What happened on February 20, 2000

NEWS

BOOKS

Dragonslayer By Edward Hirsch, Edward Hirsch is the author of five books of poetry, most recently "On Love." He has also written the prose book "How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love With Poetry."
Steal This Book By Joe Conason, Joe Conason is the author of "The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton."
God Knows By Jonathan Levi
The End of the Affair By Stanley I. Kutler, Stanley I. Kutler is the author of "The Wars of Watergate" and "Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes."
Married With Children By Jonathan Veitch, Jonathan Veitch is chairman of humanities at the New School for Social Research and the author of "American Superrealism: Nathanael West and the Politics of Representation" and, forthcoming, "Colossus in Ruins: Mythic Geographies and Lost Histories in the American Provinces" (The New Press)
East of Eden By Mark Arax, Mark Arax, a state reporter for The Times, is the author of "In My Father's Name." He is co-writing a new book, "The Little Kingdom of Kings" about America's biggest farmer, J.G. Boswell of Corcoran, to be published by Little, Brown next year
Southern California Rating: FICTION 1 THE BRETHREN \o7 by...

ENTERTAINMENT

Best Bets / FEBRUARY 20-26, 2000
When at First You Do Succeed . . . By Bill Desowitz, Bill Desowitz is a regular contributor to Calendar
Two's a Party and a Crowd By Patrick Pacheco, Patrick Pacheco is a regular contributor to Calendar
Little Richard the Lionhearted By Christopher Noxon, Christopher Noxon is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Selling Millions on a Sour Note By Geoff Boucher, Geoff Boucher is a Times staff writer
You Couldn't Write a Better Comeback Story By Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn is The Times' pop music critic
Playing to Her Heart's Content By Kristin Hohenadel, Kristin Hohenadel is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Will Just Deserts Be Served? By Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn is The Times' pop music critic
Not Married To The Mob By Kathleen Craughwell
An Unresolved Border Conflict By Richard Covington, Paris-based Richard Covington is an occasional contributor to Calendar
A Classic Case of Image-Busting By Jan Breslauer, Jan Breslauer is a regular contributor to Calendar
Tanner's Cast Experiment Falters By Don Shirley, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
The Popular Mister Parsons By Jennifer Fisher, Jennifer Fisher is a regular contributor to Calendar
Grammy Files
How Nice: Paintings in a Museum By Christopher Knight, Christopher Knight is The Times' art critic
Going Through Hoops for Tickets By Steve Hochman, Steve Hochman is a regular contributor to Calendar
Grammy Files
Grammy Files
Dixie Chicks, Gill and Jones Look Ready to Run Off With Wins By Randy Lewis
Outstanding Efforts Produce a Field That's Crowded and Confused By Ernesto Lechner
Art-Versus-Commerce Debate Returns, and Guess What Is Leading By Soren Baker
Krall Will Probably Not Be Denied, Even If She Loses for Best Album By Don Heckman
Women Have the Edge in the Songwriting and Vocal Departments By Marc Weingarten
Rich Offerings Make for Some Especially Unpredictable Choices By Mark Swed
A Major-Label Debut for an East Coast Innovator By Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer

BUSINESS

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

OPINION

Eric Lloyd Wright
Michael Maltzan
Jon Jerde
Developing The Project
The architecture of a school can be the most important factor in a student's education. At a time when the LAPD is short on money, land and time, redesigning a school can make a hugh difference. By Anthony Vidler, Anthony Vidler, a professor of architecture at UCLA, is the author of "The Architectural Uncanny: Essays in the Modern Unhomely."
America: From Days of Rage to Fits of Gentleness By Nicolaus Mills, Nicolaus Mills, a professor of American studies at Sarah Lawrence College, is the author of "The Triumph of Meanness: America's War Against Its Better Self."
The Right's Big Crackup Over McCain vs. Bush By Jacob Heilbrunn, Jacob Heilbrunn is a columnist for PoliticalWag.com, an Internet journal
Once Again, Milosevic Is Having His Way With Peacekeepers By Susan Blaustein, Susan Blaustein, a journalist and senior consultant with the International Crisis Group, recently spent time in Mitrovica
Oscar Arias By Kitty Felde, Kitty Felde, a public-radio journalist, is the host of KPCC's Friday-morning "Talk of the City."
The Brutal Costs of Rampart
Growing Pains for the EU
Yes on Majority Bond Vote
'An Injury to One Is An Injury to All' By Harley Shaiken, Harley Shaiken is a professor specializing on labor and the global economy at UC Berkeley
This Case Calls for a Truly Outside Inquiry By Robert Garcia and Paul Hoffman and Tom Hayden, Tom Hayden is a Democratic state senator representing parts of West Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Paul Hoffman and Robert Garcia are civil rights attorneys in Los Angeles
Japan Needs to Play Fair on Trade By Greg Mastel, Greg Mastel is director of the Global Economic Policy Project at the New America Foundation, a Washington D.C. think tank
Revive Courtship for Seeking Love By Amy A. Kass and Leon R. Kass, Amy A. Kass and Leon R. Kass, faculty members at the University of Chicago, are coauthors of "Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying" (University of Notre Dame Press, 2000)
Koning Eizenberg
Frederick Fisher
Neil M. Denari

REAL ESTATE

SPORTS

MAGAZINE

Cleaning Up Its Act
The Play's The Thing By Ed Leibowitz
Retrograde Cut 'N' Shave By Richard Rushfield
Shaq and Supershaq By Hank Rosenfeld
Put A Lid On It By Mark Ehrman
Applause, Please, for the Music You Won't Hear on the Grammys By James Ricci
La-La Land Lawman By Tina Daunt, Tina Daunt is a Times staff writer who covers City Hall and was covering the Sheriff's Department when Lee Baca was elected
White House Kids on the 'Love Boat'? By Patti Davis, Patti Davis, a Los Angeles screenwriter and novelist, last wrote for the magazine about her childhood on an Agoura ranch
Outside the Ethnic Box By Marlene Adler Marks
Go Hug A Tree By Daniel Nussbaum
Hitting the High Notes By Mark Ehrman
Back To Basics By Michael Webb
The Objects of Their Affections produced by Barbara Thornburg
Queen for a Day By Jessica Strand, Jessica Strand is the co-author of "Intimate Gatherings" (Chronicle Books, 1998)
Song of Hong Kong By S. Irene Virbila

TRAVEL

What happened on February 20, 2000

NEWS

DWP Could Learn From Pop By Indraneel Sur, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Surviving Your Child's Freshman Year of College By Vicki Lovine

Rape By Martin Miller

Colombia's Beloved 'Betty, the Ugly' By Juanita Darling, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Music's Never Out of Style By Booth Moore, TIMES STAFF WRITER

It's a Curse, but Words That Once Were Bad Are Now Oh-So-Cool By Sandy Banks

The New Flavor By Mel Gilden, Author Mel Gilden is the son of an ice cream man, and he knows what he's talking about

Pacific Mutual Was Product of Frontier Era By Cecilia Rasmussen

INS Agent Kills Girlfriend, Self in Lake Forest Home By Bonnie Harris and Jack Leonard, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

As Pharmaceuticals Boom, So Do Drug Errors By John Hendren, ASSOCIATED PRESS

'Millionaire' No Prize for Insurance Company By T.R. Reid, WASHINGTON POST

Patients, Practitioners, Companies Reeling From New Medicare Limits By Christopher Clark, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Finders Not Keepers for Texas Couple By Susan Parrott, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Safety Workers Take Dim View of the Dark By James Hannah, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Postal Worker Buyout Rumor Is Really E-Mail Hoax By Mike Causey, THE WASHINGTON POST

Students' Assignment: A Cleaner, Quieter Snowmobile By John Flesher, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canada's Reform Party Spurns Its U.S. Counterpart By Tom Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS

For Some, No Amount of Pumping Iron Is Enough From Associated Press

NASA Ekes Out Mapping Time for Shuttle By Marcia Dunn, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ownership of 16-Ton Meteorite in Dispute From Associated Press

Friends Cast Skeptical Eye on TV Multimillionaire By Ben Fox, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rare Copernicus Books Lost to Thieves Worldwide By Sergei Shargorodsky, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dogs Help Lost Boy Survive Cold Night From Associated Press

Arizona Ranching: Rosy Past, Hazy Future By Arthur H. Rotstein, ASSOCIATED PRESS

O.C. Far Below Average in Hiring Female Police By Louise Roug, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Balance of Power in Iran Takes a Historic Turn By John Daniszewski, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Bush Shores Up His Base to Retake Front-Runner Role By Ronald Brownstein, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER

5 Lobbyists, as Friends, Help Gore's Rise By Alan C. Miller and Lisa Getter, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Still Waiting for Prop. BB School Repairs By Doug Smith, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER

Factory That Built Doomed Jet Had Many Problems By Stanley Holmes and Jeff Leeds, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Bush Defeats McCain in S. Carolina Primary By Mark Z. Barabak, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER

Quiz Shows and $64 Questions By Mike Downey

Tax Cut Strategy Separates the Presidential Aspirants By Art Pine, TIMES STAFF WRITER

U.S. Appeal for Oil Output Boost Gets a Muted Response From Associated Press

Chechen Rebels Down Copter, Killing 15, Russia Says From Associated Press

150,000 March in Austria Against Right-Wing Coalition Government By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Zimbabwe's AIDS War Gets New Blood By Dean E. Murphy, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Alleged Drug Trafficker Extradited From St. Kitts From The Washington Post

Egyptian, Lebanese Presidents Denounce Israeli Troop Presence From Associated Press

Chinese 'Dream' of Escape to West Turning to Nightmare By Ching-ching Ni, TIMES STAFF WRITER

23 Dead, 24 Hurt in Rebel Attacks in India and Nepal From Associated Press

Firefighters Rescue Bound Man From Fraternity House From Associated Press

7 Killed in Head-On Collision on Highway 25 From Associated Press

2,000 Mourn Columbine Sweethearts From Associated Press

Kashmir's 'Half-Widows' in Limbo By Krishnan Guruswamy, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Disease Drop Tied to Gene Network By Marlene Cimons, TIMES STAFF WRITER

U.S. Orders Expulsion of Cuban Envoy By Mary Williams Walsh, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Winter Storm Continues Snow Attack on Northeast From Associated Press

Woman Killed by Parking Lot Barrier From Times Wire Reports

Planetarium Is N.Y.C.'s New Star Attraction From Associated Press

Ill Man's Traffic Stop Investigated From Times Wire Reports

Intent Called Major Difference in Lee, Deutch Cases By Bob Drogin, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Clinton Cousin Marries Secret Service Agent From Associated Press

Fire Aboard Train in India Kills 18 Passengers Reuters

Caution Sign Urged for Urban Refugees By John M. Glionna, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Ken Maddy, Former State Senate GOP Leader, Dies By Carl Ingram, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Davis Accused of Filling Posts Too Slowly By Kristi Garrett, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Theater's Baby Brigade Meets a Crying Need By Queena Sook Kim, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Student Rewards Teacher's Faith, Turns New-Car Jest Into Reality From Associated Press

Clinton Plan Gives Grants to Poor Youth From Times Wire Services

GOP Looks to Get Rid of Social Security Penalty From Times Wire Services

NAACP Keeps Boycott Over Confederate Flag From Associated Press

Gore Looks South as He Stumps in North By Matea Gold and James Gerstenzang, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Cambodian Police Raid Marijuana Plantation From Associated Press

Construction Faulted in Italy Collapse From Associated Press

2 Protestants Found Slain in N. Ireland From Associated Press

With a Song and a Stalk By Susan King, TIMES STAFF WRITER

BOOKS

Dragonslayer By Edward Hirsch, Edward Hirsch is the author of five books of poetry, most recently "On Love." He has also written the prose book "How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love With Poetry."

Steal This Book By Joe Conason, Joe Conason is the author of "The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton."

God Knows By Jonathan Levi

The End of the Affair By Stanley I. Kutler, Stanley I. Kutler is the author of "The Wars of Watergate" and "Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes."