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The decision came as a sharp setback to municipalities, businesses, insurers and other backers of the initiative that had urged it should apply to any case that had not yet come to trial when it was passed. The architects received from Fresno extraordinary assurances-that the money and commitment were there for the long haul, and that they would be empowered with almost complete control. During the Vietnam War era, the academy converted to a co-ed boarding school and, in an effort to shed its military image, was more than happy to look the other way when Caltech students asked to steal the cannon in 1972. Anderson, 40, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, was kidnaped March 16, 1985, in Beirut. (But without my Leading Edge, I knew I'd find it very easy not to write) -We told people Our friends were delighted, if disbelieving at first Nearly all started looking into cheap airline tickets Our parents' reactions were mixed Ritchie's folks were overjoyed Mine thought we were crazy. — The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed and burned in a pasture near here, killing the two people aboard the aircraft, may have been lost in low clouds, authorities said Wednesday. Karpinski has a 7-1 pitching record with a 0. 77 earned-run average and is batting . 327 with three home runs and 24 RBIs.

Sterkin of Northridge writes that she was a freshman at the University of Chicago in September, 1940, and heard Hutchins, then university president, make that remark. Viewed as Upstart But they persist in viewing Almaguer as an upstart who didn't even know where the City Council chambers were before he declared his candidacy. A recent article in the Stanford Law Review, analyzing the absence of Latinos in the law, noted that 34% of the Latinos and 20% of the blacks passed the July, 1985, California Bar exam, compared to 62% of the Anglos. SAN FRANCISCO — California's largest law firms have come under attack from a group led by former state Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso for failing to hire and promote more Latino lawyers. The travel expenses alone are a killer for the solo practitioner" Although lawyers in Spangenberg's study recommended that nobody in a firm with fewer than 10 lawyers take a death penalty appeal because of the time and money involved, California's Millman has relied not only on large firms and the ACLU Death Penalty Projects in Los Angeles and San Francisco but partially on a handful of "cottage industry" solo practitioners. "If it hadn't been for my mother pushing me, I wouldn't be here" At 97 legalization offices throughout the nation, Immigration and Naturalization Service officials celebrated the day with mariachi music, balloons, free food and small models of the Statue of Liberty. By the tens of thousands, immigrants abandoned their lives in the underground, scrambling to register Wednesday at federal offices in Southern California and across the nation in the final hours of the government's unprecedented and fiercely debated amnesty program.

Accused of Missing Millions While critics say that the program failed to attract possibly millions of illegal immigrants who were eligible, with some pursuing lawsuits that will extend the program for certain groups of immigrants, attention clearly has shifted to the other two "prongs" of the 1986 immigration law. WASHINGTON — Now that the historic amnesty program for illegal aliens has ended, the Immigration and Naturalization Service is preparing for tougher enforcement to pressure those not covered into leaving the country and to prevent more illegal aliens from entering. The tegeticula moth does the job for the Joshua tree, which in turn provides seeds for the moth's newly hatched larvae. He stood for a moment in line, bent down to kiss an older woman and told another voter that his voice was "giving out" Asked if he felt lucky, Eastwood smiled and said, "I've just got my fingers crossed like I suppose the other candidates do" However, Eastwood backers were planning a victory party. But Reagan Administration officials and Contra leaders challenged that view, blaming Congress for greatly weakening the rebels just before the Sandinistas launched a major military offensive against them two weeks ago. WASHINGTON — House Speaker Jim Wright said Sunday that it is "high time" for the United States to press the Soviet Union to cut off military aid to the Sandinistas. He noted that "Italy is co-proprietor of oil interests in Libya. "People are overwhelmed by my parents' problems" Cassano says.

Studley Inc, defines as the 17-mile area between downtown Los Angeles and the ocean on the west, and between Wilshire Boulevard as the axis, out to Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, sprawls over about 100 square miles and, in terms of vacancy rates, has had happier days than it is now seeing Market-wide, according to Howard D. Tanner originally worked with six former steelworkers whose worlds crumbled when the Bethlehem Steel plant in Vernon closed. "The Hondurans are hung up on their specific attitude toward the contras" said one diplomat "They didn't want to protest (the incursion. Smith out to dry" Smith is charged with one count of conspiracy and two of espionage. . "Take my word for it, practically every American I've talked to said that he would like to go to Las Vegas" Gambling is proscribed in the Soviet Union, and prostitution is such a taboo that the word itself is almost never used in the press, although the practice does exist on a limited scale.

Juan Francisco Lara, for example, spoke Spanish at home until he was 7. Shooting a flash through the glass is another tricky proposition. But if the beam detects a user-a body in place for an appropriate time-flushing begins when the body moves away, timing the flush to preclude the annoying "splash factor" experienced with other automatic toilets. With her background of wealth and social position, Quigley comes from the creme de la creme of San Francisco gentility, exactly the sort of woman whom Mrs.

A Boy's Pretensions by Anthony Giardina (Simon & Schuster: $17. 95; 335 pages) Giardina's second novel extends the author's exploration of obsessive love; the theme that suffused his fine first book, "Men With Debts" Though the competition in this particular specialty is formidable and the practitioners include some magic names, Giardina's approach is oblique and refreshing. Two rival initiatives on the June 7 ballot, Proposition 68 and Proposition 73, are aimed at limiting the amount of money that candidates can raise and spend in campaigns. However, Coast Guard helicopter pilots reported seeing an oily sheen along 10 miles of the environmentally sensitive Suisun Bay and the Carquinez Strait, where the saltwater bay system meets a fertile freshwater delta formed by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. While the number of people at work in March dropped 306,000, those either holding jobs or looking for them fell 445,000.

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Most of all, he did not want to buy anything from Toshiba, the Japanese company that a few years ago sold sophisticated submarine technology to the Soviet Union So what did he buy? A Toshiba. He said he expects a negotiated settlement in the next two months. "What these candidates want is for you to raise money for them. "We hope this would indicate that the Soviets are becoming serious" he added. WASHINGTON — The Soviet Union proposed at the Geneva arms talks Thursday that U. S. No one turned up his nose at the dishes, but the taste team did agree that mackerel, no matter how temptingly served or seasoned, would get a "Sorry, Charlie" from one group of eaters.

Aides to Baldrige and Baker contend that Deaver's access is not out of the ordinary However, B. "So deft and austere in its prose, so drolly casual in its fantasy. And in an effort to eliminate concern over reports that the military is increasingly dissatisfied with her government, she added, "I have full confidence and trust in the military, and certainly they have shown me much support" But Aquino, a former housewife who had no political experience before becoming president, was noncommittal on many subjects. Hosted by Goode At both receptions here, Bradley's host was Goode, who called him "my role model" Bradley in his speech talked about "breaking barriers" to become the nation's first black to be elected governor "It can be done" he said. According to a recent survey by pollster Hanoch Smith, nearly three out of four voters approve of the way Peres has carried out his duties-a level never bettered by any prime minister in the decade that Smith has been conducting such polls. The OMB also is looking more seriously at an idea that has long been studied by bank regulators: Merging the FSLIC with the far healthier fund that insures deposits at commercial banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Hacienda Heights, an unincorporated community, was not especially receptive to the idea of, as Yang puts it, a "monster temple" in its midst. The wind called the Santa Ana here is known as the foehn in Western Europe and the khamsin in the Middle East. McNair grasps a large camera with fish-eye lens as he floats weightlessly in the spaceship Challenger. The Areias fund-raiser in Los Banos displayed a photo of Brown bearing the caption "Why me, God" and place mats that contained made-up lyrics called "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" Actually, only three of the dissidents showed up-Gary Condit of Stanislaus County, Gary Evans of Rialto and Areias, who raised $35,000 for his reelection campaign. . Roberti called the situation "a crisis of major proportions" The upward assessment of the tax loss on Wednesday came from Chief Deputy Legislative Analyst John L.

You can't talk about a defense program when you voted against the President on the MX, as Zschau did" Another candidate, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, said he has another problem-he doesn't think Zschau has paid his dues. The City Council has extended until February the moratorium prohibiting metal-plating firms from locating in the city's eastern industrial area A 45-day moratorium was passed by the council Feb 9 in the wake of an accident at Plato Products Inc. Genisco, it is alleged, provided untested parts on a critical guidance system for the High-Speed Anti-Radar (HARM) missile, whose failure could cause the missile to miss striking enemy radar installations. The entire set, in a three-volume, hard-bound composite edition, is available for $179 (including postage. But you will find freshness, quality and bargains at certified farmers' markets throughout the state. It seems that, despite the presence of a full-time director of music on the staff, the minister's wife had to approve the words of every hymn before it could be sung.

Kennedy acknowledges that the cable franchise under Masada encountered serious problems with the city. He made frequent trips to the United States and stayed at the finest hotels in most of the large cities. "They haven't cared anything about the people and the problems of the city. The mercurial Richard is a master of understatement in cooking, and his food tends to be rich in color and texture. Sunday night's "Art of Dining" at the Four Seasons was a succes fou from a culinary viewpoint, but one that is best judged from a certain perspective.

Kadafi denied responsibility for both attacks, and he challenged the Reagan Administration to prove its charges 'An Old Story' "This is an old story" he said. The handgun ban measure was opposed by the NRA, which Wednesday succeeded in defeating a package of amendments that included a ban on interstate handgun sales, sales of silencers and other restrictions on gun dealers. Briglio said council members are kidding themselves if they think the issue will go away "It's here and we're going to have to deal with it" he said. (Only National Park personnel are allowed to stay overnight on West Ship)GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE, Miss. Maher, executive director of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Assn.