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What happened on July 22, 2001
NEWS
Pop Music By 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
The Saga of Sam Phillips
Life Versus Art
Stars and Sexuality
Shifting Ground
No Hanks
Blitzstein's 'Cradle'
\o7 'No Explosives, No Extortion': Welcome to Public School By Sandy Banks
Remembering Laughter and Loyalty of Katharine Graham By Ann Gerhart and Roxanne Roberts, WASHINGTON POST
This Could Spell Trouble By Bernadette Murphy, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Opening Nightsand GraveyardOpening Nights and sGraveyards By Patt Diroll and \f7
A Prelude to a Kiss By Maria Elena Fernandez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Plein Air's Day in the Sun's Day in the Sun By \f7 and Ann Conway
La Scala Goes On Tour By \f7 and Ann Conway
Polo: Big Hats and and Jodhpurs By Patt Diroll and \f7
Satire, Sadism and Romance Frame Intrigue Set in the Art World By Dick Lochte, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Involvement Opportunities
Everything That's Cool Under the Sun By Jim Shea, HARTFORD COURANT
Game Conquered the U.S. One Tile at a Time By Bernadette Murphy, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
What Should You Do to Be a Good Friend?
The Birthday Present By Gail Kimberly
A Tidy Little Cat Named Z Lends a Helping Paw
Jokes & Riddles
Note To Readers By Tom Petruno, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Trust Was Misplaced in Deregulation of Energy
Setting Record Straight on Global Warming
Pay More, Wait Longer to Buy Concert Tickets
Disney Name Is Losing Its Cachet
No Sympathy for 'Hasty' Crystal Cove Evictees
Allow Our Children to Just Be Children
Making the Case for Counseling Programs
Fullerton's Sheepish Demeanor in Danger?
Frustrated by Free Lunches, Rising Taxes
A Place Where Pride and Patriotism Still Live
Reader Offers an Idea for Mother's Lawsuit
Let's Fix the Pool at Courthouse Entrance
A Difference Between Gangs and Parents?
More Volleys in the Airport vs. Park Campaign
Is That a Hotel or a Hospital?
Making Teaching a Year-Round Job
Just How Many Teachers Don't Teach?
Watchful Eyes Beat Pool Fences
Mobile Homes Are the Answer
Wetlands Policy Has Its Flaws
Plan for Airport at Point Mugu Is Pie in the Sky By Tracy Wilson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Death of Jim Clark
Dealing With the Homeless
Beacon Foundation
Professor's Finances
Faculty Housing at CSUCI Campus
Police Hiring
Remnants of Valdez Oil Spill Remain in Alaska By Maureen Clark, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Greeks Take Daily Dramas to the Radio By Elena Becatoros, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin Steels Itself for Love Parade From Reuters
Myanmar Youth Fish Storm Drains to Bolster Income By Grant Peck, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Homeless Attend 'Conference' By Helen Luk, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Empty Jail Fails to Fill Expectations By David A. Lieb, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Schools' Computers Keep Parents in the Know By Greg Toppo, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ex-Marine Trades Guns for Nuns By Lori Burling, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Villagers Keep Pilot's Memory Alive By Charles Wolfe, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bush Feels Heat of Climate Pact at G-8 Summit By Robin Wright, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Organized Anarchy in Genoa By Richard Boudreaux, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Military Security Issues Hits Home By Pauline Jelinek, ASSOCIATED PRESS
'92 Execution Haunts Death Penalty Foes By David G. Savage, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Hearst Land Fight, Old Papers Are New Weapon By Kenneth R. Weiss and John Johnson, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Amnesty by Any Name Is Hot Topic By Patrick J. Mcdonnell, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Isolated Tribe Struggles Without Phones, Power By John M. Glionna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Long, Hot Summer After Quake By T. Christian Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Key Issues Threaten Macedonia Peace Plan By David Holley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
London Mayor Plans to Curb Traffic Gridlock by Taxing It By Laurel Rosen, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Warlord Killed in Sweep, Government Says From Times Wire Reports
1 Slain; Palestinians Hail Call for Monitors From Times Wire Services
Pacific Storm Threatens to Become Hurricane From Times Wire Reports
Novelist Briefly Freed for His Mother's Funeral From Times Wire Reports
2 U.S. Servicemen Arrested on Okinawa From Times Wire Reports
Tech Slump Is Just Leading Edge of Israel's Misery By Mary Curtius, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Delegates Say They've Found Way to Salvage Kyoto Protocol By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER
10 Die in Fireworks Show Crush From Associated Press
Divers in Russia Begin Work to Raise Kursk From Reuters
Iran Reformer Freed From Prison Associated Press
189 Nations OK Weakened Plan Against Small-Arms Trafficking From Associated Press
Pakistan OKs Labor Rights Conventions From Associated Press
At Least 30 Die in Iran's Flash Floods; 100 Injured From Associated Press
Peru's Ex-Spy Chief Ties Bribes to Fujimori From Associated Press
Bombs at 2 Jakarta Churches Injure 43 From Associated Press
Fatal Attack on Kashmir Pilgrimage From Associated Press
Boy's Death Spurs Call for Boot Camp Oversight From Times Wire Reports
Bracing for Life After Firestone By Stephanie Simon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Death Row Inmate's Bid for Deposition Denied From Times Wire Reports
Tomorrow's Cat Could Be Nothing to Sneeze At By Geraldine Baum, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Residents Cannot Strip on Strip of Sand From Times Wire Reports
Don't Bother With Class If Cricket Cake Bugs You From Times Wire Reports
Anti-Abortion March Ends With 2 Arrests From Times Wire Reports
State Bar Clears Rodham of Violating Legal Ethics From Times Wire Reports
Blacks' Hopes Bright From Associated Press
In Fight Against Time, Japan's Sex Slaves Seek Justice in U.S. By K. Connie Kang, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Relief for Baltimore in Railway Scare From the Washington Post
Detroit's Still Looking Good at 300 From Associated Press
Condit's Brother Held in Fla. From Associated Press
Speculator Ratchets Up Coastal Costs By John Johnson and Kenneth R. Weiss, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Giuliani Eclipsing N.Y. Mayoral Race By Josh Getlin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Protesters Turn Genoa to War Zone By Robin Wright and Richard Boudreaux, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Town Mulls Risk in Golden Opportunity By Alison Mutler, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Immigrant Bashing
Al Gore Not Made for Telepolitical Age
Holden's Job Offers to 2 Ex-Councilmen
Politicians Shouldn't Decide Moral Issues
Jury System Held in Contempt
Okinawa: Marines Have Record of Good Conduct
The Real Heroes Are in Cambodia
Forgiving Henry Cisneros for His Mistake
Successful Match Made Without 'Surrender'
She's Fortunate to Call Dick Dale 'Friend'
He's On the Trail of a Larger Conspiracy
Fear Stalks Men as Well as Women
Tired Pachyderms
The Benefits of Wealth
No Nature Lover
Down and Funny By Susan King, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When the Atmosphere at Work Is Just Unbearable By Susan Vaughn, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Systems Analyst Job Has a Future By Lisa Girion
Life Between Hollywood and Pine By Deborah Sullivan Brennan, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Plan Ahead to Fend Off Blackout Headaches
Can My Employer Cut Commissions I've Earned?
Help Desk Staffs 'Get No Respect' By Ronald D. White
Hot Jobs
Office Romance Thought to Be Cause of Boss' Ire
BOOKS
Editor's Note:
Trick or Treat By Jonathan Levi, Jonathan Levi is a contributing writer to Book Review
Missing Elvis By 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
WHITE SNAKE SAYS By Hsu Hui-chih
GETTING THE POEM WRITTEN By HSI Muren By 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 By Bei Ling, Bei Ling is the founder and editor of Tendency. His essay was translated from the Chinese by Denis Mair
One Is the Loneliest Number By Peter Green, Peter Green is the former fiction critic of the London Daily Telegraph
A Man for All Seasons By 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
The Museum of Desire (A Short Story) By 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
His Fifteen Minutes By Ann O'Neill, Ann O'Neill writes the City of Angles column for The Times
Murder Most Foul By Barry Siegel, Barry Siegel is the author of "Actual Innocence" and "The Perfect Witness." He is a national correspondent for The Times
Suddenly Last Summer By Kai Maristed, Kai Maristed is the author of "Belong to Me."
L.a. Confidential By Eugen Weber, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to Book Review
Southern California Rating: FICTION 1 A TRAITOR TO MEMORY...
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
ENTERTAINMENT
Best Bets / JULY 22-28, 2001
The Lady and the Scamp By Jon Burlingame, Jon Burlingame is a regular contributor to Calendar
This Door Didn't Just Open By Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn in a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Aging With MTV By Sharon Goldman Edry, Sharon Goldman Edry is a freelance writer living in New York
Listening Only to Herself By Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn, the Times pop music critic, can be reached at robert.hilburn@latimes.com
Wagner's Lesson, Unheeded By Mark Swed, Mark Swed is The Times' music critic
In a Whole New Jungle By Rachel Abramowitz, Rachel Abramowitz is a Times staff writer
This Old Sonic House By Josef Woodard, Josef Woodard is a frequent contributor to Calendar
A Playwright Who Found His Groove By Don Heckman, Don Heckman is a frequent contributor to Calendar
You'll Need a Permission Slip for That By Jon Matsumoto, Jon Matsumoto is a regular contributor to Calendar
A Noise Within Is Expanding Its Idea of Classical Repertory By Don Shirley, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
Earthly Sounds, Not of This World By Mark Swed
Showing Locally, Thinking Globally By Scarlet Cheng
Boy-Band Fame and Its Trials By Natalie Nichols
Vedder Is the Biggest Pearl in This Oyster By Steve Hochman
O.C. Rockers Keep It Lush and Low-Key By Kevin Bronson
In Brief By Steve Hochman
In Brief By Steve Baltin
In Brief By Randy Lewis
In Brief By Soren Baker
In Brief By Randy Lewis
In Brief By Ernesto Lechner
Patiently Shepherding Some Rowdy Herds By Don Heckman, Don Heckman writes frequently about jazz for The Times
BUSINESS
Advertisers Play on Allure of Online Games By Alex Pham and Greg Johnson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fed Rate Cuts Fail to Restore Tech Spending By Walter Hamilton, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rocking the World By Jeff Leeds and Geoff Boucher, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
TRW's Lasers Point to New Era in Defense By James Flanigan
Top 10 Stories / July 16-20 By Dave Wilson and Meg James and Sallie Hofmeister and Edmund Sanders and Walter Hamilton and Daryl Strickland and Chris Kraul and Terril Yue Jones and Joseph Menn and Sallie Hofmeister
Medical Savings Accounts an Option for Uninsured By Kathy M. Kristof, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lower Returns the Drawback of Safe and Accessible Savings By Liz Pulliam Weston, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Maybe Not a Flight of Fancy By Amalie Young, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Archives Detailing Radiation Closed By John K. Wiley, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Veteran Firefighters Rejected for Permanent Jobs By Nicholas K. Geranios, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Company Eyes Alaska's North Slope for High-Tech 'Farm' By Maureen Clark, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Idaho Farmers Face Severe Energy Woes By Dan Gallagher, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Traffic Crashes Bring Physics to Life for High School Students By Dan Joling, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Coyote Losing Park Battle to Wolf By Jeff Tollefson, REUTERS
Timber Nominee Loved, Loathed By Katherine Pfleger, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rocket Blueprint Associated Press
Trekking to the Top, Then Celebrating With a Mouse By Dan Elliott, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beach SOS: 'Save Our Sand'
Safer Amusement Rides
Time for AES to Pitch In
Campaign Salvo Hits a Bystander By Shirley Grindle, \o7 Shirley Grindle of Orange is a longtime community activist. and \f7
Meddling With the Base By Ross Johnson, Joseph D. McNamara, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, is former police chief of San Jose and Kansas City
Museum May Be at End of Trail By Patricia Ward Biederman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sanctions Against Enron Urged By Carl Ingram, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sound Stages of a Television Nation By Peter H. King
Isolated Canyons' Allure Can Pose Risks By Janet Wilson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Judges Accused of Misapplying Prop. 36 Terms By Stuart Pfeifer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cities to Banner Planes: Buzz Off By Stanley Allison, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rulings on Drug Rehab Fought By Stuart Pfeifer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Being There for the Kids of Skid Row By Oscar Johnson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Group Aims to Improve Schools by Parent Power By Stephanie Chavez and Jose Cardenas, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Man in Car Is Shot; 3 Suspects Arrested From Times Staff Reports
Suit Against Water Agency Revived By Erika Hayasaki, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Burbank School Board Declines to Address Indian Mascot Issue By Erin Park, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hearing Set for Suits on Police Labor Disputes From Times Staff Reports
Volunteers Sought for Domestic Violence Group From Times Staff Reports
San Gabriel River Backers Push for National Ranking By Joe Mozingo, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Compton Widow Is Shot to Death in Her Home in Apparent Robbery By Kurt Streeter, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No One Injured in Mobile Home Fire From Times Staff Reports
Cops Storm Street--Bearing Gifts By Daniel Yi, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teens Earn Summer Cash the Fair Way By Andrea Perera, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Highlights at Today's O.C. Fair
DWP Project Turns Trash to Electricity By Richard Fausset, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Keeping Some Mens' Reps from Going to the Dogs By Dana Parsons
Three Soviet Fliers' 1937 Happy Landing in a Southland Pasture By Cecilia Rasmussen, TIMES STAFF WRITER
United Way Names New Vice President From Times Staff Reports
Beach Banner Planes Stir Some Loud Complaints By Stanley Allison, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Point Mugu Airport Plan Now Pie in the Sky By Tracy Wilson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Experimental Plane Crashes, Killing 2 From Times Staff Reports
Law Enforcement Labor Suits to Get Hearing From Times Staff Reports
Breeding Program Offers Hope for Santa Cruz Island's Vanishing Foxes By Matt Surman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Phony Bills Found at Orange County Fair By Dave Mckibben, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Festival Helps Build a Case for America's Seabees By Holly J. Wolcott, TIMES STAFF WRITER
United Way Names New Vice President From Times Staff Reports
Jobs at Fair a Tradition for Teenagers By Andrea Perera, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Facing Half a Life Span, Student Is Fully Involved By Fred Alvarez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Standoff Over Quarter-Cent Tax Cut Hangs Up Budget in State Senate By Julie Tamaki, TIMES STAFF WRITER
San Diego Hatches Plan to Protect Grunion Spawning Sites at Beaches By Tony Perry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Quake Shakes Desert in Imperial County From Times Wire Services
Surprise Nominee for Microsoft Case Mediator: Clinton By Edmund Sanders and Joseph Menn, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Fire Destroys Home of Police Scandal Witness From Times Wire Services
Jia Lanpo; Helped Discover Peking Man From Times Wire Reports
Luis Lujan; Artist Known for His Carvings of Saints
Crowd Beats Motorist Whose Car Hit Girl, 2 From Times Wire Services
Jules Buck; Producer of Classic Movies By Elaine Woo, TIMES STAFF WRITER
John Marriott; Keeper of Royal Stamp Collection
Plan for Airport at Point Mugu Is Pie in the Sky By Tracy Wilson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
OPINION
Too Much of a Good Thing By Greg Critser, Greg Critser's book on the modern obesity epidemic, "Supersize," will be published in 2002 by Houghton-Mifflin
A New Leader Emerges By 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."
Bush Can't Please All Republican Factions By Jack Germond, Jack Germond is a political writer in Washington, D.C
Putin's Diplomacy Can't Mask Weakness By Eugene B. Rumer, Eugene B. Rumer is a senior fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Has a Wily D.C. Police Chief Outfoxed the Nosy Media? By Joseph D. Mcnamara
NATO's Uncertain Role
California's Future Is Here
Who Is Teaching Teachers to Teach?
Let Jurors Complain and Courts Listen By Gary Blasi, Gary Blasi is a UCLA law professor
Alamo-Time for the West? By John Balzar
Japan's Lion Clicks for Citizen Power By 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
Creative Tensions: The WGA-DGA Divide By Michael Cieply, Michael Cieply, a Los Angeles journalist, has written about the entertainment industry since 1984
Amnesty for Mexicans Borders on Futility By Frank Del Olmo, Frank del Olmo is an associate editor of The Times
One Sorry Editorial
The Angst of Democracy By 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
Reformers Bloodied But Not Bowed By Norman Ornstein, Norman Ornstein is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
REAL ESTATE
Fighting City Hall Over Tree Damage By Brian J. Comer, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Frasier' Saying Cheers to Hollywood Hills By Ruth Ryon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
View Homes Are Priced Out of Sight By Denise Hamilton, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Former Winery Is Ripe for the Picking By Ruth Ryon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Events Calendar
More 'Managed' Forest Wood By James Carey and Morris Carey, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tips on Healthy Ways to Remodel
Coating Can Turn Room's Walls Into Giant Magnets By Morris Carey and James Carey, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Flood Unleashes Debate on Responsibility By Robert Griswold, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Maybe Lawyer, Not Bylaws, Needs Reform By Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Tankless Water Heating System Is Energy-Efficient By Morris Carey and James Carey, ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPORTS
New Battleground in Recruiting War By Michael Marot, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Storm Starts Own Gay Outreach By Janie Mccauley, ASSOCIATED PRESS
City of Chicago Mired In Slump for the Ages By Dave Carpenter, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Umpires Knock Down Strike-Count Proposal By Thomas Boswell, WASHINGTON POST
MLS Finally Coming of Age From Associated Press
Questions Abound About Kirilenko From Associated Press
Lytham Closely: Four Share Lead By Randy Harvey, TIMES ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
He Is Peaking at Right Time By Bonnie Desimone, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Chicken Not-so Little By Bill Plaschke
A Run-Run-Run-Runaway By Jason Reid, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He's Back, Ready to Start Taking His Shots Again By T.J. Simers
This May Be One Time to Be Patient With Woods By Earl Gustkey
Sparks Get Scare From Leslie but Extend Streak By Mike Terry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Roddick Has Announced His Arrival Ahead of Schedule By Diane Pucin
No Equal to the '99 Sequel By Lisa Dillman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NCAA Goes to Great Lengths so Teams Don't By Steve Henson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rockies Have Tough Mountain to Climb By Ross Newhan
Mosley Victory Sends Message to De La Hoya By Steve Springer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Reviving Glaus Hits a Milestone By Mike Digiovanna
Rivalry Has a Lot of Time to Heat Up By Ross Newhan
Indians Get Little Relief From Rocker By Ross Newhan
Angels Are Relieved to Beat Orioles, 6-5 By Mike Digiovanna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Shaw Mentoring Herges as Closer By Jason Reid
Torre Seeks Extension From Associated Press
Blue Jays Rally to Defeat Yankees From Associated Press
Schilling Silences Giants From Associated Press
Scores
Gaughan Wins Again By Tony Solorzano
Pressure Really Off Woods Now By Randy Harvey, TIMES ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Two Sosa Homers Pace Cubs From Associated Press
Avengers Today By Mike Terry
Kuerten Rallies to Win Tiebreaker, Match From Staff and Wire Reports
Merrick Leads by 3 as Bruins Dominate By Peter Yoon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sluman, Gow Go to the Top at B.C. From Associated Press
Lazier Gets Another Victory From Associated Press
Edelstein Indicted on Fraud From Times Wire Services
Clements Is First in Individual Medley
Impact Players By Justin Heckert, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Yelsey, Zalameda Win Doubles Title
Schwikert Wins Title at the U.S. Classic Meet By Tim Casey, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Loyola Marymount Hires Tennis Coach
Saddleback Track Being Renovated
A Regimen for Would-Be Kings By Tim Casey, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Janet Is at Home on Del Mar's Turf By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Senegal Joins the World Cup Party By Grahame L. Jones
Wynalda Helps Fire Win, 2-1 From Associated Press
Northridge Selects Water Polo Coach
Crosby Field Has a Select Six By Bob Mieszerski
Fish Report
MAGAZINE
Wave to the Camera By Kenneth R. Weiss
Taking a Moment to Talk Some Trash By James Ricci
Gone in 44 Seconds: 82 Cars Per Hour at Public Auction By James Denning
From Nose To Tail: A Skateboard Archive By Keith David Hamm
Welcome to the Hotel Catatonia By Debra J. Hotaling
Vanity Fair By Leslee Komaiko
The Big Breakup By 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
Secrets at the Bottom of the Drawer By David Weddle, David Weddle's last piece for the magazine was a profile of Internet movie critic Harry Knowles
The Ghostchaser By 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
Through The Past Darkly By Lisa Palac, Lisa Palac last wrote for the magazine about children growing up in Los Angeles
In Praise of Chaparral By Susan Heeger
Churning Point By Anna Thomas, Anna Thomas last wrote for the magazine about fruit soups
Beyond 'Toad in the Hole' By S. Irene Virbila
TRAVEL
Putting Up Tree Huggers Becomes a Green Sideline By Christopher Reynolds, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Healthy Dining at Airports
On the Path to the Perfect Storm By Christopher Reynolds, Times Travel Writer
This Week's Holidays
New Orleans Is on a Roll forSatchmo's 100th
Free for the Asking: Guide to Fiji
Labor Actions OverseasAre Off to a Flying Start ASSOCIATED PRESS
Taking Fitness From Sea to Shining Sea
Traveler's Notes ...
Festivals, Feasts & Fairs By Laurie K. Schenden
'Sopranos' Tour Hits High Note in Jersey
Deal of the Week: New York Hotel
Fossil-Fueled, Out in Utah By Patricia Connell, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Patricia Connell is an editor in the Travel section
Opera Buffs to Gather for a Sierra Serenade By Karin Esterhammer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Two Literary Mentors Offer Lessons on the Strength to Be Found in Solitude By Susan Spano, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Home Sweet Home With Heidi By Cindy Ross, Cindy Ross is a freelance writer based in Pennsylvania
Hostels' Packages Offer Students Cheap Stays, Ways to See Paris By Lucy Izon, Lucy Izon is a Toronto-based freelance travel writer. Internet http://www.izon.com
In a Florence of Dreams, a Novel Encounter By Lucy Mccauley, Lucy McCauley is a freelance writer in Dallas and the editor of "Travelers Tales: Women in the Wild" (Travelers Tales, 1998)
Riots Break Out in Northern England By Edward Wright, Edward Wright is a former assistant foreign editor at The Times. His column appears monthly
Films & Programs
Web Site Whets Bargain-Hunters' Appetites for Vegas' Bounty of Buffets By Arthur Frommer
What's the Risk of Fatal Blood Clots From Flying? By Kathleen Doheny
Unraveling the Secrets of the Shasta-Area 'Knot' By John Mckinney
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