What happened on May 27, 2001

NEWS

BOOKS

The Book of Memories By Regina Marler, Regina Marler is the author of "Bloomsbury Pie: The Making of the Bloomsbury Boom."
Footnote to History By Jonathan Levi, Jonathan Levi is a contributing writer to Book Review
The Past Is Prologue By John Gray, John Gray is professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics and the author of "False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism" and "The Two Faces of Liberalism."
Calling Norma Rae By Stephen Metcalf, Stephen Metcalf writes for several publications, including The New York Times, The New Republic and the New York Observer..... Her goal is to see if the4 million women about to enter the labor marketvia welfare reform can survive on near-minimum wage salaries.
Follow the Money By Carol Brightman, Carol Brightman is the author of "Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World."
Songs of Ourselves By Ken Emerson, Ken Emerson, the author of "Doodah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture" and co-author of a recent documentary about Foster on PBS's "The American Experience," is working on a book about the Brill Building sound and pop songwriting in New York during the 1950s and '60s
First Fiction By Mark Rozzo
Yakety-Yak By Linda Jaivin, Linda Jaivin is the author of several books, including "Eat Me." Her third novel, "Miles Walker, You're Dead," will be published by St. Martin's Press in the fall
THE GOLD DIGGERS' SONG (We're in the Money) By Al Dubin
The Scale of Things By Meredith Bagby Meredith Bagby Is The Author Of "Rational Exuberance: How Generation X Is Creating A New American Economy" and "We'Ve Got Issues: The Get Real, No B.S. Guide To What Really Matters."
Southern California Rating: FICTION 1 THE COLD SIX...
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
The Prince of Broadway By Eric Lax, Eric Lax is the author of "Bogart" with A.M. Sperber and of "Woody Allen."

ENTERTAINMENT

Best Bets / MAY 27 - JUNE 2, 2001
Revolucion Leaders By Ernesto Lechner, Ernesto Lechner is a regular contributor to Calendar
A Wrestler's Toughest Move By Jon Matsumoto, Jon Matsumoto is a regular contributor to Calendar
Your World, His View By Jan Breslauer, Jan Breslauer is a regular contributor to Calendar
Our Lady of Controversy By Agustin Gurza, Agustin Gurza is a Times staff writer
By Sheer Force of Genius By Lewis Segal, Lewis Segal is The Times' dance critic
The Many Meanings of American By John Henken, John Henken is a regular contributor to Calendar
It's Definitely Not the Disney Version By Charles Solomon, Charles Solomon writes regularly about animation for Calendar
Finding Her Muse Amusing By Mike Boehm, Mike Boehm is a Times staff writer
Public Radio, Under the Influence By Sean Mitchell, Sean Mitchell is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
A Fairy-Tale Ending for 'Side Show' By Don Shirley, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
What You Hear Isn't What You'll Get By Richard S. Ginell
What You Hear Isn't What You'll Get By Chris Pasles
What You Hear Isn't What You'll Get By Richard S. Ginell
What You Hear Isn't What You'll Get By Mark Swed
Strands of Lasting Significance By Susan Emerling, Susan Emerling writes about culture and the arts in Los Angeles
Trying to Ride Out Dangerous Impulses By Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn, The Times' pop music critic, can be reached at robert.hilburn@latimes.com
Before They Became Mild Alt-Rockers By Natalie Nichols
In Brief By Steve Baltin
In Brief By Soren Baker
In Brief By Randy Lewis
In Brief By Steve Hochman
A Talent in Need of Focus By Steve Hochman
This Is Not Your Usual Batch of Male Vocalists By Don Heckman, Don Heckman writes frequently about jazz for The Times
Santa Fe Museum Offers Compromise

BUSINESS

Gas Price Surge Making BP Deals Look Smart By James F. Peltz, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Seniors Left Behind in Rush to Cut Taxes By Kathy M. Kristof, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tax Cut: Swift Boost, Long-Term Debate By James Flanigan
Ford, Firestone Locked in a War They Can't Win By Terril Yue Jones, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Corporate Free Speech Battle Is Escalating By Edmund Sanders, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Top 10 Stories / May 21-25 By Patrick Goldstein and Edmund Sanders and Terril Yue Jones and Josh Friedman and Joseph Menn and Jeff Leeds and Walter Hamilton and Sallie Hofmeister
Add House Agreement to Divorce Papers to Preserve Tax Exclusion By Liz Pulliam, TIME STAFF WRITER
50-Plus Population Not Prepared for Retirement, AARP Report Says From Reuters

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

OPINION

Magnet Schools: A Tilted Playing Field By Gale Holland, Gale Holland is a Los Angeles journalist
Daschle's Nightmare May Have Just Begun By Jonathan V. Last, Jonathan V. Last is a reporter for the Weekly Standard
The Lies We Tell Ourselves By Richard Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, an editor at Pacific News Service, is the author of the forthcoming "Brown."
Bush Strategy: An Odd Way of Treating Our Allies By Alan Tonelson and William Hawkins, William Hawkins, a former economics professor and congressional staffer, and Alan Tonelson, author of "The Race to the Bottom," are both research fellows at the U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation
The Forrest Gump of Presidents By Drew Limsky, Drew Limsky teaches at City University of New York. He has written for the Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle and is the book editor at MetroSource
Jerry Brown: An Energy Gap, Not a Crisis By Douglas Foster, Douglas Foster is a teaching fellow at the graduate school of journalism at UC Berkeley
Villaraigosa for Mayor
Timidity Risks More Bloodshed By Shibley Telhami, Shibley Telhami is Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development atthe University of Maryland and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is co-editor of the forthcoming book "Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East."
Sense and Cell Phones
Powell Can Chide Stinginess to Africa By Joe Davidson, Joe Davidson is a commentator on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." E-mail: davidsonjoe@hotmail.com
Becerra Has a Lot of Explaining to Do By Frank Del Olmo, Frank del Olmo is an associate editor of The Times
Free Market Fables By John Balzar
Show Biz Right's Victory Funk By Michael Cieply, Michael Cieply, a Los Angeles journalist, has written about the entertainment industry since 1984

REAL ESTATE

SPORTS

TRAVEL

What happened on May 27, 2001

NEWS

National League Roundup By Jeff Gottlieb, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Crime and the Myth of the Perfect Mother By Sandy Banks

A Mother's Pride By Ann Conway

What Dame Edna Says By Patt Diroll

Watching Where the Chips Fall By Shawn Hubler, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Champion for Children By Ann Conway

Clearly, Johnny Mathis By Patt Diroll

Religious Studies, Left Coast Style By Mary Rourke, TIMES STAFF WRITER

L.A. Childrens Hospital at 100 By Patt Diroll

Gallery By Roman Genn

Hard-Driving Hero's More 'Human' Side By Dick Lochte, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Fashion Sings 'Soprano' as Mob Look Heats Up By Cheryl Lu-lien Tan, BALTIMORE SUN

Finding E-One By Mel Gilden

High Water Wearing Down Flood-Weary Venice By Frances D'Emilio, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brother Seeks Answers to Pearl Harbor Mystery By Michael E. Ruane, WASHINGTON POST

Salt Town's Harsh Way of Life on Verge of Dissolution By Tim Sullivan, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Churchill History of a Legible Kind By Bill Glauber, BALTIMORE SUN

A Pragmatic Spirit Guides the Dutch By Arthur Max, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Little Kickboxer Packs a Big Wallop By Matthew Pennington, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Slovak Nuclear Reactors Fuel Angst By Andrea Lorinczova, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Chief of Forest Service Says It's Time to Exit By Katherine Pfleger, ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA Pondering Shuttle Escape Capsule By Marcia Dunn, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fantasy League Games Flood Internet By Mark Niesse, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Impeachment Team Doing Fine By Edward Walsh, WASHINGTON POST

Family Presence Helps Trauma Patients By Susan Parrott, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clinton's Rough Road Is Smoothing Out By Katherine Roth, ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. Astronaut a Blend of Buzz Lightyear, Mr. Fixit By Marcia Dunn, ASSOCIATED PRESS

'No Vacancy' Signs Loom in the Hotel California By Michelle Locke, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Political Parties Seek Stability as Once 'Solid' Ground Shifts By Ronald Brownstein, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER

Congress Sends $1.35-Trillion Tax Cut to Bush By Janet Hook, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Powell Presses Kenya to Hold Free Elections By Robin Wright, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Some Relief Comes This Year, Most Much Later By Kathy M. Kristof, TIMES STAFF WRITER

How the Mayoral Rivals Keep the Faith By Teresa Watanabe, TIMES RELIGION WRITER

How the Mayoral Rivals Keep the Faith By Carla Hall, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Islamic Debate Surrounds Mideast Suicide Bombers By Michael Slackman, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Eggs Buy a College Education By Kenneth R. Weiss, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER

Blooming Good End to Winter's Ills By Marjorie Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Macedonian Official Vows to Restore Order to Villages By David Holley, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Germany, Austria Barely Break Ice By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Man Held in Slayings of 6 Red Cross Workers From Times Wire Reports

Former President Is Arrested in Alleged Plot From Times Wire Reports

2,000 Strip for Group Nude Photo in Montreal From Times Wire Reports

Colombian Minister Resigns From Associated Press

Scholar Held by Beijing Is in Limbo By Tyler Marshall, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Trinidad Targeting Official Misdeeds By Mark Fineman, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Pakistan Praises India for Willingness to Talk From Reuters

Martial Law an Option, Wahid Acknowledges From Associated Press

Peru to Probe Violence That Killed 30,000 in '80s Associated Press

Islamic Nations Agree to Halt Political Contacts With Israel From Reuters

Taliban Bars Women From Vital Food Survey From Reuters

10 Sentenced to Die for Rwanda Genocide Associated Press

Car Bomb Explodes in Trendy Jerusalem Area From Times Wire Services

Rescue Called Off at Collapsed Party Hall From Associated Press

Ban OKd on Executing Mentally Retarded Cons From Times Wire Reports

Gunmen Abduct 20 in Philippines From Associated Press

Prosecutor Now Sees Other Side of Bigamy By Tom Gorman, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Change Slow, Uncertain for D.C. Police By Stephen Braun, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Senate OKs 2 Nominees for Treasury Posts From Times Wire Reports

Report Urges End to Driver Consent Searches From Times Wire Reports

Twister Tears Roof Off Retirement Complex From Times Wire Reports

High Court Has Diverse Docket to Finish Term By David G. Savage, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Demjanjuk's Alleged Nazi Past to Be on Trial Again From Reuters

Ranch Is Donated to Park From Associated Press

Reno to Decide Soon on Fla. Gubernatorial Bid From Times Wire Reports

Bush Camp Aide to Admit Guilt in Debate Case From Associated Press

Crews Stop Spread of Fire North of Reno From Associated Press

Suddenly, Dirty Old Coal Is the Fossil Fuel of the Future By Geraldine Baum, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Few Protest Opening of Cincinnati Festival From Associated Press

Taught by 'Sister Mary' By Susan King, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Weighing the Merits of Workers' Comp System By Ronald D. White, TIMES STAFF WRITER

You Can Pay a High Price for Neglecting Your Negotiating Skills By Susan Vaughn, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Interim Executive Jobs a Viable Option for Some By Carrie Johnson, WASHINGTON POST

BOOKS

The Book of Memories By Regina Marler, Regina Marler is the author of "Bloomsbury Pie: The Making of the Bloomsbury Boom."

Footnote to History By Jonathan Levi, Jonathan Levi is a contributing writer to Book Review

The Past Is Prologue By John Gray, John Gray is professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics and the author of "False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism" and "The Two Faces of Liberalism."

Calling Norma Rae By Stephen Metcalf, Stephen Metcalf writes for several publications, including The New York Times, The New Republic and the New York Observer..... Her goal is to see if the4 million women about to enter the labor marketvia welfare reform can survive on near-minimum wage salaries.

Follow the Money By Carol Brightman, Carol Brightman is the author of "Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World."