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- Farmland's Future Is Anyone's Guess
- Treat All New Mothers Equally
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- Some Good Rose From Northridge Rubble
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- A Creative Change in Philosophy of Teaching
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- EATING CHINESE FOOD NAKED.<i> By Mei Ng</i> .<i> Scribner: 252 pp., $21</i>
- Splitting Image
- Big Mac Shakes Up a Small Town
- Clinton Urges Quick Ban on Human Cloning
- In a Flash, It May Just Be Fillmore
- Redemption for a Man of Hatred
- Palestinians, Israeli Troops Clash Amid Hebron Crowds
- Ill Inmates Transferred to Twin Towers
- O.C.'s Efforts to Enforce Child Support Pay Off
- City's Skate Park Risk Paid Off
- Packers Get Some Concrete Practice
- 'Greening' of the Back-to-Nature Movement Walls Off Shangri-La
- Awards Rivalry Heats Up
- Retooled Oilers Are Beginning to Jell
- Possible Murder-Suicide Leaves 3 Dead at Base
- Here's to Hank, Say Sad Friends of a Very Special Saloonkeeper
- Justice Is Not Served
- Fillmore Seems to Be Running on Empty
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- A Posthumous Embrace for a Passionate Director
- LOOKUPP INDASKY
- Send Us Your Remodels!
- Want to Be Alone? Some Hot Spots to Avoid in 1998
- Now Arriving... : Coming into Los Ang-uh-lese
- Traveler's Notes
- Flying Pillows
- O.C. Poised for Payroll Growth as NAFTA Rules Move Forward
- Smart Aleck
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- In Boxing, Gym Drew Them All
- Penalties Costly in Other Areas
- UC Irvine Takes a Major Step Forward
- Valley Quake Repair
- 'New Guy' Helps Bulls, but Jordan Still the Star
- BASEBALL NOTES
- McNeeley Goes Down, Winds Up Winning
- El Camino Real Leads Field With Blumfield
- ROD STEIGER / ACTOR
- *** 1/2 MINGUS BIG BAND, "Que Viva Mingus!" Dreyfus
- Parr Named Regional Director for Neuberger & Berman
- Bergen Brunswig Gets an Exclusive
- Hormel, El Torito Make a Deal
- FictionCOLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier (Atlantic Monthly:...
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- Real Estate Trends
- Insuring Against a Rainy Day (or Two)
- The subject is science in 5-part KCET series; the people speak and the 'Choice' awards are given
- Toiletology 101
- Ailing Gorilla at L.A. Zoo Dies After Tests
- Different Drummers
- Foes Push Indonesia's Suharto to Act or Quit
- Youth Revitalizes Political Scene
- Efficiency and Justice Can Mix
- Fernando: Fighting the Brave Fight
- Passerby Discovers Man's Body in Van
- Councilwoman Seeks to Lower Appeal Fees
- THE TIMES' RANKINGS TOP TO BOTTOM
- He's Quite Willing to Jaw About His Game
- Northridge Women Routed in Montana
- Martin Powers UCLA Past Oregon, 80-75
- NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
- ** 1/2 CHRIS STILLS, "100 Year Thing," Atlantic
- WEEK IN PREVIEW
- Be Tax-Savvy in Picking Funds for a Roth IRA
- Off to Learn the Lingo
- IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO TODAY
- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- 10 Top Head Trips
- Scientists Test Once-Polluted Harbor's Crop Potential
- Post-Studio 54, His Life Doesn't Have the Same Flash
- The Long--If Intermittent--Battle Over the Courts
- Tech Training Via Videos
- Reunion With Son Eases Decades of Grief
- No Foundation to Cosmetics Lawsuit, Actress Stevens Says
- Seeking Moral Justice by the Return of Looted Art
- Growth Transforms Once-Sleepy Oregon Town From the Inside Out
- Weather Grounds Air-It-Out Football
- Ventura Satisfied Despite Low Finish
- Exposure Is the Key for Pros and Preps
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- Agassi's Comeback Hits Snag With Loss to Teenager
- SPECIAL REPORT * Torrance residents, once worried by facility in their midst, can now breathe more easily. As eight-year effort to improve safety winds up . . . : Mobil Refines Its Image
- It's S.F. vs. G.B. for NFC, OK?
- Broncos, Steelers Work on Rivalry
- ** 1/2 TIM HAGANS & MARCUS PRINTUP, "Hubsongs," Blue Note
- Verdict Is Now Up to the Buyer
- Film Festival Announces Award in Bono's Honor
- GOP Offers Alternative to Clinton Child-Care Plan
- Basketball Players Sink Teeth Into Dunks
- Long-Term Disaster Trauma Is Common
- School-Centered Campaign
- Police Order Pizza to Arrest Delivery Man
- Benjamin Netanyahu: The Empty Center
- Slave Ship Makes Final Painful Journey
- A Nice Way to See Nice Museums
- Shot Down Before He Even Got Off the Ground
- Is It Sex Discrimination or Performance-Based Action?
- Pretty in a Pickle
- A Sculptor of Fine Works
- Ditka Could Fill an Opinion Page All By Himself
- Pepperdine Saves Starters, Which Finishes Its Chances
- Pepperdine Is Put in Its Place
- He's No Master of Tact, but Zoeller Is Still in Demand as a Spokesman
- Sports Arena Stats Questioned
- Taylor Finding His Groove
- No. 1 Guarantee: Alliance Does Not Guarantee a No. 1
- RULE BRITANNIA: The year-end album polls of...
- *** TERELL STAFFORD, "Centripetal Force," Candid
- Up and Above for Layout of the Land
- Masonry Fireplace Heats Entire Home
- Marina del Rey Tenant May Lose Dogfight Over Pets
- THE AMERICAN OPERA SINGER: The Lives and Adventures of America's Great Singers in Opera and Concert From 1825 to the Present.<i> By Peter G. Davis</i> .<i> Doubleday: 626 pp., $40</i>
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- Remove Old Foliage From Rose Plants When You Prune
- READING L.A.
- 'Lone Star'
- Great Expectations
- 'Jerry Maguire'
- Amusing yourself with facts on scary rides; 'Annie' gets a Disney premiere
- 4 Years Later, Many Still Shaken by Quake
- Employers of Underage Workers Rarely Punished
- Nature Reigns
- Gee Rating
- Utah State, Rice Stand Tall Against Long Beach State
- Harmon Flies In for the Winning Basket
- Inflation at a Standstill Except in Sports World
- Dense-Pac Loses $493,449 for Quarter
- DNC Ends Ban on Money From Legal Residents
- Radio Via the Net Shows It's a Small World After All
- The Allure of Hot Air
- Holding Out Hope for Housing in Jackson
- Something to Hide?
- ** 1/2 JOEY BARON, "Down Home," Intuition
- *** DJ SHADOW, "Preemptive Strike," Mo Wax
- Cutting a Sharp Figure
- Mother Convicted of Abuse in Death of 680-Pound Girl
- Rio Mesa Penalized for Ineligible Player
- Worker Must Prove He Is Sex Bias Victim
- A Motel to Wait for
- 'Income City' Devours Lake Tahoe Charm, Sense of Community
- How Washington and Hollywood Each Wag the Dog by the Tail
- Open the Books on Bankruptcy
- Sun Valley Housing Official Can't Afford a House
- Jordan Is Starting N.Y. Rumor
- For Nuggets, 10 Victories Would Be the Mother Lode
- The Lost Olympian : The Glory Was Swift and the Decline Slow for Rodney Milburn
- The Chaplin Paradox
- Knickerbocker Sells Part of Stake
- Gas Engine Is Not About to Go
- Shroud of Turin to Be Displayed
- Tough Luxe
- Moving Up? Home Loan Rules Have Changed
- AIDS Vaccine to Get Large-Scale Trial
- Seeking Death When Family Members Slain
- Owner Who Survived Riots Slain in Robbery
- A SOAR Spot for the Farmer
- Time for Trustees to Act
- TODAY
- Like It or Not, a Promise to Bring the World to You
- Get Ready to Crank Up Your Computer
- UCI's De-Acceleration : Rumors Fly After Business Program's Sudden End
- Garden Events
- Cooking Up a Dream
- Pride of Ownership Has Hefty Price
- Call It the Second French Revolution.
- Prison Starvation Death Raises Questions
- Northeast Is Cold, Dark in Storm's Wake
- On His First Trip to Northern Ireland, a Kennedy Symbolizes Hope
- Trustees Still Quiet on Superintendent
- South L.A. Group Seeks to Form School District
- Messier Gets 1,000th Assist
- That Noise You Hear Is Weathering, Not Settling
- PARADISE.<i> By Toni Morrison</i> .<i> Alfred A. Knopf: 324 pp., $25</i>
- The Devil and Denzel
- U.S. Raps Burundi Killings
- If It's for a Good Cause, Let Us Know
- Hebron Protest Ends in Clash
- Shootings Leave 3 Men Dead at Edwards AFB
- 500 Postal Workers Protest Privatization
- The Human Soul Is Not for Cloning
- Searching for Alternatives
- U.S. Report Accuses Sheriff of Brutality
- Slaying of 19-Year-Old Believed Gang-Related
- CSU Planning an Unholy Alliance
- Magnet School Seeks New Students
- Paraclete Streaks Past Village Christian at the Finish
- 'Sunrise's' Lasting Shine
- Determine Your Needs, Learn Fee Schedule Before Retaining Financial Planner
- The Real Retirement Crisis
- CHARMING BILLY.<i> By Alice McDermott</i> .<i> Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 280 pp. $21</i>
- Wood For Welcome Warmth
- Opium Habit a Growing Woe Among Hopeless of Central Asia
- Workers' 15-Year Nightmare
- Today's Silk Road Carries a Different Kind of Import: Heroin
- Laugh Lines : Pint-Sized Punch Lines
- Kim Dae Jung
- At AA, Survivors Tell of Lives Lost--and Won
- * Jane F. Cazavelan; Psychologist, Horsewoman
- Big-City Access Frees Park City of Economic Problems
- Sewage Spill Closes Part of Beach in Ventura
- Most Motorists Get Failing Grade on New Law, School Bus Drivers Say
- UC Irvine Finally Passes Road Test
- Victorious Kwan Close to Perfection
- Academic Decathlon Puts Students to the Test
- Top-Level Talent Keys Contenders in Super Chase
- Bibby Draws the Line, and Trojans Convert
- Williams Keeps to Her Eccentric Musical Path
- Punch Lines
- Leaf Blower Issue a Clash of Expectations, Realities
- The Man Who Can Bring Pro Football Back to L.A.
- Valley Woman Dies in Rain-Related Wreck
- Good Art, Good Governance
- Not the Right 'Component'
- Outage Hits 1,100 Edison Customers
- 1 Killed, 1 Hurt in Ortega Highway Crash
- More Rain Could Wash Out College Tennis Tournament
- Photo Synthesis
- THE WALL : Inglewood's overlooked WPA jewel
- Insurgency Marks 6th Anniversary
- The Getty Can Help Us See Ourselves
- Hotel Director Shot to Death
- Will San Simeon Coast Become a Playground?
- Retrial Set for Woman Jailed in Mate's Death
- Residents Mobilize
- Carlos Palomino Facing Long Odds in Comeback
- Reception in Philly was Chilly
- *** 1/2 SCOTT COLLEY, "Portable Universe," Free Lance
- Five Picks for Sampling Chicano Alternativo
- Unbound by Tradition
- Heart & Crafts
- Every Dog Can Have His Cape
- Maryland Schools Remove 2 Black-Authored Books
- The Strangest Species
- Driven to Extremes in the Northwest
- They're Going Postal Over Billion-Dollar Profits
- A Case of Wanton Weeding
- Megan's Law Questioned in Local Case
- Foul-Weather Friends
- Father Was Wrong--but Was County Right?
- It's Motivation, Not Mind Games
- Wolves Outlast Ice Dogs
- Ice Storm Freezes Out Canadiens-Rangers Game
- In the End, UCLA Has to Steal It
- In This Final Four, He's the Jolly Good Fellow
- Eagles Fall to Poway in Wrestling
- Revolutionary Moves
- Man Convicted of Rape Challenges Law on Registration of Sex Offenders
- TWENTIETH CENTURY'S FOX: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Culture of Hollywood.<i> By George F. Custen</i> .<i> Basic Books: 435 pp., $27.50</i>
- Elizabeth George Comes Clean About 'Deception' at UCI
- Alleged Cult Leader Charged in Plot
- Movie Spotlight
- Former President Faces Coup Charges
- Ailing Gorilla at L.A. Zoo Dies After Undergoing Tests
- Auto Insurance Fraud Case Reveals Bold Alleged Scams
- UP NEXT
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- Education-Reform Group Takes Shrinking Stage
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- Rhyme and Reason for Matadors to Hire Redell
- Prosoft Founder Leaves Company
- Preventing Winter Sports Injuries
- Boeing Gears Up for Retooling of Long Beach Site
- Washington Monument Will Close for Repairs
- Books, They Wrote
- Man Sought in Shooting, Rape Attempt in Irvine
- Inside Conan's Laugh Factory
- The Man Behind the Money
- Concordia Falls Short in Overtime, Loses to Caldwell
- Pepperdine Zigs and Gets Run Over by Gonzaga, 77-64
- He's the Mouth That Scored for Lakers
- Bleszynski Attempts Experiment in Fun
- Injustice Corrected
- STINGRAYS TODAY
- A French Connection
- Xplosion's Campbell Has Hot Hand
- Plan Not Elementary for Parents
- VanLandingham Gives the Angels a Versatile Arm
- Gonzalez Has the Kick for Half-Marathon Victory