What happened on March 23, 1997
NEWS
BOOKS
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
El Toro's Military Runways Won't Fly With Airline Pilots TODD THORNTON, Todd Thornton is a commercial pilot for a major airline and is an Air Force and Desert Storm veteran. He lives in Laguna Beach
Freeway Feud JOHN L. MITCHELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wrong Ideas Imperil Airport Plan COL. NORMAN G. EWERS, USMC (Ret.), Norman G. Ewers lives in Irvine. He has many years of experience as a military pilot and in Orange County civilian aviation as an airport planner
A Culture in Need of Compassion MOON YOUNG PARK, Moon Young Park is a former special aide to the defense attache with the Embassy of Korea in Washington, D.C. He wrote " 'Lure' North Korea," Foreign Policy magazine, winter 1994-95. He is currently in Seoul
TRAVEL
BUSINESS
Ads Won't Help You Determine Your Needs CHARLES A. JAFFE, Charles A. Jaffe is mutual funds columnist at the Boston Globe. He can be reached by e-mail at jaffe@globe.com or at the Boston Globe, Box 2378, Boston, MA 02107-2378
Is Greenspan Sure Investors Are Irrational? ROBERT EISNER, ROBERT EISNER is William R. Kenan professor emeritus of economics at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He is the author of "The Misunderstood Economy: What Counts and How to Count It."
The Players GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
ENTERTAINMENT
A Director in Overdrive Daryl H. Miller, Daryl H. Miller is a Los Angeles-based theater writer
Party Flavors Mary Susan Herczog, Mary Susan Herczog is an occasional contributor to Calendar
He Likes to Throws His Weight Around Hunter Drohojowska Philp, Hunter Drohojowska Philp is a frequent contributor to Calendar
In Brief Cheo Hodari Coker
In Brief Richard Cromelin
The Crystal Ball Carla Hall, Carla Hall is a Times staff writer
East, West and Improvised Josef Woodard, Josef Woodard is an occasional contributor to Calendar
Texas Twists Chris Reimenschneider, from Austin
The Producer and His Fine Madness Patrick Goldstein, Patrick Goldstein is a regular contributor to Calendar
They Get the Picture Steven Smith, Steven Smith is an occasional contributor to Calendar
Desert Storm Kenneth Turan, Kenneth Turan is The Times' film critic
What Was Was and What Was Is Richard Cromelin, Richard Cromelin writes about pop music for Calendar
OPINION
The Blood Sport of Confirmation Hearings Robert G. Beckel, Robert G. Beckel, a political analyst, served as campaign manager for Walter F. Mondale in 1984
As Asia Rises, Europe Must Revitalize Roger C. Altman and Charles A. Kupchan, Roger C. Altman, an investment banker, served in the U.S. Treasury under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Charles A. Kupchan, a professor of international relations at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, served on the National Security Council during the first year of the Clinton administration
At the Precipice, Can Peace Process Survive? Amy Wilentz, Amy Wilentz, who writes about the Middle East for the New Yorker, is now working on a book about Israel
How Los Angeles Can Become a More Perfect City Kevin Starr, Kevin Starr, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the State Librarian of California, chairman of the State Sesquicentennial Commission, and a member of the faculty at USC
'Living Wage' Begs for Better Job Base FRANK del OLMO, Frank del Olmo is assistant to the editor of The Times and a regular columnist
A Real People's Revolution Michael Meyer, Michael Meyer covered Eastern Europe and the Balkans for Newsweek from 1988-92
Spies Look for a Mission, Even an Impossible One David Wise, David Wise is the author of "Nightmover: How Aldrich Ames Sold the CIA to the KGB for $4.6 Million" (HarperCollins)
The ABCs of Holding Up a New School Gregory Rodriguez, Gregory Rodriguez, an associate editor at Pacific News Service, is a research fellow at Pepperdine's Institute for Public Policy
David Brown Steve Proffitt, Steve Proffitt, a contributing editor to Opinion, is vice president and director of Hajjar and Partners New Media Lab
Rallying Point for Black America JOHN J. JOHNSON and CHARLES J. BROWN, John J. Johnson, director of programs for the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, and Charles J. Brown, director of Training for Freedom House, returned recently from East Africa
MAGAZINE
The Path DAVID WEDDLE, David Weddle is the author of " 'If They Move . . . Kill 'Em!' The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah" (Grove Press)
Suddenly Famous CLAUDIA PUIG, Claudia Puig, a Times staff writer who covers the film industry, last wrote about Nicolas Cage, who won last year's Oscar for best actor
SPORTS
FOOD
REAL ESTATE
Right Neighborly CARRIE SOMMER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Carrie Sommer is a South Bay freelance writer