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What happened on October 19, 1997
NEWS
History Skirts Origin of Africans' Kilts PAUL ALEXANDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Goizueta Dies; Led Coca-Cola to Dominance NANCY RIVERA BROOKS and JAMES F. PELTZ and J.R. MOEHRINGER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Who's Keeping an Eye on the Security Guards? GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Marlins Fan Killed While Putting Sign Along Transit Line Associated Press
Goldie Hawn has 'Hope' about serious issues; 'Over the Top' is under the wire; HBO's 'Joe' STEVEN LINAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Drew Carey Writes a Blue Streak IRENE LACHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Some Fruitful Pursuits MICHAEL QUINTANILLA
Carters, Campaigners and Staff Reunite From Associated Press
Colombia Rebels Turn Vote Into Risky Campaign JUANITA DARLING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Logging-Roads Policy in Works at Forest Service Associated Press
Partnership on Environment Caps Clinton Visit JONATHAN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.N. Tries to Free 2 S. Koreans From Associated Press
Pedestrian Seriously Hurt in Santa Ana
Money Trail in Probe of China Funds Turns Cold JAMES RISEN and RONALD J. OSTROW, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Floods Kill at Least 11 in Israel, W. Bank From Reuters
Culture Watch BEVERLY BEYETTE
3 Killed, 2 Wounded by Blast in Croatia Associated Press
The Bike TED ROHRLICH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bloodied Man Turns Self In; Wife, Daughters Killed Associated Press
Postwar Cleanup Begins in Rep. of Congo From Associated Press
International News JACK PETERS, INTERNATIONAL MASTER
High-Tech Hopes for CEO 'Angels' PATRICE APODACA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woman Cuts Short Try for Fingernail Record Associated Press
In Gun Control Battles, Casualties Can Be Heavy DAN MORAIN and STEVE BERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
For U.S. Women in Uniform, a Place of Honor PAUL RICHTER and STEVEN GRAY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Licensing of Guards Increasingly a Concern GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Idea for AIDS Benefit Vanity Plate Debated From Associated Press
Book Shelf ROCHELLE O'GORMAN FLYNN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Smart Aleck
More Vietnam-Era Bombs Dug Up in Railroad Yard From Associated Press
Bosnia's Ethnic Division Relocates to the Classroom TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Evidence Destroyed in Slaying in Which Mass Murder Suspect Is Charged From Associated Press
A Navajo Newspaper Tests the Boundaries JOHN JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For U.S. Women in Uniform, a Place of Honor PAUL RICHTER and STEVEN GRAY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
NATO Wrests Bosnian TV From Serbs TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Michael Collins' Kenneth Turan
Warblin' in the Wind PETER H. KING
Laugh Lines
Coal Mine Blast in Colombia Kills 16 Reuters
Smart Aleck
Boo Cool JEANNINE STEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Coast Gets Some Protection--Is It Enough? JENIFER WARREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Aircraft Lead Way for Crane Migration From Times Staff and Wire Reports
American Drivers, Cars Guzzling Record Levels of Gasoline From Associated Press
Martian Meteorite Redefines 'Rock Star' MICHELLE KOIDIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Urban Gripe ROY RIVENBURG
'Ed Wood' Kenneth Turan
Once an Inmate, Now He's in Charge of Model Prison RICHARD BRAND, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ventura County Backs Slow Growth DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Highways Carrying Immigrants to the Midwest SHARON COHEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
South Carolina Judge Turns Lawbreakers Into Food Donors P. SOLOMON BANDA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gore Urges Greater Push for Clean Water From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Shows For Youngsters And Their Parents Too LEE HARRIS, TIMES WRITER WRITER
Liquid City MICHAEL P. LUCAS
Report Calls D.C. Police Mismanaged MICHAEL POWELL and SARI HORWITZ, WASHINGTON POST
'Under the Volcano' Michael Wilmington
'The Brothers McMullen' Kenneth Turan
Megacity Madness Grows in China, Asia ELAINE KURTENBACH, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Planes Fly By at Tribute to Denver From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Dinosaurs From Coke Bottles: It's a Start CONNIE KOENENN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Illegal Immigrants Drawn to Midwest Jobs SHARON COHEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Making a Good Job of Jailhouse Employment DAWN FALLIK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Teletubbies are coming! BEVERLY BEYETTE
Friends, Fans and Family Pay Last Respects to John Denver From Reuters
Poets' Society Pays Tribute to a 'Curmudgeon' DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Midwest Grows Wheat, Corn, Inventors BILL FOREMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
E-Mail With Sound: Grandma's Waiting DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Solution to Old Killing Found Too Close to Home CHELSEA J. CARTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bus Riders Defy Death on Peru's Rural Roads DAVID KOOP, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Undying Love for 'Jane Eyre' SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BOOKS
AIR GUITAR: Essays on Art & Democracy. By Dave Hickey . Art issues.Press: 216 pp., $17.95 paperback ROBERT CHRISTGAU, Robert Christgau, a senior editor at the Village Voice, received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study popular music history in 1987
Cotton Sack: A Short Story FRANCISCO JIMENEZ, Francisco Jimenez is the author of the forthcoming "The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child" (University of New Mexico Press, 134 pp., $10.95), from which this story is excerpted with permission
THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT. By Ann Patchett . Harcourt Brace: 360 pp., $23 RICHARD EDER
THE WORLD IS THE HOME OF LOVE AND DEATH. By Harold Brodkey . Holt/Metropolitan: 312 pp., $25 HELLER McALPIN, Heller McAlpin is a freelance critic whose reviews appear frequently in the Los Angeles Times and Newsday, among other publications
INTRUDERS IN PARADISE. By John Sanford . University of Illinois Press: 232 pp., $26.95 : THE VIEW FROM MT. MORRIS: A Harlem Boyhood. By John Sanford . Barricade Books: 232 pp., $22 : THE PEOPLE FROM HEAVEN. By John Sanford . University of Illinois Press: 232 pp., $15.95 : A BOOK OF AMERICAN WOMEN. By John Sanford . University of Illinois Press: 198 pp., $14.95 ERIC FONER, Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton professor of history at Columbia University
Moonwalk GARY INDIANA, Gary Indiana is the author of several novels, including, most recently, "Resentment: A Comedy."
Reading L.a.
In Chandler Country, by Dana Gioia
The Committee, by Ann Stanford
From 'The Prairie', by Amy Clampitt
Organizational Men in Affluent Society, by Kenneth Rexroth
Point Conception CAROL MUSKE DUKES, Carol Muske Dukes is the author of numerous books including, most recently, "An Octave Above Thunder: New and Selected Poems."
GRAND PASSION: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. Edited by Suzanne Lummis and Charles H. Webb . Red Wind Books: 260 pp., $10.95 paperback ROBERT DASSANOWSKY, Robert Dassanowsky is director of film and German studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He is the author of "Phantom Empires: The Novels of Alexander Lernet-Holenia" and "Verses of a Marriage." A somewhat different version of this essay also appeared in the July/August issue of American Book Review
No Man's Land, by Martha Ronk
Holy Land D.J. WALDIE, D.J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" (St. Martin's Press) and the recipient of the 1997 California Book Award for nonfiction. He is a city official in Lakewood
REAL ESTATE
Best Way Patch Hole From Wall Heater POPULAR MECHANICS, FOR AP SPECIAL FEATURES
Ancient Gardens, Fresh Visions ROBERT SMAUS, TIMES GARDEN EDITOR
Good Timing Can Clinch Your Home Deal ELLEN JAMES MARTIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Historic Claremont Tour
Siding Kits Save Money, Are Easy JAMES DULLEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Married, With Children and Moving On RUTH RYON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Garden Events
Take a Walk on the Wild Side TERESA YUNKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Pool and Nearby Plants Can Live in Harmony ROBERT SMAUS, TIMES GARDEN EDITOR
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Computer Mice Can't Get Clicking Until This Rat Blazes the Trail MARTHA IRVINE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
There's No Affording Zeanah PETER J. TURPEL, Peter J. Turpel is spokesman for the Yes! Remove Elois Zeanah committee
Audra Lindley; Television, Stage Actress From staff and wire reports
School Priorities Are Out of Order
More Than $100,000 Raised as 750 Turn Out for AIDS Walk DAWN HOBBS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Suits Claim Too-Close Star Encounters ANN W. O'NEILL
Religion of Witchcraft
5 Generations Gather to Celebrate Couple's 65 Years of Marriage KARIMA A. HAYNES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Some Mud Sticks to Both Sides in Recall MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Closings Affect Veterans Too : County should help plan for their future as bases shut down
Deputies to Focus on Gainsborough Road DAVID GREENBERG
Breakfast With the Rainbow ROBERT A. JONES
Greed, Politics Stall Religious Freedom Bill JIM BEAM, Jim Beam is a former mayor of Orange
Ball Is in Your Court, Supt. Flynn
Teachers to Picket College Trustees LISA FERNANDEZ
Control of Fire Expected by Today
2 Sisters' Conditions Upgraded After Crash DAWN HOBBS
Pierce Must Balance Saving Its Past and Facing Its Future
With a Little Luck, We Will Weather El Nino Mentality BRENDA LOREE, Brenda Loree is a Times correspondent
Vendors Sought for Museum Benefit DAVID GREENBERG
Park Measure Not Fair to Taxpayers
Vote Down Measure for School Bonds
County Transit Projects Signal Critical Road Ahead : Growth planning must be balanced with keeping charm
Valley Secession
Parks Plan for LAPD
Park Proposals
True Scouts Do Their Duty to God
Nursing Home Evictions
Wetlands Dealings Questioned
Wetlands Not a 'Drive-Thru'
Photos Can Teach Lessons to Readers
Obituaries
GOP Is Treating Capizzi Unfairly
An Exercise in Faith and Trust DEBORAH SCHOCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Checchi's Wealth: The Good and the Bad
Man Slain in Mulholland Robbery Try CLAIRE VITUCCI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Neighbors Express Outrage After Child Killed by Car PATRICK J. McDONNELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Getting MTA Out of a Jam RICHARD SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It Isn't About Taking Power, It's About Taking Responsibility ELIZABETH THOMAS, Elizabeth Thomas is a marketing and communications consultant who lives and works in Irvine
Chippies Try to Polish Image With Free Road Checks, Sans Tickets JACK LEONARD
Zeanah Recall Effort Stirs Up Both Sides
Might Supervisor Ground El Toro Before He Takes Off? DANA PARSONS
School Bond Measures Add Up to Good Sense
Admissions Criteria
Volunteers Blanket Children's Homes and Hospitals With Love TINA NGUYEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Athletes and Scholars
All in the Family KARIMA A. HAYNES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
For Victim's Family, a 13-Year Wait in Ng Case GREG HERNANDEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ex-State Sen. Gary Hart to Speak on Education KATE FOLMAR
Churches Band Together to Stop Disturbing Cycle JOE MOZINGO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Scents and Sensibility in Ventura
Couple Are Injured in Collision After Early Morning Police Chase GREG HERNANDEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cosmic Blast Creates Shock Wave 85 Times Larger Than Solar System Associated Press
On Matters of Spirit and the Law : Chapman symposium provides guidance to local officials
El Nino: Problem Child
After Rough Start, Baugh Gains in Sacramento ERIC BAILEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spending Priorities
Many Hands Contribute to Anti-Violence Mural DAWN HOBBS
Where Spirits Talk, Blackfeet Listen TOM LACEKY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ridge Route a Road Between Eras
3 Men Found Shot Dead in West Covina From A Times Staff Writer
Ng Evidence Destroyed in Error From Associated Press
Bill Clears the Way for Builders BEVERLY KELLEY, Beverly Kelley is chair of the communication arts department at Cal Lutheran University and host of "Ventura Talk" on radio KCLU
School Bond Backers Say Stakes High FRED ALVAREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Crowd Barrier Broken MARTHA L. WILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Grief Galvanizes Mothers to Seek Crime Witness Aid MILES CORWIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tougher Marital Contract Draws Few Takers JANET McCONNAUGHEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Early Dose of Prevention
Tragedy Indicates Need for Reform
Residents Displaced by Blast Wait to Go Home CHRIS CHI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
It Took 100 Years, but They Made the Club MIMI KO CRUZ, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Supervisor Is Off by a Square Mile
More Innocent Victims in the Pursuit of Justice SCOTT HARRIS
1 Killed, 1 Wounded in Shooting After Dispute
Hal Bernson HENRY CHU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Welfare Law Leaves Vendors in the Lurch SUSAN ABRAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
WAKING UP TO A DREAM : Once Comatose, Now a Homecoming Queen SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Violent Performance at the Bowl Cecilia Rasmussen
Police Recall Events Prior to Suicide SCOTT GLOVER and EVELYN LARRUBIA, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
That Signature on Bottom Line Isn't Always Last Word MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pacific Suns May Embarrass Oxnard
Nancy Dickerson; Trailblazing Reporter From Associated Press
El Toro Proposals Could Never Fly
Local Residents Back Slower Growth Even if Jobs Are Cut DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Red Tape Seals Off Sacred Lands TOM LACEKY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Still Hitting the Books STEVE HYMON
ENTERTAINMENT
Offstage, a Completely Different Animal Robert Greskovic, Robert Greskovic is a New York City critic for Dance Magazine and author of the forthcoming "Ballet 101" for Hyperion
Detective Sullivan on the Case Daryl H. Miller, Daryl H. Miller is a Los Angeles-based theater writer
Modern Dance Now and Then Lewis Segal, Lewis Segal is The Times' dance critic
Roy Dowell's Mixed Bag of Tricks Kristine McKenna, Kristine McKenna is a regular contributor to Calendar
Maybe P & T Could Shrink It Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
In Brief Natalie Nichols
From The Publisher
In Brief Sandy Masuo
In Brief Sara Scribner
Joined, Hiply John Clark, John Clark is a frequent contributor to Calendar
In Brief Ernesto Lechner
Album Review Connie Johnson
Fixer-uppers
This Is Their Song Jerry Crowe
Wanted: An Alternative to Ska Steve Hochman
Po(p)litical Jerry Crowe, Jerry Crowe is a Times staff writer
Harland Williams / Actor Steve Hochman
Of Infants and 'Enfants' Jordan Levin, Jordan Levin is a freelance writer based in Miami Beach
Lots of Pitches, Few Hits Claudia Puig, Claudia Puig is a Times staff writer
Harmonious
Wrong Ted
Bebop's Night in Havana Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
E-g-a-d
The Original Spice Girls Cheo Hodari Coker, Cheo Hodari Coker is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Gee, That Ship Looks Familiar Christian Boone, Christian Boone is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Hollywood's Blackest Hour Patrick Goldstein, Patrick Goldstein is a regular contributor to Calendar
Some Greatest Hits --and Newer Trifles Steve Hochman
SPORTS
Record of Drug Use Continues to Muddy East German Waters MIKE PENNER
Valley Gets Past Pierce on a Pass VINCE KOWALICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Only He Could Have Done What He Did DAVE KINDRED, THE SPORTING NEWS
All Those Alous, but This Home Run Was a Family First MIKE DOWNEY
Serratos Falls Short in Long Run JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bliss Lives Up To His Name With Victory SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Northridge Has Rundown Feeling FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fullerton's Plock Suspended for Violation of Team Rules LON EUBANKS
Cougars Get It Done Quickly From Associated Press
He Should Be Named Drive, Not Park SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dungy Has Surprising Buccaneers on Course for Making Playoffs FRED GOODALL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Scioscia Declines Offer to Talk to Rays ROSS NEWHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gordon Emerges for Moorpark BRYAN RODGERS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
McNown's Day Is One for Books From Associated Press
Fish Sticks Batter Indians JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For Marino, It Has Been a Matter of Adjustments BOB OATES
High School Football Roundup K.L. MARTINEZ
Group Works to Guide Growth by Yellowstone JON SARCHE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gardiner Leads SCC to 2-1 Win Over Cal Baptist
Hellriegel Is the Best at Ironman Triathlon From Associated Press
Wilson Has D.C. Feeling Ducky About Capitals From Associated Press
Benitez's Goal in Overtime Lifts Masters
Griffith and StingRays Defuse Colorado, 76-64 EARL GUSTKEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
UCLA Finds Beauty in a Flawed Win JIM HODGES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
While U.S. Struggles, Others Have Eyes on Cup GRAHAME L. JONES
Bylsma Strengthens Defense LONNIE WHITE
Prep Football / Update
Marlins Pay a High Price To Win ROSS NEWHAN
He Continues to Repay Debt He Owes Game RON SIRAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School Football Roundup
Mattiace Shoots 65 to Take Lead From Associated Press
High School Football Roundup LANCE O'FALLON
Nittany Lions Almost Wait Too Long to Get It Going From Associated Press
El Modena Holds On for Victory DAN ARRITT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lakers Associated Press
Forde Has Bruins' Vote as Gifted Leader CHRIS BAKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fresno St. Uses Kick to Down Air Force From Associated Press
South Korea Nears Berth in World Cup From Staff and Wire Reports
They're Still Winners . . . Still Play Hurt BOB GLAUBER, NEWSDAY
An Ugly Win, a Beautiful Rivalry RANDY HARVEY
There's No Quit in USC This Week ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Despite Injury, Kansas State's Bishop Stars From Associated Press
High School Football Roundup STEVE GALLUZZO
Top 25 At A Glance
Eagles Hope QB Peete Can Turn Around Season TERRY LARIMER, ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
One Quarterback Works Just Fine From Associated Press
Page Likes Antoski's Potential ELLIOTT TEAFORD
Busby, Defense Lead Florida State, 38-0 From Associated Press
Suddenly, Notre Dame Is Reeling TRIS WYKES
Santa Ana Charges Past Golden West STEVE KRESAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In a Freedom League game: MELANIE NEFF
Chapman Offers No Excuses in 36-20 Loss to St. Mary's MICHAEL ITAGAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Antelope Valley Feasts on Desert Turnovers, 28-3 STEVE GALLUZZO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Australian Wins U.S. Open Title MELANIE NEFF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ice Dogs Defeated by Milwaukee, 4-2 Associated Press
Northwestern Simply Smashing
In another Olympic League game: MIKE WOJCIECHOWSKI
Padding Baseball Playoffs Produces So-What Games HAL BOCK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
It Wasn't Big Inning of End for Hernandez MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hershiser Isn't Overly Perturbed by Defeat ROSS NEWHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
High School Football Roundup MITCH POLIN
Calvary Chapel Holds Off Warriors TED APODACA
Magazine Illustrated Sports' Importance JIM MURRAY
Smith Cut Off on the Pass FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ
A Champion's Life Filled With More Than Hard Work B.J. REYES, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fitch Not Pleased With Bad Exhibitions CHRIS BAKER
Saddleback Makes Mistakes, Long Beach Wins
You Might Call Hearn 'Iron Mike' SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
Florida Turns Auburn Green With Envy, 24-10 From Associated Press
Caffrey Sets County Record With 422 Yards MARK PEINADO
Two Northridge Golfers Named to All-Big Sky Team
Cleveland Browns Have No Players or Stadium, but Have Plenty of Fans HAL BOCK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hicks Kept Out of the End Zone JIM HODGES
Eight-man
Bulls Make a Fast Meal of Olympiakos Associated Press
He Steals Another From Irish RANDY HARVEY and ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Franco Sparks St. Genevieve to Its First Victory GILLEE SHERMAN
Woodbridge Stuns Sailors, 17-10 MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Being Long Snapper Makes Bruins' Rubio Complete BILL PLASCHKE
They're Still Winners . . . Still Play Hurt JOHN STEADMAN, BALTIMORE SUN
James the Star as Miami Ends Losing Streak From Associated Press
Griese Starts Poorly but Is Able to Finish Off Iowa, 28-24 From Associated Press
LSU Is the Victim This Time From Associated Press
Defense Gets Cornhuskers Out of a Tough Spot From Associated Press
L.A. Baptist Has Rival's Number PETER YOON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
They Can't Win One With the Bipper MIKE DiGIOVANNA and JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Eastern Washington Ends Montana Streak
Desormeaux's Oak Leaf Mistake Is Erased by Delahoussaye's Win BOB MIESZERSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Arizona's Trick Play Turns Into Quite a Treat for Washington
Poetic Justice for Cal Lutheran JIM COLEMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Suspended Valenzuela Arrested on Suspicion of Spousal Abuse BOB MIESZERSKI
Times Nfl Writer T.j. Simers Poses--and Answers--the Burning Questions On : Game Day T.J. SIMERS
We Won't Even Discuss Getting to First Base MAL FLORENCE
Devoted Lugo Still in Hunt ERIC SONDHEIMER
BUSINESS
Imagyn Sues U.S. Surgical in Patent Infringement Claim Dow Jones
Steri-Oss Names Dymek President
If Donor Pays Capital Gains Tax on Stock Given as Gift, a New Tax Basis Is Established CARLA LAZZARESCHI
Internal Controls to Protect Your Shop JAMES S. GRANELLI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kofax Completes Initial Offering Dow Jones
Capital Pacific's 2nd-Quarter Profit Declines E. SCOTT RECKARD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Allergan Development Deal Ends Dow Jones
Salon Strives to Be a Cut Above the Rest SHANA McNALLY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Corporations' $11.8-Million Initiative Aims to Improve Child-Care Training NANCY RIVERA BROOKS
Asia's Transition: Pause for Breath JAMES FLANIGAN
Bad Reference Creates Problem With Resume
Company Financial Snapshots
Looking for a Financial Planner?
Wages for Employee Who Quit Must Be Paid on Time
Bikers Dream Agrees to Debt Conversion John O'Dell
More Development Is Not the Answer
Tobacco Farmers Grow Something Harmful, so Sympathy for Them Seems Misplaced
China at the Core of U.S. Apple Growers' Woes EVELYN IRITANI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Human Nature Is Stocks' Most Volatile Factor TOM PETRUNO
Success Since '87 Crash Is More Than 'Mania' RUSS WILES, Russ Wiles is a financial writer for the Arizona Republic
There's an Economic Argument for Keeping the Royals--Tourist Money James Risen, James Risen is a national correspondent in The Times' Washington bureau
The Crime Within JAMES S. GRANELLI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
TRAVEL
Costa Rica, HILLARY HAUSER, Hauser is a freelance writer based in Summerland
Woks Across the Border KITTY MORSE
Another Chance for Flower Power
Traveler's Notes . . .
Get Going Without Cash in Hong Kong
Rotterdam Maiden Cruise Delayed Again
Lighting Up a Winter Wonderland ELLEN MELINKOFF
Harrods Defender
Palm Trees in Park Are More Than Mirages JOHN McKINNEY
On Tour With the Dead REED GLENN, Glenn is a Colorado-based freelancer
Leave the Driving to New Bus in the West LUCY IZON, Izon is a Toronto-based freelance writer
Cutting Commissions
A Toast to Your Cruise! Now Hand Over That Booze CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Going to Seeds ROBERT SMAUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Smaus is The Times' Garden Editor
U.S. Funds Restore Key Venice Church
Sailing on Memories--and the Stella Solaris SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH
Romance, Even With Small Children Along EILEEN OGINTZ
Sail Through a Safari in Zimbabwe Parks KARIN DOMINELLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
MAGAZINE
Bodybuilders S. Banks
Family Plot
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Floating Islands SUSAN HEEGER
The Lean Gray Line
Rix Is For Kids S. Irene Virbila
Rock Of Angels MICHAEL WALKER
Cooling Down a Millennium Fever Patt Morrison
Oil, That Is Mary Melton
Chip Chic JUDY PROUTY
Extra Extra Jim Benning
Her Saga Was Music to Their Ears
Intense (in tens') adj. 1. very strong 2. zealous 3. having or showing firm purpose 4. ELI BROAD DIANE HAITHMAN, Diane Haithman is a Times staff writer. Her last article for the magazine was on Hollywood's Freeman House. Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff contributed to this article
A Drop of Green Gold NANCY SPILLER, Nancy Spiller is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Good Credit Ed Leibowitz
The Last Word Ron Rapoport, Ron Rapoport is deputy sports editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, sports commentator for NPR's "Weekend Edition" and collaborator on "Betty Garrett and Other Songs," which will be published in November by Madison Books
OPINION
A Bully Pulpit for the Schools
TV-H: Hazardous to Your Hypocrisy ROBERT DAWIDOFF, Robert Dawidoff is a professor of history at Claremont Graduate School and coauthor, with Michael Nava, of "Created Equal: Why Gay Rights Matter to America."
Political Payback
Foster Suicide
Welfare Rolls
Squeezing the Information Flow
The Art Community Remains Complacent Even as Barbarians Approach Tony Kushner, Tony Kushner is a playwright who won a Pulitzer Prize for his play "Angels in America." His newest play, a translation of "A Dybbuk," is opening at the New York Shakespeare Festival next month
The Give & Take of Charity : Amid Affluence, Americans should be donating more, because there are more causes and more money is needed. But they are falling short. : The Forgotten Question Martin E. Marty, Martin E. Marty is a professor of the history of religion at the University of Chicago and senior editor of the Christian Century magazine. He directs the Public Religion Project, a nonprofit group analyzing the role of religion in American life
The Line-Item Veto Gets a 'Hello' and a 'Go Away'
Safety Standards for Handguns
Confronting Vichy--After More Than 50 Years Charles S. Maier, Charles S. Maier teaches modern European history at Harvard and directs its Center for European Studies. His most recent book is "Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany."
74-Year-Old Billed for Child Support
Permits to Clear Flood Control Channels
Pay Raise
The Key to Population Is Poverty DONELLA H. MEADOWS, Donella H. Meadows is an adjunct professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College
Fred Thompson Alan C. Miller and Glenn F. Bunting, Alan C. Miller and Glenn F. Bunting are investigative reporters in the Washington bureau of The Times
The Gaping Loophole in the Middle of INS Law Enforcement Michael Huspek, Michael Huspek is an associate professor of communication at Cal State San Marcos
Bilingual Is a Damaging Myth RON K. UNZ, Ron K. Unz, a Silicon Valley software entrepreneur, is the chairman of the "English for the Children" initiative campaign. In 1994, he challenged incumbent Gov. Pete Wilson for the Republican nomination
There's No Rushing China's Slow March to a Rule of Law Stanley B. Lubman, Stanley B. Lubman, consulting professor at the Stanford Law School, is a specialist on Chinese law
John Denver
America's Nationhood Must Not Be Reduced to Its 'Whiteness' Leonce E. Gaiter, Leonce E. Gaiter is an essayist and novelist
Natural-Born Leaders of Community Revitalization Linda J. Wong, Linda J. Wong is CFO and program director for the Community Technologies Center
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