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Whether poking fun at America's past "It All Started With Columbus, warfare "Stones and Clubs, medicine "Hippocrates) or even communism "Marx, each book was intended to entertain even those not familiar with what was being parodied. "This is the public's chance to say, 'We want our Legislature and we're willing to pay for it' I think it's the most important issue facing the voters this year" Not since the voters passed the landmark Political Reform Act in 1974 has there been as sweeping a ballot measure as Proposition 68 to overhaul the state political system and change the way campaigns are financed Strongly opposing Proposition 68 are Republican Gov. Tickets for the wine tasting and car show Saturday, as well as the West Fest on Sunday, are available from the Long Beach Grand Prix Benevolent Assn. And Bilas has learned what he has to do for Duke to win: crash the offensive and defensive boards and play tenacious defense and leave the bulk of scoring responsibilities to Dawkins and Alarie. planes, American carrier jets fired anti-ship Harpoon missiles at the two Libyan vessels. Nancy Barrass, 31, a Novato preschool teacher, said in documents filed in the Sonoma County courthouse that she was coerced into relinquishing her parental rights to her son and giving him to Dr Tim and Charlotte Myers.

WASHINGTON — What Gilbert Stuart did for George Washington was hailed as a masterpiece But Lyndon B. "For our purposes we of course like to have Paul Simon around because he takes votes from Mike Dukakis" said Gerald Austin, Jackson's campaign manager. Aftermath for the Rays Cindy Ray was buried a week after her murder, in the Payson cemetery with a small granite stone reading "Our Mommy" on the front, and "Greater Love hath no one, than to lay down their life for a friend" Sam Ray, given a hardship discharge from the Air Force, has enrolled in Brigham Young University for a teacher's degree. — Once upon a time a Freudian, a behaviorist, a feminist, a Marxist, a librarian, an ethnologist and several Germanists sat in a room on a college campus in the heart of America, sipping a potion made from coffee beans and raising their voices in debate over the silliest things The time was the present.

According to the two, who based their conclusions on admittedly meager historical data, tidal forces from the moon and sun may be the "last straw" needed for an earthquake that is just waiting to happen. that is where Filipinos move after they have climbed up the economic ladder to where they can buy their own homes" said Gilroy Gorre, editor of the Philippine American News in Los Angeles. After all, these songs were nominated by professional musicians as the best movie songs of the year. His first Valley commission was the design of a Lytton Savings outlet on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Canoga Park in the early 1960s. Still, Saunders said, among the thousands of students applying to attend a magnet school next fall, only 48-one white, the rest minorities-included the teacher academy as one of the three choices each applicant is allowed. At 17, Gail Flowers has already experienced some of the rewards of what she plans to make her lifelong profession-teaching in elementary school. The cats developed fever, weight loss, appetite loss, diarrhea, oral lesions and enlarged lymph nodes, all of which are generalized signs of the Feline Leukemia virus, or FeLV, yet these cats were FeLV negative when tested. Danger From Hoodlums Hoodlums were able to terrorize law-abiding tenants because Schaefer failed to provide adequate security, they said Two murders occurred near the property during the period.

But, in what irate Republicans deplored as a political double-cross, Kopp told Deukmejian half an hour before the Lungren roll call that he would vote "no" Kopp's vote infuriated Deukmejian and Vuich's vote stoked up the old antagonism toward her stretching back to 1986 when she opposed building the Los Angeles prison, citing costs and contending that there were less expensive sites available. Burke, 81, died eight hours after being admitted to Mendocino Coast District Hospital for treatment of a stroke. The two parties had been hopelessly divided over the issue of Contra aid until last week, when the Sandinista government and the Contras signed a 60-day truce agreement The agreement specifically allows for continued U. S non-military aid to the rebels. Serra does not fit this profile, yet he is on the fast track to sainthood.

Court documents state that police found tools useful in making bombs among Kikumura's possessions, as well as a receipt from an electronics store in a still-unnamed West Virginia town, indicating that he traveled widely during his few weeks in the United States "Did he have a confederate" one U. S official asked "Probably, but we don't know for certain yet" One U. S. It accused the United States and Britain of dramatizing the withdrawal of students and tourists from Kiev last week. The secretary, Renee Francis, discussed her work on the dissertation in a letter addressed to Watson's chief of staff in March, 1987. Many continue their playing days with little adulation in city softball leagues. And, if you are wondering what the line, "Dress: Extraordinaire" means on the MOCA invite to its May 16 gala, party co-chair Lynda Palevsky explains: "Everybody should dress like Joan Quinn"They look more like movie trailers than political ads, but the TV commercials for state Sen. Douglas Gray also said Sully was merely a businessman who "tragically, stupidly, became part of what seems to be an American epidemic-he started using cocaine" He said Sully became obsessed with female companionship, which he obtained from an escort service San Mateo County Assistant Dist Atty. At opening time it smells sweetly of a decades-old mix of smoke, spilled beer, sweat and talcum powder Broadway Billiards in Santa Ana is the sort of place Prof.

The Bruins are favored to win their second straight Pacific Coast title in a little over a week, and a victory at Lake Natoma would earn them an expenses-paid trip to the June 11 nationals in Cincinnati and another crack at Harvard. Warner (R-Va) had called for extending such protection only to U. S-owned ships sailing under other flags. WASHINGTON — The Reagan Administration, expanding the role of U. S. Former religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, who conceded several weeks ago that Bush would be the GOP nominee, received 9. The panel's report will be sent to Defense Secretary Frank C Carlucci by Dec. In certain severe frontal collisions, the belts can injure or kill the passengers they are supposed to protect, according to auto-safety research conducted during the last 20 years, including several studies by the U. S government. in order "to promote libraries and tell people what we have to offer" Pruett said.

Jackson chided Dukakis for not producing a federal budget proposal, as he has. The coach's expression turned to glee when he learned that the young sprinter was living in the Muir district. But a spokesman for one large California bank said, "Ultimately we're going to have to lower. Attorneys for both sides said the earliest a new trial could begin would be in the fall. When Dole took the microphone, he cracked, "We're not going to say anything mean about anybody" Dole, whose last weeks as a candidate were marked by bruising defeats at the hands of Bush, said he looked forward to his return to the Senate and his duties as minority leader. Your pipe has to be a good conductor of electricity, like copper.

The organization, founded and headquartered in Santa Ana, is dedicated to teaching refined public speaking techniques to its members. government has been seeking more effective anti-drug action by Bolivian authorities, and the Pope took a firm position on the U. S side in a Mass here Friday. If PTL appeals, contributions by individuals would still be deductible up to $1,000 until the appeal is decided, the IRS said. . Symbol of Fragility Since then, angry opponents have circulated petitions, begun preparing a lawsuit and appealed to members of Congress for legislation to require large buffers between developments and such historic sites nationwide. Chu, who will become the only Asian on the council, said she won because of her ability to gain the support of a cross-section of all ethnic groups. The State Department warned U. S.

Required in Some Homes Manning said that sprinkler systems are also required in about 10,000 homes in the city that are either too far from a fire station or are set back so far from the street that they are inaccessible to a fire truck. Save the younger, outermost plants and discard the old center. of La Canada Flintridge against nearly every other official and civic group in the city. today announced an escalation of its 15-month streamlining to include the sale of $1 billion in assets, the termination of 1,200 jobs and the development of its corporate campus into a commercial site. Difficult, Complex Changes "I think that some of the calls for education have been naive (although) I'm hopeful that education could have a major impact on the epidemic" Brandt said, "but it is clear just how difficult and complex changes in behavior are. As a result of new evidence from behavior studies of teen-agers in San Francisco and gay men in Massachusetts, AIDS experts now fear that educational programs to prevent the spread of the deadly disease may be falling far short of their goal. The treaty is not scheduled to go to the Senate floor until May 9.