What happened on October 19, 1997

BOOKS

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
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
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
Reading L.a.
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
The Committee, by Ann Stanford
No Man's Land, by Martha Ronk
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
In Chandler Country, by Dana Gioia
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."
From 'The Prairie', by Amy Clampitt
Moonwalk GARY INDIANA, Gary Indiana is the author of several novels, including, most recently, "Resentment: A Comedy."
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

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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
The Original Spice Girls Cheo Hodari Coker, Cheo Hodari Coker is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Modern Dance Now and Then Lewis Segal, Lewis Segal is The Times' dance critic
In Brief Sara Scribner
Fixer-uppers
Wrong Ted
Joined, Hiply John Clark, John Clark is a frequent contributor to Calendar
In Brief Sandy Masuo
Lots of Pitches, Few Hits Claudia Puig, Claudia Puig is a Times staff writer
In Brief Ernesto Lechner
From The Publisher
E-g-a-d
Maybe P & T Could Shrink It Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
Harland Williams / Actor Steve Hochman
In Brief Natalie Nichols
Wanted: An Alternative to Ska Steve Hochman
Album Review Connie Johnson
Of Infants and 'Enfants' Jordan Levin, Jordan Levin is a freelance writer based in Miami Beach
Some Greatest Hits --and Newer Trifles Steve Hochman
Harmonious
Po(p)litical Jerry Crowe, Jerry Crowe is a Times staff writer
Roy Dowell's Mixed Bag of Tricks Kristine McKenna, Kristine McKenna is a regular contributor to Calendar
Bebop's Night in Havana Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
Detective Sullivan on the Case Daryl H. Miller, Daryl H. Miller is a Los Angeles-based theater 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
This Is Their Song Jerry Crowe

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Bodybuilders S. Banks
Family Plot
Cooling Down a Millennium Fever Patt Morrison
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Oil, That Is Mary Melton
Good Credit Ed Leibowitz
Floating Islands SUSAN HEEGER
Chip Chic JUDY PROUTY
Extra Extra Jim Benning
Rock Of Angels MICHAEL WALKER
The Lean Gray Line
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
Rix Is For Kids S. Irene Virbila
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
A Drop of Green Gold NANCY SPILLER, Nancy Spiller is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer

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 Line-Item Veto Gets a 'Hello' and a 'Go Away'
Pay Raise
The Key to Population Is Poverty DONELLA H. MEADOWS, Donella H. Meadows is an adjunct professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College
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
America's Nationhood Must Not Be Reduced to Its 'Whiteness' Leonce E. Gaiter, Leonce E. Gaiter is an essayist and novelist
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
Permits to Clear Flood Control Channels
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
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."
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
74-Year-Old Billed for Child Support
John Denver
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
Natural-Born Leaders of Community Revitalization Linda J. Wong, Linda J. Wong is CFO and program director for the Community Technologies Center
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

What happened on October 19, 1997

BOOKS

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

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

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

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

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."

Moonwalk GARY INDIANA, Gary Indiana is the author of several novels, including, most recently, "Resentment: A Comedy."

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

Solution to Old Killing Found Too Close to Home CHELSEA J. CARTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Who's Keeping an Eye on the Security Guards? GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

'Under the Volcano' Michael Wilmington

Liquid City MICHAEL P. LUCAS

Boo Cool JEANNINE STEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Once an Inmate, Now He's in Charge of Model Prison RICHARD BRAND, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colombia Rebels Turn Vote Into Risky Campaign JUANITA DARLING, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Partnership on Environment Caps Clinton Visit JONATHAN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

U.N. Tries to Free 2 S. Koreans From Associated Press

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

3 Killed, 2 Wounded by Blast in Croatia Associated Press

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

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

Coal Mine Blast in Colombia Kills 16 Reuters

The Bike TED ROHRLICH, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Aircraft Lead Way for Crane Migration From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Culture Watch BEVERLY BEYETTE

Book Shelf ROCHELLE O'GORMAN FLYNN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Warblin' in the Wind PETER H. KING

Urban Gripe ROY RIVENBURG

E-Mail With Sound: Grandma's Waiting DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Martian Meteorite Redefines 'Rock Star' MICHELLE KOIDIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Report Calls D.C. Police Mismanaged MICHAEL POWELL and SARI HORWITZ, WASHINGTON POST

'Ed Wood' Kenneth Turan

Gore Urges Greater Push for Clean Water From Times Staff and Wire Reports

American Drivers, Cars Guzzling Record Levels of Gasoline From Associated Press

New Logging-Roads Policy in Works at Forest Service Associated Press

Dinosaurs From Coke Bottles: It's a Start CONNIE KOENENN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Some Fruitful Pursuits MICHAEL QUINTANILLA

Friends, Fans and Family Pay Last Respects to John Denver From Reuters

Marlins Fan Killed While Putting Sign Along Transit Line Associated Press

Megacity Madness Grows in China, Asia ELAINE KURTENBACH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Teletubbies are coming! BEVERLY BEYETTE

Highways Carrying Immigrants to the Midwest SHARON COHEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ventura County Backs Slow Growth DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Poets' Society Pays Tribute to a 'Curmudgeon' DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Shows For Youngsters And Their Parents Too LEE HARRIS, TIMES WRITER WRITER

Bus Riders Defy Death on Peru's Rural Roads DAVID KOOP, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Midwest Grows Wheat, Corn, Inventors BILL FOREMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina Judge Turns Lawbreakers Into Food Donors P. SOLOMON BANDA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Illegal Immigrants Drawn to Midwest Jobs SHARON COHEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

'Michael Collins' Kenneth Turan

Planes Fly By at Tribute to Denver From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Carters, Campaigners and Staff Reunite From Associated Press

Goldie Hawn has 'Hope' about serious issues; 'Over the Top' is under the wire; HBO's 'Joe' STEVEN LINAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Making a Good Job of Jailhouse Employment DAWN FALLIK, ASSOCIATED PRESS

'The Brothers McMullen' Kenneth Turan

Drew Carey Writes a Blue Streak IRENE LACHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

An Undying Love for 'Jane Eyre' SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Coast Gets Some Protection--Is It Enough? JENIFER WARREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

TRAVEL

Costa Rica, HILLARY HAUSER, Hauser is a freelance writer based in Summerland

Woks Across the Border KITTY MORSE

Going to Seeds ROBERT SMAUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Smaus is The Times' Garden Editor