What happened on October 26, 2003

NEWS

BOOKS

Bestsellers
The measure of a man By Joanna Bourke, Joanna Bourke, professor of history at the University of London's Birkbeck College, is the author of "An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in 20th Century Warfare."
The march of Humanism By Guy Davenport, Guy Davenport, distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky, is the author, most recently, of "The Death of Picasso."
Poets' Corner By Carol Muske-dukes
A daily dose of brilliance By Glen David Gold, Glen David Gold is the author of the novel "Carter Beats the Devil."
A sparkling portrait, but the sitter's still sketchy By Monika Greenleaf, Monika Greenleaf teaches Slavic and comparative literature at Stanford University and is the author of "Pushkin and Romantic Fashion" and of a forthcoming book about Catherine the Great.
A nebbish in search of true love By Michael Harris, Michael Harris is a regular contributor to Book Review.
A satirist's so-called play By Justin Kaplan, Justin Kaplan is the author of "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain" and "Back Then: Two Literary Lives in 1950s New York," written in collaboration with his wife, the novelist Anne Bernays.
Nothing to do with romance By James Marcus, James Marcus is a critic, journalist and translator, and the author of the forthcoming "Amazonia: A Memoir of the Internet Boom and Bust."
Bestsellers
Polymath's progress By Henry Petroski, Henry Petroski, the A.S. Vesic professor of civil engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, is the author of "Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design."
From 'After Nature' By W.G. Sebald
The connection of art and heart By Frederic Raphael, Frederic Raphael is the author of many novels and screenplays, co-editor of "The Great Philosophers From Socrates to Turing" and translator of a forthcoming edition of "Satyrica" by Petronius.
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
A witness to journalistic history By David Shaw, David Shaw, a Los Angeles Times columnist, has written about the media for The Times for 29 years and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1991.

ENTERTAINMENT

OPINION

Yank the 'For Sale' Sign
Go Away -- We're Plotting
Merging Safely on Toll Lanes
San Juan Council Clearly Supports JSerra
Headlands Project Must Obey Coastal Act Rules
Liability Ruling Will Sideline More Players
Appeal Courts Are Forgetting the Victims
Council Wastes Its Time and Residents' Money
Grocery Dispute: What Do Workers Get in the Bargain?
Abortion Procedure Banned by Lawmakers
Sorting Out Jobs and Immigration
Gen. Boykin Has His Say About Islam
It's a Big Hall, After All
Two Sides to Israel's 'Security Partition'
Scab Nabbed With Slabs
Sustain Life and Hope in L.A. and Beyond
Fine Art of Politicking, Sistine-Style By John L. Allen Jr.
Mr. Watson, Come Here! It's Free By David S. Bennahum
An Insider's Story Carries a Lesson on Perils of Power By Frank Del Olmo
The Agony of an Uncertain Future By Bruce Laingen
A Chance to Tell Kids the Meaning of Standing Tall By Julie Hudash, Julie Hudash is a writer in Irvine.
A General Bind for Rumsfeld By William M. Arkin, William M. Arkin is a military affairs analyst who writes regularly for Opinion. E-mail: warkin@igc .org.
Bush Passes on Cuban Exiles' Right By Ann Louise Bardach, Ann Louise Bardach writes for Newsweek International and is a commentator on the Public Radio program "Marketplace." She is the author of "Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana."
New Way to Win, or Cyber-Hype? By Michael Clough, Michael Clough worked on foreign-policy issues in two Democratic presidential campaigns. He is currently studying Internet law at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, N.H.
U.S. Fumbles on N. Korea, and China Grabs the Ball By Frank Gibney, Frank Gibney, professor of politics at Pomona College, is president of the Pacific Basin Institute and author of "The Pacific Century" and other works on Asia.
L.A.'s Core Already Has a 'There' There By Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University. He is writing a history of cities for Modern Library.
Dissing Dissent By Liu Baifang, Liu Baifang, who emigrated from China in 1977, lives in Berkeley.
Blood and Silence By Kerman Maddox, Kerman Maddox is a political consultant and business owner who teaches political science at Los Angeles Southwest College. He is a member of the board of directors of First AME Church, the oldest black church in Los Angeles.
Knocking the Teeth Out of Class Actions By Al Meyerhoff, After many years with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Al Meyerhoff is now a lawyer with Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach. His firm represented plaintiffs in both the Avila Beach and Exxon Valdez cases. E-mail: alm@mwbhl.com

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BUSINESS

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NATIONAL

REAL ESTATE

SPORTS

MAGAZINE

The Godzilla-Sized Appeal of Japan's Pop Culture By Michael T. Jarvis
Sugarcoat It By Adam Tschorn
The Homecoming Hearse By Sam Quinones, Sam Quinones is a Mexico City-based journalist and the author of "True Tales From Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx" (University of New Mexico Press).
The Layering Effect By Susan Heeger
Students Need an Education, Not a Social Revolution
Thanks for Memories of Mom
Who Struck the Match? With Tips Gone, Arsonist Remains a Mystery By Mike Anton, Times Staff Writer
It Reminds Them of California By Corie Brown, Corie Brown is a Times staff writer. She last wrote for the magazine about Los Angeles rug merchants Zabi and Zubair Ahmadi.
Is That a Landmark, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me? By Michael T. Jarvis
Ahoy, Palm Pilot Pirates By Douglas Page
Losing the Mind By David Davis, David Davis last wrote for the magazine about cowboy singer and actor Herb Jeffries.
In the Year 2100 By Brad Dickson, Brad Dickson is a television writer based in Los Angeles.

TRAVEL

What happened on October 26, 2003

NEWS

Era Ends as Last Concorde Touches Down in London By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer

Disabled Russian Savors His Role By Sarah Karush, Associated Press Writer

Tiny Slovenia Craves to Be a Joiner in the EU By Mort Rosenblum, Associated Press Writer

Town's Jews Are Gone, but Rural Synagogue Will Live On By Karl Peter Kirk, Associated Press Writer

Romania's Internet Vampires Prey on the World By William J. Kole, Associated Press Writer

Moldova Reaps a Bitter Harvest By William J. Kole, Associated Press Writer

'Fairer Sex' Has Left Its Mark on Battlefield By Jane Wardell, Associated Press Writer

Illusion of Invincibility Shattered -- Painfully By Allen G. Breed, Associated Press Writer

Time's Running Out for Wily Alaskan Cattle By Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press Writer

Ivy League Attainable Thanks to Quirky Grants By Wilson Ring, Associated Press Writer

Adult at 18? Who Are You Kidding? The Age Is Now 26 By Martha Irvine, Associated Press Writer

One Town Is Wild About Its Hogs By Martin Finucane, Associated Press Writer

Little Grass Huts Get Big By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Writer

Rescuers Race Darkness, Brave Elements in Bid to Save Tetons Climbers By Sharon Cohen, Associated Press Writer

Nebraska Towns Boosting the Guy Who Lost His Way By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press Writer

Clean Air Dispute Shrouds North Dakota By Curt Woodward, Associated Press Writer

Energetic Couple Are 'a Barometer of the Possible' By Ira Dreyfuss, Associated Press Writer

For Jack Bauer, It's Still All in a Day's Work By Kate O'Hare, Special to The Times

BOOKS

The measure of a man By Joanna Bourke, Joanna Bourke, professor of history at the University of London's Birkbeck College, is the author of "An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in 20th Century Warfare."

The march of Humanism By Guy Davenport, Guy Davenport, distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky, is the author, most recently, of "The Death of Picasso."

Poets' Corner By Carol Muske-dukes

A daily dose of brilliance By Glen David Gold, Glen David Gold is the author of the novel "Carter Beats the Devil."

A sparkling portrait, but the sitter's still sketchy By Monika Greenleaf, Monika Greenleaf teaches Slavic and comparative literature at Stanford University and is the author of "Pushkin and Romantic Fashion" and of a forthcoming book about Catherine the Great.

A nebbish in search of true love By Michael Harris, Michael Harris is a regular contributor to Book Review.

A satirist's so-called play By Justin Kaplan, Justin Kaplan is the author of "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain" and "Back Then: Two Literary Lives in 1950s New York," written in collaboration with his wife, the novelist Anne Bernays.

Nothing to do with romance By James Marcus, James Marcus is a critic, journalist and translator, and the author of the forthcoming "Amazonia: A Memoir of the Internet Boom and Bust."

Polymath's progress By Henry Petroski, Henry Petroski, the A.S. Vesic professor of civil engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, is the author of "Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design."

From 'After Nature' By W.G. Sebald

The connection of art and heart By Frederic Raphael, Frederic Raphael is the author of many novels and screenplays, co-editor of "The Great Philosophers From Socrates to Turing" and translator of a forthcoming edition of "Satyrica" by Petronius.

Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds

A witness to journalistic history By David Shaw, David Shaw, a Los Angeles Times columnist, has written about the media for The Times for 29 years and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1991.

ENTERTAINMENT

Theater's top dogs don't tax the payroll By Don Shirley

They're truly Lux accommodations By Suzanne Muchnic

Any 'Nutcracker' memories? By Lewis Segal

Robin Leach's Sin City caviar dreams By Paul Brownfield, Times Staff Writer

She's happily unruly By Manohla Dargis, Times Staff Writer

Artistry on the sly By Lynell George, Times Staff Writer

The $50 Guide By Robert Hilburn

She's got it covered By Don Heckman, Special to The Times

Tailor-made for Broadway By Barbara Isenberg, Special to The Times

Prime-time politics By Neal Koch, Special to The Times

Putting faith in writing By Carl Kozlowski, Special to The Times

A bolt for L.A. By Paul Lieberman, Times Staff Writer

Play takes guidebook to heart By Victoria Looseleaf, Special to The Times

A cut-and-paste festival By Suzanne Muchnic, Times Staff Writer

We're helping, but not buying By Barry Munitz

Does authenticity really matter? By Chris Pasles, Times Staff Writer

The Man in Black is back, at length By Randy Lewis, Times Staff Writer

The patient is in By Robert Abele

When Irish eyes are California dreamin' By Robert Hilburn; Randy Lewis; Agustin Gurza; Richard Cromelin

Promises of confidentiality aren't made to be broken By David Shaw

Center toots club's horn By Ann Conway, Times Staff Writer

And to the republic, with limos and justice for all By Nancy Rommelmann, Special to The Times

The art of dying beautifully By Mark Swed, Times Staff Writer

A marvelous touch for romance By Kenneth Turan, Times Staff Writer

He's always on the watch for gay TV By Michael T. Jarvis

Hollywood Has Fine Romance With Gehry's Sound Palace By Reed Johnson and Gina Piccalo, Times Staff Writers

Williams Evokes Hall's Steel Beginnings in 'Soundings' By Mark Swed, Times Staff Writer

'The Weird Witch and the Wise Weatherman' By E.G. Walker, Special to The Times

OPINION

Fine Art of Politicking, Sistine-Style By John L. Allen Jr.

Mr. Watson, Come Here! It's Free By David S. Bennahum

An Insider's Story Carries a Lesson on Perils of Power By Frank Del Olmo

The Agony of an Uncertain Future By Bruce Laingen

A Chance to Tell Kids the Meaning of Standing Tall By Julie Hudash, Julie Hudash is a writer in Irvine.

A General Bind for Rumsfeld By William M. Arkin, William M. Arkin is a military affairs analyst who writes regularly for Opinion. E-mail: warkin@igc .org.

Bush Passes on Cuban Exiles' Right By Ann Louise Bardach, Ann Louise Bardach writes for Newsweek International and is a commentator on the Public Radio program "Marketplace." She is the author of "Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana."

New Way to Win, or Cyber-Hype? By Michael Clough, Michael Clough worked on foreign-policy issues in two Democratic presidential campaigns. He is currently studying Internet law at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, N.H.

U.S. Fumbles on N. Korea, and China Grabs the Ball By Frank Gibney, Frank Gibney, professor of politics at Pomona College, is president of the Pacific Basin Institute and author of "The Pacific Century" and other works on Asia.

L.A.'s Core Already Has a 'There' There By Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University. He is writing a history of cities for Modern Library.

Dissing Dissent By Liu Baifang, Liu Baifang, who emigrated from China in 1977, lives in Berkeley.

Blood and Silence By Kerman Maddox, Kerman Maddox is a political consultant and business owner who teaches political science at Los Angeles Southwest College. He is a member of the board of directors of First AME Church, the oldest black church in Los Angeles.

Knocking the Teeth Out of Class Actions By Al Meyerhoff, After many years with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Al Meyerhoff is now a lawyer with Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach. His firm represented plaintiffs in both the Avila Beach and Exxon Valdez cases. E-mail: alm@mwbhl.com

WORLD

Marchers Seek Right to Hold Referendums From Times Wire Reports

27 German Soldiers Arrive in Northern City From Times Wire Reports