The Watermelon Contest By Mel Gilden, \o7 Children's author Mel Gilden was born on July 3 and is still convinced that all the fireworks are to celebrate his arrival\f7
Don't Fear Putting More People to Work By William Drayton, William Drayton is the chair of Get America Working!, a nonprofit group that advocates for full employment. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984
One Country, Two Systems: Not Dead Yet By Tom Plate, Times contributing editor Tom Plate's column runs Wednesdays. For the full text of Tung's interview, see the Web site http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu
L.A. Has Just Weeks to Get Moving on a Football Team By Eli Broad, Eli Broad, backer of the new Coliseum bid for an NFL team, is chairman of SunAmerica Inc. and a trustee of the L.A. County Museum of Art and Caltech