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His Fifteen Minutes ANN O'NEILL, Ann O'Neill writes the City of Angles column for The Times
The Museum of Desire (A Short Story) JOHN BERGER, John Berger is a novelist, storyteller, poet, screenwriter and art critic. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including "To the Wedding," the "Into their Labours" trilogy, "About Looking," "Ways of Seeing" and "G.," for which he won the Booker Prize
One Is the Loneliest Number PETER GREEN, Peter Green is the former fiction critic of the London Daily Telegraph
Discoveries SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Trick or Treat JONATHAN LEVI, Jonathan Levi is a contributing writer to Book Review
Editor's Note:
Suddenly Last Summer KAI MARISTED, Kai Maristed is the author of "Belong to Me."
WHITE SNAKE SAYS By Hsu Hui-chih
L.a. Confidential EUGEN WEBER, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to Book Review
Missing Elvis JEFF TURRENTINE, Jeff Turrentine is an essayist and critic whose articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Slate.com and other publications
GETTING THE POEM WRITTEN By HSI Muren From "The Chinese Pen: Contemporary Chinese Literature From Taiwan," Winter 2000 and Spring 2001, edited by Hui-Chuan Chang (Taipei Chinese Center, International P.E.N.)
Chinese Roundabout BEI LING, Bei Ling is the founder and editor of Tendency. His essay was translated from the Chinese by Denis Mair
A Man for All Seasons PATRICIA LIMERICK, Patricia Limerick is the author of "Something in the Soil: Legacies and Reckonings in the New West." She chairs the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado
Murder Most Foul BARRY SIEGEL, Barry Siegel is the author of "Actual Innocence" and "The Perfect Witness." He is a national correspondent for The Times

OPINION

Too Much of a Good Thing GREG CRITSER, Greg Critser's book on the modern obesity epidemic, "Supersize," will be published in 2002 by Houghton-Mifflin
Alamo-Time for the West? John Balzar
Has a Wily D.C. Police Chief Outfoxed the Nosy Media? JOSEPH D. McNAMARA
The Angst of Democracy MICHAEL SHIFTER, Michael Shifter is vice president for policy at the Inter-American Dialogue and teaches Latin American politics at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service
One Sorry Editorial
NATO's Uncertain Role
A New Leader Emerges WALTER RUSSELL MEAD, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition."
Japan's Lion Clicks for Citizen Power GREYSON BRYAN and NINA HACHIGIAN, Greyson Bryan, a lawyer, is chairman of the Asia Society Southern California Center. Nina Hachigian, a senior fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, will become the director of the Center for Asia Pacific Policy at Rand Corp. in August
Al Gore Not Made for Telepolitical Age
Let Jurors Complain and Courts Listen GARY BLASI, Gary Blasi is a UCLA law professor
Who Is Teaching Teachers to Teach?
Immigrant Bashing
California's Future Is Here
Politicians Shouldn't Decide Moral Issues
Putin's Diplomacy Can't Mask Weakness EUGENE B. RUMER, Eugene B. Rumer is a senior fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Jury System Held in Contempt
Reformers Bloodied But Not Bowed NORMAN ORNSTEIN, Norman Ornstein is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Bush Can't Please All Republican Factions JACK GERMOND, Jack Germond is a political writer in Washington, D.C
Okinawa: Marines Have Record of Good Conduct
Holden's Job Offers to 2 Ex-Councilmen
Creative Tensions: The WGA-DGA Divide MICHAEL CIEPLY, Michael Cieply, a Los Angeles journalist, has written about the entertainment industry since 1984
Amnesty for Mexicans Borders on Futility FRANK del OLMO, Frank del Olmo is an associate editor of The Times

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You'll Need a Permission Slip for That JON MATSUMOTO, Jon Matsumoto is a regular contributor to Calendar
In Brief RANDY LEWIS
Earthly Sounds, Not of This World MARK SWED
Best Bets / JULY 22-28, 2001
In Brief ERNESTO LECHNER
In Brief SOREN BAKER
In Brief STEVE HOCHMAN
In Brief STEVE BALTIN
Blitzstein's 'Cradle'
Shifting Ground
No Hanks
Life Versus Art
The Saga of Sam Phillips
The Lady and the Scamp JON BURLINGAME, Jon Burlingame is a regular contributor to Calendar
This Old Sonic House JOSEF WOODARD, Josef Woodard is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Boy-Band Fame and Its Trials NATALIE NICHOLS
Listening Only to Herself ROBERT HILBURN, Robert Hilburn, the Times pop music critic, can be reached at robert.hilburn@latimes.com
O.C. Rockers Keep It Lush and Low-Key KEVIN BRONSON
Showing Locally, Thinking Globally SCARLET CHENG
This Door Didn't Just Open JANICE RHOSHALLE LITTLEJOHN, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn in a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
In a Whole New Jungle RACHEL ABRAMOWITZ, Rachel Abramowitz is a Times staff writer
Aging With MTV SHARON GOLDMAN EDRY, Sharon Goldman Edry is a freelance writer living in New York
A Playwright Who Found His Groove DON HECKMAN, Don Heckman is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Patiently Shepherding Some Rowdy Herds DON HECKMAN, Don Heckman writes frequently about jazz for The Times
A Noise Within Is Expanding Its Idea of Classical Repertory DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
Wagner's Lesson, Unheeded MARK SWED, Mark Swed is The Times' music critic
In Brief RANDY LEWIS
Vedder Is the Biggest Pearl in This Oyster STEVE HOCHMAN
Stars and Sexuality

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MAGAZINE

Welcome to the Hotel Catatonia DEBRA J. HOTALING
She's Fortunate to Call Dick Dale 'Friend'
He's On the Trail of a Larger Conspiracy
Churning Point ANNA THOMAS, Anna Thomas last wrote for the magazine about fruit soups
The Big Breakup KEVIN RODERICK, Kevin Roderick, a Los Angeles journalist, is the author of "The San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb," to be published next month by Los Angeles Times Books
Wave to the Camera KENNETH R. WEISS
The Real Heroes Are in Cambodia
In Praise of Chaparral SUSAN HEEGER
Successful Match Made Without 'Surrender'
Through The Past Darkly LISA PALAC, Lisa Palac last wrote for the magazine about children growing up in Los Angeles
From Nose To Tail: A Skateboard Archive KEITH DAVID HAMM
The Ghostchaser THOMAS DE WAAL, Thomas de Waal is a freelance international correspondent based in London. He is working on a book on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, which will be published by New York University Press next year
Vanity Fair LESLEE KOMAIKO
Gone in 44 Seconds: 82 Cars Per Hour at Public Auction JAMES DENNING
Beyond 'Toad in the Hole' S. IRENE VIRBILA
Forgiving Henry Cisneros for His Mistake
Taking a Moment to Talk Some Trash JAMES RICCI
Secrets at the Bottom of the Drawer DAVID WEDDLE, David Weddle's last piece for the magazine was a profile of Internet movie critic Harry Knowles

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Isolated Canyons' Allure Can Pose Risks JANET WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Three Soviet Fliers' 1937 Happy Landing in a Southland Pasture CECILIA RASMUSSEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Rocket Blueprint Associated Press

Judges Accused of Misapplying Prop. 36 Terms STUART PFEIFER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Cops Storm Street--Bearing Gifts DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Traffic Crashes Bring Physics to Life for High School Students DAN JOLING, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Being There for the Kids of Skid Row OSCAR JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Cities to Banner Planes: Buzz Off STANLEY ALLISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Crowd Beats Motorist Whose Car Hit Girl, 2 From Times Wire Services

Keeping Some Mens' Reps from Going to the Dogs DANA PARSONS

Standoff Over Quarter-Cent Tax Cut Hangs Up Budget in State Senate JULIE TAMAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Fire Destroys Home of Police Scandal Witness From Times Wire Services

Law Enforcement Labor Suits to Get Hearing From Times Staff Reports

Group Aims to Improve Schools by Parent Power STEPHANIE CHAVEZ and JOSE CARDENAS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Phony Bills Found at Orange County Fair DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Surprise Nominee for Microsoft Case Mediator: Clinton JOSEPH MENN and EDMUND SANDERS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

United Way Names New Vice President From Times Staff Reports

Quake Shakes Desert in Imperial County From Times Wire Services

Campaign Salvo Hits a Bystander SHIRLEY GRINDLE, Shirley Grindle of Orange is a longtime community activist. and

Jobs at Fair a Tradition for Teenagers ANDREA PERERA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Idaho Farmers Face Severe Energy Woes DAN GALLAGHER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Meddling With the Base ROSS JOHNSON, Joseph D. McNamara, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, is former police chief of San Jose and Kansas City

United Way Names New Vice President From Times Staff Reports

No One Injured in Mobile Home Fire From Times Staff Reports

Trekking to the Top, Then Celebrating With a Mouse DAN ELLIOTT, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sound Stages of a Television Nation PETER H. KING

Sanctions Against Enron Urged CARL INGRAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Jia Lanpo; Helped Discover Peking Man From Times Wire Reports

Breeding Program Offers Hope for Santa Cruz Island's Vanishing Foxes MATT SURMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Man in Car Is Shot; 3 Suspects Arrested From Times Staff Reports

Facing Half a Life Span, Student Is Fully Involved FRED ALVAREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Maybe Not a Flight of Fancy AMALIE YOUNG, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Festival Helps Build a Case for America's Seabees HOLLY J. WOLCOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Coyote Losing Park Battle to Wolf JEFF TOLLEFSON, REUTERS

Beach Banner Planes Stir Some Loud Complaints STANLEY ALLISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

San Diego Hatches Plan to Protect Grunion Spawning Sites at Beaches TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Archives Detailing Radiation Closed JOHN K. WILEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Plan for Airport at Point Mugu Is Pie in the Sky TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Rulings on Drug Rehab Fought STUART PFEIFER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Museum May Be at End of Trail PATRICIA WARD BIEDERMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Timber Nominee Loved, Loathed KATHERINE PFLEGER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jules Buck; Producer of Classic Movies ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Point Mugu Airport Plan Now Pie in the Sky TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Teens Earn Summer Cash the Fair Way ANDREA PERERA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Company Eyes Alaska's North Slope for High-Tech 'Farm' MAUREEN CLARK, ASSOCIATED PRESS

DWP Project Turns Trash to Electricity RICHARD FAUSSET, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Plan for Airport at Point Mugu Is Pie in the Sky TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Veteran Firefighters Rejected for Permanent Jobs NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Experimental Plane Crashes, Killing 2 From Times Staff Reports

Suit Against Water Agency Revived ERIKA HAYASAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER

San Gabriel River Backers Push for National Ranking JOE MOZINGO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Burbank School Board Declines to Address Indian Mascot Issue ERIN PARK, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Volunteers Sought for Domestic Violence Group From Times Staff Reports

Compton Widow Is Shot to Death in Her Home in Apparent Robbery KURT STREETER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Hearing Set for Suits on Police Labor Disputes From Times Staff Reports

BOOKS

His Fifteen Minutes ANN O'NEILL, Ann O'Neill writes the City of Angles column for The Times

One Is the Loneliest Number PETER GREEN, Peter Green is the former fiction critic of the London Daily Telegraph

Discoveries SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS

Trick or Treat JONATHAN LEVI, Jonathan Levi is a contributing writer to Book Review

Suddenly Last Summer KAI MARISTED, Kai Maristed is the author of "Belong to Me."

L.a. Confidential EUGEN WEBER, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to Book Review

Missing Elvis JEFF TURRENTINE, Jeff Turrentine is an essayist and critic whose articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Slate.com and other publications

GETTING THE POEM WRITTEN By HSI Muren From "The Chinese Pen: Contemporary Chinese Literature From Taiwan," Winter 2000 and Spring 2001, edited by Hui-Chuan Chang (Taipei Chinese Center, International P.E.N.)

Chinese Roundabout BEI LING, Bei Ling is the founder and editor of Tendency. His essay was translated from the Chinese by Denis Mair

A Man for All Seasons PATRICIA LIMERICK, Patricia Limerick is the author of "Something in the Soil: Legacies and Reckonings in the New West." She chairs the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado

Murder Most Foul BARRY SIEGEL, Barry Siegel is the author of "Actual Innocence" and "The Perfect Witness." He is a national correspondent for The Times

OPINION

Too Much of a Good Thing GREG CRITSER, Greg Critser's book on the modern obesity epidemic, "Supersize," will be published in 2002 by Houghton-Mifflin

Alamo-Time for the West? John Balzar

Has a Wily D.C. Police Chief Outfoxed the Nosy Media? JOSEPH D. McNAMARA

The Angst of Democracy MICHAEL SHIFTER, Michael Shifter is vice president for policy at the Inter-American Dialogue and teaches Latin American politics at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service

A New Leader Emerges WALTER RUSSELL MEAD, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition."

Let Jurors Complain and Courts Listen GARY BLASI, Gary Blasi is a UCLA law professor

Putin's Diplomacy Can't Mask Weakness EUGENE B. RUMER, Eugene B. Rumer is a senior fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

Reformers Bloodied But Not Bowed NORMAN ORNSTEIN, Norman Ornstein is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Bush Can't Please All Republican Factions JACK GERMOND, Jack Germond is a political writer in Washington, D.C

Creative Tensions: The WGA-DGA Divide MICHAEL CIEPLY, Michael Cieply, a Los Angeles journalist, has written about the entertainment industry since 1984