What happened on December 05, 1999

BOOKS

ENTERTAINMENT

Pointe Shoe Confidential By Jennifer Fisher, Jennifer Fisher was last seen in pointe shoes in 1971
Going Against the Usual Wisdom By Christopher Noxon, Christopher Noxon is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Best Bets / DECEMBER 5-11, 1999
All Eyes on DMX By Soren Baker, Soren Baker writes about hip-hop for Calendar
Aida, Meet Elton By Patrick Pacheco, Patrick Pacheco is a regular contributor to Calendar
From Eternity to Here By Scarlet Cheng, Scarlet Cheng is a frequent contributor to Calendar
One Giant Leap By Amy Wallace, Amy Wallace is a Times staff writer
Y2K: Trailer-Compliant By Kathleen Craughwell
Back to the Cradle of Conflict By John Clark
Allow Her to Illuminate By Daryl H. Miller, Daryl H. Miller is a Los Angeles-based entertainment reporter
Two Troupes Making NoHo Their Home By Don Shirley, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
Recordings : Rattle Delivers Decadent Treats By Mark Swed
Recordings By Daniel Cariaga
Recordings By John Henken
Building a Vision From the Ground Up By Hunter Drohojowska-philp, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is a frequent contributor to Calendar
MTV Aims to Keep It Totally Honest on 'Total Request Live' By Steve Hochman
A Year-End Rally for Rock En Espanol Two recent releases display the budding genre's true vitality. By Ernesto Lechner
Small Faces
Symphonic Corea, Solitary Jarrett, and More By Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
Recordings By Mark Swed

NEWS

BUSINESS

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

OPINION

Skewered in Seattle By Adrian Wooldridge and John Micklethwait, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge are U.S. correspondents for the Economist. Their new book, "A Future Perfect: The Essentials of Globalization," will be published in May
Seeking to Be the 'Founder,' Arafat Tightens His Grasp By Amy Wilentz, Amy Wilentz, who has written about Israel for the New Yorker, is now working on a book about Israel
Skewered in Seattle By Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition." and that they could not agree on an alternative agenda
Is Villaraigosa a True Consensus-Builder? By Steve Scott, Steve Scott is political editor of California Journal, a nonpartisan monthly that covers California government and politics
Another Step Toward Peace, Another Obstacle By Kelly Candaele, Kelly Candaele is a contributing writer for Irish America Magazine and has written extensively on Northern Ireland for several national publications
Lee Kuan Yew By David Lamb, David Lamb is Southeast Asia bureau chief for The Times
The Silence That Won't Go Away By Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto is the author of the novel "Why She Left Us."
Make Those Airports Tighter
Finding Neighborhoods in L.A.
Hospital Errors' High Cost
Why Not Create the $100,000 Teacher? By Lowell Milken, Lowell Milken is chairman and co-founder of the Santa Monica-based Milken Family Foundation. His report "A Matter of Quality: a Strategy for Assuring the High Quality of America's Teachers" is available at http://www.mff.org
Register Your Car and Your Commitment By Sherry Lansing, Sherry Lansing is a member of the UC Board of Regents and chairman of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group. Information on the AIDS research license plate: http://www.4acure.org
Don't Complete the Belmont Learning Complex By Ira Reiner, Ira Reiner, a former L.A. district attorney, was executive director and chief counsel of the Belmont Independent Commission
When Politics Is Also Psychology By Peter Wolson, Peter Wolson, a psychoanalyst, is director of training at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies

REAL ESTATE

SPORTS

MAGAZINE

Tea and China By Leilah Bernstein
Hummer Lovin' By Monica Corcoran
Jenny Armit, Interior Designer By Leslee Komaiko
High Lights By A. Grey Le Cuyer
Let Them Shake Salt By Mark Ehrman
Planet of the Ppuppets By Russ Spencer
Keeping the World Straight When Memory Is a Trickster By Patt Morrison
Solo in the City By Allison Adato, Allison Adato is based in New York City. This is her first piece for the magazine
Gut Check At Mach 1 By Alan Abrahamson, Alan Abrahamson, a Times staff writer, last wrote for the magazine about a Los Angeles couple's fight to collect on a Holocaust-era life insurance policy
The Sport of Exiles By Jesse Katz, Jesse Katz is a Times national correspondent. His last piece for the magazine was on Southwest Airlines
The Only Game in Town By S. Irene Virbila
Saving Art by the Sheet By Dianne Bates

TRAVEL

If Fares Drop, Fliers Are Due a Refund--Maybe By Christopher Reynolds, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Touring Hawaiian Coffee, Sugar Farms
Hyatt to Open Resort Near Vegas
Hawaii Plans Fee for Diamond Head
Cruise Ship Scores
D.C. Monument to Close for Repairs ASSOCIATED PRESS
California Corner By Laurie K. Schenden
Millennium Countdown
Smithsonian to Open Hall Devoted to Africa
Bitten by the June Bug By Dan Blackburn, Dan Blackburn is a freelance writer and television correspondent in Los Angeles
Food for Thought and Stomachs in Indonesia By Karin Esterhammer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A City Girl Learns About Taking to the Woods--Without Help From a Man By Susan Spano, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Cooking Up Some Shipboard Memories By Harry Basch and Shirley Slater, Shirley Slater and Harry Basch travel as guests of the cruise lines. Cruise Views appears the first and third week of every month
Getting Those Toddling Tots on the Ski Slopes By Eileen Ogintz
Tips for Staying on the Slopes and Out of the ER By Kathleen Doheny, Kathleen Doheny can be reached at kdoheny@compuserve.com
Five Winners in the Wasatch By John Briley, John Briley is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C
Jackson's Blazing New Trails By David Gonzales, David Gonzales is a freelance writer and photographer in Jackson Hole, Wyo
Transcending Time at Taos By Grace Lichtenstein, Grace Lichtenstein, who formerly covered the Rocky Mountain West for the New York Times, lives in Corrales, N.M., and New York City
Latin American Savings in High Season By Arthur Frommer
In Canada, Schuss Farther on Packages By Lucy Izon, Lucy Izon is a Toronto-based freelance travel writer and author of "Izon's Backpacker Journal." Internet http://www.izon.com
Getting Instant Photo-Gratification By Judi Dash
Hitting the Sand at Huntington, Bolsa Chica By John Mckinney
California--Lois Stratton, Pasadena: "Harper House Bed...

What happened on December 05, 1999

BOOKS

ENTERTAINMENT

Pointe Shoe Confidential By Jennifer Fisher, Jennifer Fisher was last seen in pointe shoes in 1971

Going Against the Usual Wisdom By Christopher Noxon, Christopher Noxon is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer

All Eyes on DMX By Soren Baker, Soren Baker writes about hip-hop for Calendar

Aida, Meet Elton By Patrick Pacheco, Patrick Pacheco is a regular contributor to Calendar

From Eternity to Here By Scarlet Cheng, Scarlet Cheng is a frequent contributor to Calendar

One Giant Leap By Amy Wallace, Amy Wallace is a Times staff writer

Y2K: Trailer-Compliant By Kathleen Craughwell

Back to the Cradle of Conflict By John Clark

Allow Her to Illuminate By Daryl H. Miller, Daryl H. Miller is a Los Angeles-based entertainment reporter

Two Troupes Making NoHo Their Home By Don Shirley, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer

Recordings : Rattle Delivers Decadent Treats By Mark Swed

Recordings By Daniel Cariaga

Recordings By John Henken

Building a Vision From the Ground Up By Hunter Drohojowska-philp, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is a frequent contributor to Calendar

MTV Aims to Keep It Totally Honest on 'Total Request Live' By Steve Hochman

A Year-End Rally for Rock En Espanol Two recent releases display the budding genre's true vitality. By Ernesto Lechner

Symphonic Corea, Solitary Jarrett, and More By Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer

Recordings By Mark Swed

NEWS

Products of the Imagination : Industrial design is enjoying a renaissance as consumers embrace a new crop of visually exuberant goods. By Linda Hales, WASHINGTON POST

Blue Year's Eve By Martin Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Your Gift for Giving May Give Him Pain By Vicki Iovine

Follow the Recipes for Sisterhood By Sandy Banks

His Body of Work By Lynell George, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Top Workers Are the Best in U.S. at Faking Sick Days From HARTFORD COURANT

Community Agencies List Their Wishes By Candace A. Wedlan, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Nature in the City By Mel Gilden

The Powers That Be By Bill Overend, Bill Overend is editor of the Ventura County Edition of The Times

Was It Worth It? Wounded Reporter Assesses His Loss By Ian Stewart, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Revered White Buffalo Draws Pilgrims to Wisconsin Farm By Helen O'Neill, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chilling Web Site Reveals a Killer's Obsessive Plans By J.M. Hirsch, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photographers' Group Sues Kmart Over Illegal Reprints By Steve Karnowski, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dutch Mayors Press for Right to Bar Sex Offenders From Their Cities By Alexander Bon, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Researchers Probe Minds of Mass Murderers From Associated Press

New York State Towns Irate Over Dam By Michael Hill, ASSOCIATED PRESS

After 25 Years, Silkwood Legacy Endures By Ron Jenkins, ASSOCIATED PRESS

S. Dakota Land Dispute Attests to Racial Chasm By William Claiborne, WASHINGTON POST

Losers Take All in Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans By Carl Manning, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lawsuit to Prolong Medical Marijuana Use Is Dismissed Associated Press

Fitness, Not Weight, Could Be the Key to Good Health By Ira Dreyfuss, ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Slow Lane in Vehicle Safety By Myron Levin, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Poor Countries Defy WTO 'Club' By Evelyn Iritani, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Holy Sepulcher Guardians Slam Door on Portal Plan By Tracy Wilkinson, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Silence From Mars Lander Prolongs a Tense Vigil By Robert Lee Hotz, TIMES SCIENCE WRITER

Belmont Financing Leaves Total Cost in Question By Jeffrey L. Rabin, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Ex-Chief Justice Rose Bird Dies of Cancer at 63 By Maura Dolan, TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER

What's Old, Pussycat? By Mike Downey

Storm Across N. Europe Leaves 17 Dead, Devastation in Wake From Associated Press

Bethlehem Launches Millennial Festivities Associated Press

U.S. School in Kenya Sends 17 Boys Home From the Baltimore Sun

5 Snowboarding Fans Killed in Stampede From Times Wire Reports

No Fatalities in Warehouse Blasts From Times Wire Reports

Leader, Ruling Party Easily Win Election From Times Wire Reports

Pakistani Police Arrest Kin of Confessed Killer of Children From Associated Press

Banker Killed in Apartment Fire Refused to Heed Pleas of Rescuers From Associated Press

Officials Dismiss Calls For Resignations From Times Wire Reports

Teen's Death at Camp Fuels Debate, Inquiry From Reuters

Ex-Mayor's Libel Suit Is Dismissed Associated Press

Severe Organ Shortage Expected to Worsen By Marlene Cimons, TIMES STAFF WRITER

2 Bonfire Pile Victims Were Drunk From Associated Press

Seattle Settles Into Post-WTO Holiday Rhythm From Reuters

2 Firefighters in Search of Homeless People in Blaze Radioed Distress Call From Times Wire Services

Funeral Held for 7 Cubans Who Drowned From Reuters

Sen. DeWine Calls for Easing Teacher Certification Rules From Associated Press

Online Voting to Be Offered in Arizona Associated Press

States Get Welfare Reform Bonuses From Associated Press

McCain in Good Health, Records Say From Associated Press

13 Killed as Van Hits Big Rig From Associated Press

Man Kills 5 of His Children, Shoots Himself, Police Say From Times Staff and Wire Reports

California to Receive More Federal Funds to Fight AIDS By Nick Anderson, TIMES STAFF WRITER

New Tactics Used Against Tenacious Pike By Eric Bailey, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Security Increased at VIP Parking Garage in Capitol's Basement By Carl Ingram, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Agency Urges More Affordable Housing Near Lake Tahoe From Associated Press

Agency Oversees U.S. Fuel Rules, Auto Safety Programs By Myron Levin

Inside, Outside Forces Change WTO Forever By Jonathan Peterson, TIMES STAFF WRITERS