What happened on October 10, 1999

BUSINESS

REAL ESTATE

NEWS

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

ENTERTAINMENT

On a Wing and a Prayer PATRICK GOLDSTEIN, Patrick Goldstein is a Times staff writer
Keeping It Fresh With a Vengeance PAUL LIEBERMAN, Paul Lieberman is a Times staff writer
Best Bets for Sunday Calendar, Oct. 10, 1999
Moments to Remember
A Player Changes the Game's Rules PAUL LIEBERMAN
Also Out This Week
The 'Museum' Show's Case of the Missing List LEAH OLLMAN
Record Rack SOREN BAKER
The World Gathers for a Big Jam Session DON HECKMAN, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
In Brief STEVE APPLEFORD
In Brief SOREN BAKER
Quick Cuts KATHLEEN CRAUGHWELL
Back at the Scene of Their Prime JOHN CLARK, John Clark is a regular contributor to Calendar
L.a.'s The Place STEVE HOCHMAN
Understanding the Situation's Gravity SCARLET CHENG, Scarlet Cheng is a regular contributor to Calendar
Freakwater Explores Daring Folk-Country ROBERT HILBURN
Equity Has a New Plan for 99-Seat Venues DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
Modern Stone Age Family Man KRISTIN HOHENADEL, Kristin Hohenadel is a frequent contributor to Calendar
A Sleuth Seeks Mozart's Nemesis MARJORIE MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Marjorie Miller is The Times' London bureau chief
Music for the Eyes JAN BRESLAUER, Jan Breslauer is a regular contributor to Calendar
When the Museum Is the Message LEAH OLLMAN, Leah Ollman is a frequent contributor to Calendar
BellRays' Punk-R&B Mix Is Tough to Put a Label On NATALIE NICHOLS, Natalie Nichols is an occasional contributor to Calendar
The Bridge Builder ALISA VALDES-RODRIGUEZ, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is a Times staff writer
Smashing Pumpkins Hire Ozzy's Wizard GEOFF BOUCHER

SPORTS

OPINION

Government Is a Clear and Present Danger TOM CLANCY, Tom Clancy's most recent novel is "Rainbow Six" (Putnam, 1998)
Budgetmania Misses the Main Event Robert L. Borosage, Robert L. Borosage is a founder of the Campaign for America's Future
Schools May Go to College
Playa Vista
Media Titans Stress Profits Over Journalistic Mission RUSS BAKER, Russ Baker is a New York-based journalist who has written about Rupert Murdoch's Chinese interests in the Columbia Journalism Review
LAUSD Grades
L.A. Scores a Touchdown for Good Sense FRANK del OLMO, Frank del Olmo is an associate editor of The Times and a regular columnist
Property Taxes
Travelers, Be Y2K-Wise
Education Appointees
Monument Changes Hands, But Where's the Fanfare? R.M. Koster, R.M. Koster is the co-author of "In the Time of Tyrants: Panama 1968-1990
A Health Crisis Waiting for Leaders Susan Anderson, Susan Anderson is writing a novel on politics and gambling in a mythical Southern California town
NFL in L.A.
Phone Operators
How the Supreme Court Feeds a Rumor J. Morgan Kousser, J. Morgan Kousser is professor of history and social science at Caltech and the author of "Colorblind Injustice: Minority Voting Rights and the Undoing of the Second Reconstruction."
We Love Technology Even as It Harms Us KIRKPATRICK SALE, Kirkpatrick Sale is the author of "Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution" (Addison-Wesley, 1995)
Caught in the Big Squeeze Thomas Goltz, Thomas Goltz, author of "Azerbaijan Diary," is at work on a book about Georgia and the Caucasus
Muscle Beach
Why State Politicians Remain Timid About Gun Control Steve Scott, Steve Scott is the managing editor of California Journal, an independent monthly magazine that covers state government and politics
A Rescue Plan for Colombia
Art in 20th Century Has Always Been 'Shock of the New' Wendy Steiner, Wendy Steiner, Fisher professor of English and director of the Penn Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania, is author of "The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism."
Amy Dean STEVE PROFFITT, Steve Proffitt, a contributing editor to Opinion, is director of the JSM+ New Media Lab
Full of Information, Free of Ideas Richard Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, an editor at Pacific News Service, is the author of "Days of Obligation."
L.A. Traffic Congestion
Police Killing

MAGAZINE

Raising the Roof
Hard Hat Area : How It Came Together
Lofty Ambitions BARBARA THORNBURG
Six Who Made It Happen DAVID WHARTON and ROBYN NORWOOD, David Wharton and Robyn Norwood are staff writers in The Times' Sports section
Pro Football, In L.a. David Wharton
Luxury Touches Monica Corcoran
Size Matters Helene Elliott
You Go, Girl Monica Corcoran
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Veuve Clicquot David Wharton
Court-Side Voice CHICK HEARN
Opening Day Jitters David Wharton
This High-Sticking Brought to you by Pampers David Davis
What, No Cartier Coat Hooks? Helene Elliott
When the Humvee's n the Shop Josh Susong
Show Time Helene Elliott
Piece By Piece Helene Elliott
Hey, Tootsie, Down in Front! David Wharton
The Price Of Admission
Time to Break into Jimmy's College Fund
The Downtown Factor IDELLE DAVIDSON, Idelle Davidson's last piece for the magazine was on film executive Helene Hahn
Sole Searching
Eating Up Downtown L.A. S. IRENE VIRBILA
How Paper Clips Lost Out Josh Susong
Everyone Wins, For A While HELENE ELLIOTT and DAVID WHARTON
Cheese Nachos' DAVID WHARTON
How the Game Was Played T. J. SIMMERS and DAVID WHARTON
The Art of Fusion FRANCES ANDERTON, Frances Anderton is the producer of KCRW's "Which Way, L.A.?" and a Santa Monica-based writer who specializes in architecture
Locking into the Grid David Wharton
From Sneakers to Skates HELENE ELLIOTT, Helene Elliott is a staff writer in The Times' Sports section
The Arena Game
One Word for Phil Anschutz: Private BILL DWYRE, Bill Dwyre is The Times' sports editor. His last piece for the magazine was on tennis star Lindsay Davenport
The Land That Time Forgot ED LEIBOWITZ, Ed Leibowitz last wrote for the magazine on the Standard hotel in West Hollywood
High Fidelity GEOFF BOUCHER, Geoff Boucher is a staff writer in The Times' Calendar section
What the Staples Center Could Do for L.A. TONY PERRY, Tony Perry is a Times staff writer. His last piece for the magazine was on Legoland

TRAVEL

BOOKS

Discoveries SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Melville's Mirror JANE SMILEY, Jane Smiley is the author of numerous works of fiction, including "A Thousand Acres," "The Greenlanders," "Moo" and, most recently, "The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton."
Hero Worship JONATHAN LEVI, Jonathan Levi is a contributing writer to Book Review
Dark Shadows PETER GREEN, Peter Green is the former fiction critic of the London Daily Telegraph
The Sting TOM NOLAN, Tom Nolan is the author of "Ross Macdonald: A Biography" (Scribner)
Silence Is Consent SAUL FRIEDLANDER, Saul Friedlander is the author of numerous books, including "Pius XII and the Third Reich," "When Memory Comes" and, most recently, "Nazi Germany and the Jews: The Years of Persecution, 1933-1939, Vol. I."
Ernest Hemingway and the Latest Quake By Les Murray
The Sixth Sense KATY BUTLER
The Sixth Sense THOMAS CURWEN, Thomas Curwen is deputy editor of Book Review

What happened on October 10, 1999

BUSINESS

Mr. Winkler's Wild Ride LESLIE EARNEST and E. SCOTT RECKARD, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

JPL Engineer Sees an Uncertain Future in the Stars SUSAN VAUGHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Don't Foreclose on the Notion That Obligations Are a Matter of Honor LIZ PULLIAM

In Trade, Globalization Can Divide Old Friends EVELYN IRITANI, TIMES STAFF WRITER

For Market Bears, History Soothes--but It Also Traps TOM PETRUNO

Lipper's New Rankings Toughen the Task of Assessing Performance PAUL J. LIM

46 Years on a 'Nickel-'n'-Dime Route' VERENA DOBNIK, ASSOCIATED PRESS

REAL ESTATE

His Own Version of Southfork RUTH RYON, Times Staff Writer

Her Kind of House RUTH RYON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Interest on Deposit Is for L.A. KEVIN POSTEMA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The View From Above MARIAN BOND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Routine Maintenance Is the Homeowner's Responsibility BARRY STONE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Owners Should Get Trash From Pool Area JAN HICKENBOTTOM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

NEWS

U.S. Attempt to Draw China, Taiwan Into Talks Backfires JIM MANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Letters to My Sisters SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF Writer

The Ballad of Gore 2000 Gets a New Verse in Nashville J.R. MOEHRINGER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Jamaica's Middle Class Losing Hope MATTHEW J. ROSENBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Swiss Group Helps Those Seeking to Commit Suicide CLARE NULLIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Now They Know MARNELL JAMESON, Special To The Times

Lawsuit Drags On Decades After Work Injury KATHARINE WEBSTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yeltsin's Daughter Viewed as Power Behind Throne RICHARD C. PADDOCK, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Clinton Signs Transportation Spending Bill Associated Press

GOP Standards for Education Praised From Times Wire Reports

Gore Asks Bradley to Step Up to Debate Plate MARK Z. BARABAK, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER

Yeltsin Illness Stirs Rumors as Putin Steps Into Void ROBYN DIXON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Army May Revamp School for Soldiers From Times Wire Reports

Rescuers Press On as Mexican Flood Toll Rises From Times Wire Services

Migrant Boat Sinks Off Guatemala; 5 Killed Associated Press

Gun Maker to Be Sued Over Littleton From Times Wire Reports

Bush Campaign Readies Simulated Attack Ads From Associated Press

Photographic Memories Haunt Present-Day Picture SANDY BANKS

Families of Hate Crime Victims Unite at Rally From Associated Press

Gritty Slum Becomes Showcase for Change SEBASTIAN ROTELLA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

U.S. Sends Copters, Troops to East Timor From Associated Press

Cystic Fibrosis Remedy Shows Promise in Tests on Mice THOMAS H. MAUGH II, TIMES MEDICAL WRITER

Anaheim Fire Injures 4, Leaves 63 Homeless MEG JAMES

Amid Protest, Cuban Group Plays Miami MIKE CLARY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

New Population Milestone Raises Worldwide Concern MATT CRENSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

16 Killed in Israeli Tour Bus Accident Associated Press

Ford, UAW Make Peace, Avert Strike From Associated Press

California Taxpayers Still Not Getting Money's Worth KEENAN SUARES, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Soldiers' Stories to Live On at Upcoming National D-Day Museum in New Orleans ALAN CLENDENNING, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Web Opens Search to All Interested Parties MARNELL JAMESON

Might as Well Be Prepared: Lice Is a Fact of School Life VICKI IOVINE, Vicki Iovine is the author of the "Girlfriends' Guide," a columnist for Child magazine, and new parenting correspondent for NBC's "Later Today."

Policing the Policia SEBASTIAN ROTELLA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Cities Try to Contain the Cost of Hate From Associated Press

Middle Class Losing Hope for a Future in Jamaica MATTHEW J. ROSENBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Will Blitz of Millennial Goods Spell Boom or Bust for Retailers? STEPHEN GREGORY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Despite Hard Life, Cowboy Enjoys 'Peace of Mind' in the Saddle PERRY BACKUS, THE MONTANA STANDARD

Clinton Says Senate Stalls Over Latino Judgeships JAMES GERSTENZANG and ROBERT L. JACKSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Exhibit Gives Belated Honor to Titanic's Mail Clerks RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, ASSOCIATED PRESS

NATO Aim of Multiethnic Kosovo Slipping Out of Reach SCOTT MARTELLE, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Air Force Grounds T-3A, Changes Pilot Training Associated Press

Arizona Desert Is No Oasis for Allergy Victims PAULINE ARRILLAGA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Once-Proud SS Catalina, Now Rusty and Listing, Awaits Rescue Effort STEVE SPRINGER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Fetal Policies, Aid to Children Studied From the Washington Post

Ex-Army Colonel Killed in Haiti From Times Wire Services

Daring Sea Rescue Saves Eight From Floyd's Wrath RON WORD, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Internet Offers Access to a Basement Full of Bills CARL INGRAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Led Astray by a Haute Hairdresser Michael Quintanilla, Times Fashion Writer

New Laws to Govern Recycling, Area Codes MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Happy Glaze BETTIJANE LEVINE

The Trials of Living Life by the Numbers PHYLLIS GLICK-BERGER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Monks' Retreat Has a Wild Side SALLY ANN CONNELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Law Firm Is Loser in Flap Over Stone Bio ANN W. O'NEILL

Capitalism's Bottom Rung Is Cardboard City MARK STEVENSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Howard Raether; Funeral Industry Advocate ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Belmont Probe Missed a Key Document DOUG SMITH, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER

Seal Beach Pier Was a Jewel STEVE EMMONS

Biologists Leave No Stone Un-Terned in Effort to Relocate Hungry Birds JEFF BARNARD ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sales Tax: Starvation Diet for Cities in an Increasingly E-World JONATHAN SHARKEY, Jonathan Sharkey is a Port Hueneme City Council member and a founding member of the Sustainability Council of Ventura County

Banner Crop of Ethics Questions DIANE WEDNER

College Newspaper Captures Award CATHERINE BLAKE

Unmanaging My Health Care AL MARTINEZ

Commission Based Kaplan's Selection on Strength, Merits of Plan KATHY I. LONG, Kathy I. Long is Ventura County supervisor representing the 3rd District