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What happened on May 16, 1999
BUSINESS
Think Long, Hard Before Adding a Child's Name to Deed of Home LIZ PULLIAM, Liz Pulliam is a personal finance writer for The Times and a graduate of the certified financial planner training program at UC Irvine
With Private Planes You Also Get Private Terminals MARTHA L. WILLMAN
Meal Reimbursement Is Taxable Income
Individuals May Soon Get a Say in Order Handling WALTER HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Soaring Stock Trades Fuel Debate Over Pricing WALTER HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mergers Point to Solid Future for Oil Industry JAMES FLANIGAN
Mystified by Downsizings, Strong Economic Statistics
Dot-Calm Strategy to Profit From Net Mania KATHY M. KRISTOF
Emerging-Markets Funds Beckon Anew--but Look Before You Leap PAUL J. LIM
It's Alive (Again)! The Bond Monster Awakes in a Rage Tom Petruno
Coming This Week
New Century Financial Promotes Cope
Some See Information Highway as Road to Riches, Others as Road to Ruin KATHY M. KRISTOF
Corporate Jets Adding Mileage to Bottom Line MARTHA L. WILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lack of Attendance Policy Needn't Prevent a Firing
NEWS
Washing Your Underwear? Don't Forget the Bleach ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mt. Baker May Break World Snowfall Record LAURENCE M. CRUZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Developing a Crush on Your Obstetrician Isn't Unusual VICKI IOVINE
U.S. Military Accidents Linked to Flawed Maps LISA GETTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2 Are First Female Graduates of VMI From Times Wire Reports
State Agrees to Pay $2.2 Million to Inmate Shot at Corcoran Prison MARK ARAX and MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Fund-Raiser Is Undaunted by State, Federal Scrutiny DANIEL YI and JACK LEONARD and RAY F. HERNDON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
It's Not Just a Job, It's a Workout BOOTH MOORE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hatfields, McCoys to Revive Feud on Softball Diamond KIMBERLY HEFLING, ASSOCIATED PRESS
High-Risk Inmates Traded From State to State to Boost Prison Security DEL QUENTIN WILBER, BALTIMORE SUN
Pupils, Parents Key to School Reform, Republican Says From Associated Press
Blair Sets Deadline for Peace Process From Times Wire Reports
Slave Descendants Join Jefferson Fete From Times Wire Reports
Turkish Lawmaker's Citizenship Revoked Associated Press
Israeli Arab Drops Out, Aiding Labor REBECCA TROUNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hormone Therapy Varies by Location BILL BERGSTROM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israelis Will Shape Their Identity in Monday's Vote TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Planning Ahead
Pint-Sized Punch Lines
Today's Living Best Bets
Twisted Country Titles Lasso Lots of Laughs
Delia's Dog JENNY TRIPP, Jenny Tripp co-wrote "The Lion King." Her newest book, "Fais Do-Do," will be published by HarperCollins
Show Respect for Women Who Nurse
'Collateral Damage' Isn't Limited to the Battlefield DOYLE McMANUS and TYLER MARSHALL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
States of Excitement for a Wordsmith MICHAEL J. YBARRA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Clinton Presents Three-Pronged Approach to Curb Violence in Media EDWIN CHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NATO Concedes Civilians Killed in Bomb Attack PETER G. GOSSELIN and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
War Wrap-Up
They Support Tibetans for the Wrong Reasons
Explorations in Nature for Curious Readers KEVIN BAXTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
On Internet, Anybody Can Be in the Spy Game BOB DROGIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Burglars Abscond With Used Car Lot Guard Dog LINDA WHEELER, THE WASHINGTON POST
Laugh Lines
The Dr. Is In Again MICHAEL P. LUCAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woman 'Dies' Twice in Snarl of Red Tape JERRY SCHWARTZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Favored Candidate Leading in Polls From Times Wire Reports
U.S. Technician Is Kidnapped by Rebels From Times Wire Reports
Russian Parliament Fails in Bid to Impeach Yeltsin MAURA REYNOLDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man With 54 Collies Must Give Up 51 From Associated Press
Relief Officials Seek to Move Refugees CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Blame All Around for Poor Party Planning BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
5.6 Quake Jolts Eastern Sierra Near Mammoth Lakes KENNETH REICH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
At Least 53 Refugees Die in Kosovo Air Raid PAUL WATSON and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Air Force 1 Avoids Airplane Near LAX From Staff and Wire Reports
Tuxedo, Shoe Phone and BMW Sold Separately ROY RIVENBURG
No Longer Enough to Get Down on Bended Knee CANDACE A. WEDLAN
Of Teen Tragedy, Shrines of Our Times SANDY BANKS
Banker to Govern Macau After Hand-Over From Associated Press
Table for 31, Please
Earning a Diploma for Himself--and for His Dad JENIFER WARREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Conservationists Fear Tourist Onslaught in an African Paradise ANN M. SIMMONS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Praise for Comedian as a Devoted Mom
Baja Oil Spill Appears to Pose No U.S. Threat TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
$624-Million Award in Wal-Mart Lawsuit From Times Wire Reports
You Can Take Steps to Put Annoying Junk Calls on Hold ELAINE ST. JAMES
Always on the Menu: Spectacles du Jour LESLEE KOMAIKO
4 Youths Held in Alleged 'Massacre' Plot at School From Associated Press
Death Penalty Sought for Nurse in Patients' Deaths From Reuters
Sun May Be Setting on Japan's Fiscal Dominance Over Asia MARK MAGNIER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gold Rush Spirit and Ambition Endure TERRY McDERMOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rural-Urban Divide Over Guns Grows STEVE BERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Diary of Malcolm X to Be Sold at Auction From Times Wire Reports
A Prozac Infomercial? Now, That's Depressing MIKE DOWNEY
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Chicano Studies Matures at CSUN HILARY E. MacGREGOR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jet Skier Safe After Night Lost, Adrift in the Ocean JACK LEONARD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Forgotten Hero From a Night of Disgrace Cecilia Rasmussen
Wiser Alatorre Is Proud That Park Bears His Name GEORGE RAMOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
At 77, Former Combat Pilot to Soar With Eagles STEVE CHAWKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hill Canyon Development
Elaborate Quilt Celebrates State's Sesquicentennial IRENE GARCIA
Changing a Culture of Violence SUSAN ROGERS, Van Nuys resident Susan Rogers is a spokesperson for the nonprofit Center for Media Literacy, which publishes the community education curriculum program "Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media."
County Medical Contracts Sewn Up, Critics Say DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For El Toro Runways, V Marks the Spot RUSSELL NIEWIAROWSKI and CHARLES GRIFFIN, Charles Griffin of Newport Beach is a retired aviation systems engineer and Russell Niewiarowski of Santa Ana Heights is a marketing consultant. They write as members of the New Millennium Group
Slide-Threatened Homes Hang in Limbo MICHAEL LUO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Check It Out
Yes on Measure A
Information, Not Censorship
A Young City's Justifiable Pride
When in the Course of Revising Our Municipal Contract . . . KIMIT A. MUSTON, Kimit A. Muston is a North Hollywood playwright
A Welcome Experiment
Reading Tips And Notes / Insights From The Classroom ROBIN RADLAUER-CRAMER, Robin Radlauer-Cramer teaches fifth grade at Valley Elementary School in the Poway Unified School District in northern San Diego County
Voters Deserve a Voice
Spin Heavy but Light on Real Reform TONY STRICKLAND, Assemblyman Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks) represents the 37th District
Forum to Discuss Littleton Tragedy
Some Officials Want Secession Financial Backers Revealed MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Making Connections
Parents Insist on Making Accidental Shooting a Lesson to Others JOHN MacDONALD, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Conflict, if Not Legality, Is Clear
Airport Opportunity
GETTING IN TOUCH and MORE ON READING
Reexamining Prosecutor's Eyewitnesses DANA PARSONS
Charter Reform
El Toro Airport Far From a Done Deal
Newhall Ranch Project
Stadium for CSUN
Cheers for 2 Young Men
Build-and-Pave Hypocrisy
Protection for Least Terns
Fairness and the Slick 50's
Police Arrest South Gate Man After Chase
Stranded Motorist Killed Running Across Freeway AGNES DIGGS
After Littleton, Hard to Overreact
A Life-and-Death Journalism Practitioner JEFFREY BRODY, Jeffrey Brody, an assistant professor of communications, teaches a course on the Vietnamese American experience at Cal State Fullerton
Valley Secession
'Terminator'
A Westward Shift for Jewish Spirituality LARRY B. STAMMER, TIMES RELIGION WRITER
Former Gun Lover Recoils From NRA Romance, Takes Aim at Dogma JENNIFER FREY, WASHINGTON POST
A Plus for Inner-City Kids
Home Sweet Home on the Firing Range ANGIE WAGNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Slot Player's Jackpot Appeal Faces Longshot in Nevada Supreme Court SCOTT SONNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rail Lines Need Proper Planning
Finding a Jail Site
Reading Tips And Notes ROBIN RADLAUER-CRAMER, Robin Radlauer-Cramer teaches fifth grade at Valley Elementary School in the Poway Unified School District in northern San Diego County
Night and Day, Van Gogh Is the One This Weekend JOSH MEYER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SPECIAL REPORT * A 200% hike in rates that a water agency charges cities, plus alleged wastefulness and questionable political doings, spur . . . : A Flood of Outrage DOUGLAS P. SHUIT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Book Events
When The Reading Light Went On EDWARD JAMES OLMOS, Edward James Olmos, actor, U.N. goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and co-editor of "Americanos: Latino Life in the United States":
School's Anti-Drug Efforts Recognized HOLLY J. WOLCOTT
2 Killed, 1 Injured When Car Hits Parked Truck in Malibu
Students Harness the Facts for a Ride Into Research MATTHEW EBNET, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Reacting to Preschool Deaths
When Rhetoric Detaches From Facts to Back It SHIRLEY SVORNY, Shirley Svorny is professor of economics at Cal State Northridge
Right Time to Ban Social Promotions? KARIMA A. HAYNES
Politics Aside, Military Needs the Tools to Do Its Job ELTON GALLEGLY, Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley) represents most of Ventura County in Congress
CLU Offering Theater Workshop MASSIE RITSCH
Club to Host Forum on School Safety TINA DIRMANN
Heaven Sent ANN SHIELDS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Fringe Benefits JOSEF WOODARD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Guns
Aid Still Available for Freeze Victims MASSIE RITSCH
School News: It's Better Than You May Think GRACIA A. ALKEMA, Gracia A. Alkema is president of Corwin Press Inc., a Sage Publications company, headquartered in Thousand Oaks
Mothers' Peace March Kicks Off Protest Against Gang Violence HILARY E. MacGREGOR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Little-Known Collectors Into Scenery, Not Art Scene DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Harvest of Confrontation and Suffering MARY HELEN PONCE, Mary Helen Ponce is a Sunland writer
Students Learn the Truth About Each Other K. CONNIE KANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teenager Involved in 3-Car Collision Dies AGNES DIGGS
Over 500 Receive Degrees at Cal Lutheran KARIN GRENNAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
CLU Poetry Prize Winners Announced
Plotting Against the Enemy AL MARTINEZ
Fund-Raiser Honors Stars of the Valley By a TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tom Diaz: No History of Guns in This Boy's Life JENNIFER FREY, WASHINGTON POST
Two O.C. Schools Ace the Science Olympiad Tests JACK LEONARD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Red-Letter Day for 44,500 Fans of Berries TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
John Chaudier
An Eye-Popping Problem NANCY TREJOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Property Taxes and Senior Citizens
Herbert Fong Jung; Former Santa Paula Grocer
A Nickel for Their Thoughts
Travel Agent Robbed of Airline Tickets HOLLY J. WOLCOTT
Closure of Physicians Group Unit
Options for Youth
When Duty Calls LISA RICHARDSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Obituaries
Cub Scouts to Host Simi Valley Car Show
SPORTS
Man Interferes With Pimlico Race BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Now He's Doubly Charismatic BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Masters Dinner Wasn't Always to Squire's Taste SHAV GLICK
Spurs Get Mad, Then Get Going From Associated Press
Park Leaves Dodgers Stuck Again JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Taking The Checkered Flag ARIE LUYENDYK, FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafter's Rebound Puts Him Within Reach of No. 1 LISA DILLMAN
Rocket Notes MARK HEISLER
Power Play, Belfour Click as Stars Take 3-2 Lead Over Blues From Associated Press
Streaking Rocket
Much Like the Rockets, Results Are Getting Old MARK HEISLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tip for Biggio Costly to Giants From Associated Press
Galaxy's Best Shots Not Enough in Shootout Loss to the Mutiny MIKE PENNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Indians, Sport Will Really Miss Jacobs ROSS NEWHAN
CHARTING THE LEAD: A look at the Lakers' lead or deficit by the minute GARY KLEIN
Gonzalez Streaks On, Big Unit Strikes Back From Associated Press
Osuna's Status Frustrates Johnson JASON REID
Belcher's New Approach? He Won CHRIS FOSTER
Lakers Notes BILL PLASCHKE
UCLA Wins Men's Tennis Regional Final
Helling Stymies Skidding Orioles From Associated Press
May, Hilleary Are Eliminated From Tournament
Top 10 / Tennis LISA DILLMAN
Rocket Notes Associated Press
Lakers Notes TIM KAWAKAMI
Hill Has Bedeviled Feeling and Angels Can't Help Him CHRIS FOSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lakers Can Keep Spurs On TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Community College Baseball Roundup
Esperanza Relay Team Advances PAUL McLEOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SCC's Murie Makes Point Loma Pay for Intentional Walk MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Victory Puts Cypress in 11th Straight State Tournament
Pierson Gets Winning Hit in Ninth for Saddleback STEVE KRESAL
It's About Rebuilding, Not Reloading MARK HEISLER
Duke's Maggette Listens to Jordan--Then Decides to Go Pro Anyway From Staff and Wire Reports
Yankee Losing Streak Reaches Five Games From Associated Press
Lakers Can Keep Spurs On BILL PLASCHKE
Adding Salt to Wounds LARRY SIDDONS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
White's Two Victories Lead Brea to Sixth ERIK HAMILTON
Now He's Doubly Charismatic BILL DWYRE
Laguna Hills Sends Coach Out in Style ERIK HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Better Motion, Better Emotion NANCY ARMOUR, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nguyen Finally Finds Title Path MELANIE NEFF, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woods Falters; Roberts Shoots a 62 From Associated Press
'Scientist' of the Game, Mullin Keeps On Going HANK LOWENKRON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Attendance Is Not as Hot in Arizona ROSS NEWHAN
A New Stadium in Columbus Could Mean New Era for MLS GRAHAME L. JONES
Bell's Swing Suddenly Has an Unfamiliar Ring ROSS NEWHAN
From The Other Side
Baffert's Stakes Victory Comes on West Coast BOB MIESZERSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fernando Mania R.B. FALLSTROM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Youngest Cassel Easily Measures Up ERIC SONDHEIMER
Falcons Gang Up to Repeat in Finals LAUREN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Glendale Gets Stalled in First Round, 11-9 KEVIN J. FARMER
Moorpark Book Slammed Shut by Saddleback PAIGE A. LEECH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ventura, With Spiker, Justifies Lofty Rank JOHN ORTEGA
Against Philadelphia, He Stepped Front and Center EARL GUSTKEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Laguna Hills Swims to Division II Title MITCH POLIN
Iverson Shows Orlando Some Magic From Associated Press
Ramirez, Kaye Lead JetHawks
Chapman Gets 5 in Ninth, Then Hangs On JAY SEIDEL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Southern Section Track And Field Roundup STEVE GALLUZZO
His Goal Line These Days Is a Plea to Help Animals DIANE PUCIN
Modest No. 2 Money Winner on Senior Tour Just an Average Guy TOM SALADINO, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jarrett Becomes Winston Cup Points Leader With Surge to Victory From Associated Press
Beck's Pain Is Titans' Gain in Victory Over 49ers LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It's Crystal Clear Santa Ana Valley's Davis Is a Force in 100 DAN ARRITT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BOOKS
The Mystery of Human Desire VICTOR BROMBERT, Victor Brombert, the Henry Putnam University professor of romance and comparative literatures at Princeton University, is the author, most recently, of "In Praise of Antiheroes: Figures and Themes in Modern European Literature 1830-1980 ."
Dark Star LESLEY CHAMBERLAIN, Lesley Chamberlain is the author of "Nietzsche in Turin" and a collection of fictional Cold War episodes, "In a Place Like That," which was published in the United Kingdom last year by Quartet Books. A former journalist, she is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement in London
Southern California Rating:
Black Like Us JONATHAN LEVI
L.a. Confidential EUGEN WEBER, Eugen Weber is the author of, most recently, "Apocalypses."
The Best and the Brightest TOM ENGELHARDT, Tom Engelhardt is the author of "The End of Victory Culture." He is also consulting editor at Metropolitan Books
Get Real GAVIN LAMBERT, Gavin Lambert is a novelist, screenwriter and film historian whose most recent book is "Nazimova."
Reading L.a.
The Message of King Sakis and the Legend of the Twelve Dreams He Had in One Night, Anonymous
Once Upon a Time in the West ALLEN BARRA, Allen Barra is the author of "Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many Legends."
Dreams Die Hard BENJAMIN SCHWARZ, Benjamin Schwarz is a correspondent for Atlantic Monthly and a contributing writer to Book Review
Blowback MELVIN JULES BUKIET, Melvin Jules Bukiet is the author of "After" and, most recently, "Signs and Wonders." He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College
Never Again STANLEY KARNOW, Stanley Karnow, author of "Vietnam: A History," was awarded the 1990 Pulitzer Prize in history. His latest book is "Paris in the Fifties."
TRAVEL
Sulphur Mountain Remains a Terra Incognita JOHN McKINNEY, John McKinney is the author of "Day Hiker's Guide to Southern California" (Olympus Press, $14.95)
California Corner LAURIE K. SCHENDEN
Taxing Car Rentals
Seattle Port Lands 2nd Cruise Line
Bard's Old Theater Big on Atmosphere ASSOCIATED PRESS
Late Debuts for Two Holland America Ships
Readers Recommend
Web Site Nets Airline Gripes
Should Balkan War Change Your Trip? CAROLYN SPENCER BROWN, WASHINGTON POST
The First Step in Packing for a Trip: Making Sure You'll Have Happy Feet SUSAN SPANO, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Fore! for Less LUCRETIA BINGHAM, Lucretia Bingham is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
The East's Parks Beckon the Frugal ARTHUR FROMMER
Pains on Spain Planes
Millennium Countdown
Flunking Egyptology
United Airlines Expansion Nears Completion at LAX CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Cape Town's New Vibrance BARRY ZWICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Barry Zwick is a Times assistant news editor
Civil War Museum Opening in Virginia
'Land Cruising in Style ARTHUR UNGER, Arthur Unger is a New York City-based freelance writer and former TV critic and travel writer for the Christian Science Monitor
Thrifty Travel Through Europe LUCY IZON, Lucy Izon is a Toronto-based freelance writer. Internet http://www.izon.com
Sailing Into Sea Music Festival With 60 Performers From U.S. and Europe ELLEN MELINKOFF
'Land Cruising' in Style JONATHAN KANDELL, Jonathan Kandell is a New York City-based freelance writer
Going the Distance for Travelers With Disabilities SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Shirley Slater and Harry Basch travel as guests of the cruise lines. Cruise Views appears the first and third week of every month
Young Visitors to the Louvre Smile Back at Mona Lisa EILEEN OGINTZ
Exploring Alaskan Ports by Bike and Cruise Ship KARIN ESTERHAMMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
OPINION
Thomas Schiltgen Sandra Hernandez, Sandra Hernandez, a former staff writer for LA Weekly, has written extensively about immigration and Latino issues
Yes on 25-Member Council
A Tale of Two Countries Coping With Economic Emergency Frank Gibney, Frank Gibney is president of the Pacific Basin Institute and a professor of politics at Pomona College. He is the author of "The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World."
The Quiet Before the Election Storm DAVID ELIEZRIE, Rabbi David Eliezrie is the president of the Rabbinical Assn. of Orange County. E-mail: tzedek@sprynet.com
When Protector and the Protected Clash KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, Karen Grigsby Bates is a regular contributor to this page
A Spate of Storms Test U.S.-China Relations Robert A. Manning, Robert A. Manning, a former State Department advisor for Asia policy, is a senior fellow and director of Asian studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Move Over, Alben Barkley BOB ZELNICK, Bob Zelnick, a former Washington correspondent for ABC-TV News, is a professor at Boston University and the author of "Backfire: A Reporter's Look at Affirmative Action" (Regnery Publishers, 1999)
Economy Charles R. Morris, Charles R. Morris, a Wall Street consultant, is author of "The Cost of Good Intentions," about the New York fiscal crisis. His new book, "Money, Greed and Risk: Why Financial Crashes and Crises Happen," will be published in August
No Responsibility
Underpaid Workers
Spy Suspect
Shel Silverstein
Valley Secession
Exploiting Tragedy
'Why Can't They See Things Like We Do?' NICOLE MONES, Nicole Mones is the author of "Lost in Translation" (Delacorte Press, 1998)
NATO Bombing
The Big Catch-Up Begins
Riverside Demonstration
Redefining Sovereignty Michael Lind, Michael Lind is a senior fellow at the New America Foundation and Washington editor of Harper's
Commission's Police Report
Breaking the Glass Shield for Women Joseph D. McNamara, Joseph D. McNamara is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution
The Mexican Economy That California Really Trades With Jock O'Connell, Jock O'Connell is an international business consultant and a former analyst for the state Commission for Economic Development
Charter Reform
In Politics, It's Movement vs. Mainstream William Schneider, William Schneider, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a political analyst for CNN
Intelligence Milt Bearden, Milt Bearden was in the CIA's clandestine service for 30 years. He lived and worked in Hong Kong for many years and was also in charge of the CIA's covert war in Afghanistan from 1986-89
ENTERTAINMENT
She's Got a Whole Lot of Nerve DIANE HAITHMAN, Diane Haithman is a Times staff writer
Keeping Wit in the Family BARBARA ISENBERG, Barbara Isenberg is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Theatre LA Lures Leader From Pasadena DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
Best Bets / MAY 16-22
Starry-Eyed
Dreamland
Inappropriate Artist
Home Sour Home
Roiling Over Beethoven JUSTIN DAVIDSON, Justin Davidson, Newsday's music critic, was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in criticism
Reading the Readers
Can Studios Tame the Net? AMY WALLACE, Amy Wallace is a Times staff writer
Picture the Concept . . . CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, Christopher Knight is The Times' art critic
Gloria Stuart / Actor STEVE HOCHMAN
Bertolucci's Next: The Opposite of X DAVID GRITTEN, David Gritten writes about entertainment from London and is a regular contributor to Calendar
Four Attempt the Summit of Beethoven MARK SWED, Mark Swed is The Times' music critic
Drawing From Perspective KRIS EX, Kris Ex is a freelance writer based in New York
Small Faces
Surveying Some Voices of Today DON HECKMAN, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz critic
'Austin Powers' Snags Madonna STEVE HOCHMAN
It's No Mere Child's Tale ELAINE DUTKA, Elaine Dutka is a Times staff writer
On a Mission of Dignity GREG BRAXTON
Rejiggerings
He's Wired About Life GEOFF BOUCHER, Geoff Boucher is a Times staff writer
How Nine Symphonies Made Their Mark JOHN HENKEN, John Henken is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Translating Memories With a Light Touch HUNTER DROHOJOWSKA-PHILP, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is an occasional contributor to Calendar
The Wide World of the 'Star Wars' Web AMY WALLACE
REAL ESTATE
Inspection Report Isn't a Repair List BARRY STONE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Realtors Are Sending Mixed Message
The Prudent Course Is to Be Prepared
Loan Option Comes at a High Price
A Line on the Future KATHY SENA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. Kathy Sena is a freelance writer in Manhattan Beach
Board Needs Help Dealing With Shoddy Earthquake Repairs JAN HICKENBOTTOM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lender Policy Seems to Reward Dishonesty
Happy Ending to His Hunting RUTH RYON
Generator Takes Over in Power Failure JAMES DULLEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Incorrect Answer on Judgment Liens
Congress Seeks to End 'Surviving Spouse' Home Tax KENNETH R. HARNEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
MAGAZINE
Four Takes on a Brave New (Residential) World.
Working Out A Fresh Perspective Michele Botwin
The Handyman of Tomorrow
Paying the Bills Leilah Bernstein
In Praise of Togetherness MICHELLE HUNEVEN, Michelle Huneven's last article for the magazine was an essay on a beloved white horse
Whatever You Want, Whenever You Want ED LEIBOWITZ, Ed Leibowitz last wrote for the magazine about Rodney King
You Said How Much? Leilah Bernstein
Seats of Power for a New Millennium
A New Theory of Evolution BARBARA THORNBURG
Special Event Dining S. IRENE VIRBILA
Back to the Future Mary Melton
Bark Versus Byte sJason Dietrich
Mr. Wise Guy Builds His 'Smart House' TOM CONNOR, As co-author of the magazine parodies Martha Stuart Living and the Smyth-Hawk'em Gardening Catalogue, Tom Connor regularly lampoons high society and other American perversions
Budding Le Corbusiers Debra J. Hotaling
www.splitlevel&jacuzzi.com Sue McAllister
MIT's Kitchen of the Future
A Dozen Terminators to Go, Please Monica Corcoran
A Lesson in Ephemeral Style VIVIENNE WALT, Vivienne Walt last wrote for the magazine about a painter's views of the Owens Valley
Pleasure Principle NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Nicolai Ouroussoff is The Times' architecture critic. His last article for the magazine was a profile of Frank Gehry
Year by Year : Great Moments in the Home
The Danny Elfman Story: Music to Their Ears
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