Glauberman is an essayist and short story writer\f7

NEWS

PETA Gets Roasted While Hot-Dogging By Karl Vick, THE WASHINGTON POST

Prayers for a Once Gentle Land By Duane Noriyuki, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A Surprise Literary Hit--Even to the Author By Paul Brownfield, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Tripping the Light Fantastic--in Tribute By Mary Lou Loper, TIMES STAFF WRITER

No Regrets About Having Her Baby at 62 By Frances D'Emilio, ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Family Man By Lynn Smith, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A Guide to Keeping Your Baby Safe and Sound By Don Oldenburg, THE WASHINGTON POST

Elizabeth George, the Huntington Beach author whose... By Dennis Mclellan

Blue Line Is Fast Becoming a Victim of Its Own Success By Richard Simon

Isle of the Forbidden, With a Tinge of Fantasy Island By Todd Lewan, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Teenager Finally Escapes Role as Stepfather's Whipping Boy By Allen G. Breed, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wienermobile Makes Sausage Out of Animal-Rights Protest By Karl Vick, WASHINGTON POST

Dwindling Catches, Growing Rules Press New England Fleet By Charles J. Hanley, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Baby-Selling Charge Disputed in Murder Case By Jim Salter, ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York Residents File Suit in Effort to Regain the Road Less Traveled By Ben Dobbin, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Raids in North Carolina Net More Deaf Mexican Workers \o7 Newsday\f7

Across Canada, Francophones Fade By Barbara Borst, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scientists Check Off Another Virus Carried by Ticks By Tara Meyer, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tribes Embrace Colleges as Best Hope for Building Self-Reliance, Prosperity By Rene Sanchez, WASHINGTON POST

N.Y. Museum to Host Versace Exhibition \o7 Reuters\f7

When Water Goes From Flush to Fish By Craig Timberg, BALTIMORE SUN

Walks May Cut Women's Risk of Colon Cancer By Ira Dreyfuss, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sexual Attacks Soar in a S. Africa in Transition By Pat Reber, ASSOCIATED PRESS

India's Angry Fishermen on Watch for Foreign Ships By Ramola Talwar, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thai Forests Falling Prey to Shrimp Farms By Jiraporn Wongpaithoon, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Peruvian Squatters Draw a Line in the Sand, Build Homes on the Dunes By Lynn F. Monahan, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bias Complaints Unusually High at McDonnell By James S. Granelli, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Clinton Pledges to Double Aid to Heal Tahoe Area By Elizabeth Shogren, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Special Children, Special Needs By Jenifer Warren, TIMES STAFF WRITER

From Gulag to Governing, Sharansky Hones His Game By Marjorie Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Sierra Horse Race Blazes a Trail of Faith By Stephanie Simon, TIMES STAFF WRITER

First Lady's Aide Solicited Check to DNC, Donor Says By Alan C. Miller and William C. Rempel, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

His Brown-Bag Lunch Was Worth Millions By Bob Pool, TIMES STAFF WRITER

U.S. Won't Object to Gas Pipeline Through Iran By Robin Wright and Ralph Vartabedian, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Now Online, Legislature Goes Further By Max Vanzi, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Home-Buying Fever Rises to Levels Not Seen in Years By Michael Granberry, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Screenwriter Vanishes in Scenario Fit for Film By Robert W. Welkos, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Hardball in the Suburbs By Peter H. King

Typhoon Rosie Lashes Japan; 4 Dead \o7 Times Wire Services\f7

Muslims Cited in Attacks That Kill 36 From Times Wire Reports

Germany Braces for More Floods as Wave of Water Passes Through Poland \o7 From Associated Press\f7

Help Line for Victims of Clergy Abuse From Times Wire Reports

Bridge Accident Claims 3rd Victim From Times Wire Reports

Air Show Crash Kills 9, Injures 40 From Times Wire Reports

Khmer Rouge Reports Sentencing Pol Pot to Life Term By Maggie Farley, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Premier's Stance Fuels Hope for Cambodia By Robin Wright, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Barbour Says Probe Witness Not Credible \o7 From Associated Press\f7

2 Held for Exploiting Deaf Immigrants in Chicago \o7 From Associated Press\f7

Defense Questions Accuser's Memory in Army Sex Trial \o7 From Associated Press\f7

Crime Figure Makes His Way to Prison From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Congress Aims for Demolition of Public Housing Laws By Melissa Healy, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Taliban Troops Pound Afghan Foes \o7 From Associated Press\f7

Widespread Heat Warnings Issued From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Faux Faulkner Prize Rewards Persistence From Times Staff and Wire Reports

As Theater, Hearings Have Slow 1st Act By Marc Lacey, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Lines Form Again in the O.C. Real Estate Market By Michael Granberry, TIMES STAFF WRITER

O.C. Man Proves Himself Master of the Mind Game By John Weyler, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Wilson's Star Shines Far Beyond CSUN By Eric Slater, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Air Force Suspends T-3A Flights After Mishap \o7 Associated Press\f7

'Brain Types': Mixing Neuroscience, Jung By John Weyler

Moos, Mozart and More By Stephanie Simon, TIMES STAFF WRITER