- A Tomb of One's Own : FICTION : THE PYRAMID, <i> By Ismail Kadare</i> .<i> Translated from Albanian into French by Jusuf Vrioni and from French into English by David Bellos (Arcade Publishing: $19.95; 176 pp.)</i>
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- The Aging Heart : FICTION : LOVE, AGAIN.<i> By Doris Lessing (HarperCollins: $24; 352 pp.)</i>
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- Renewed Caution in Middle East
- Giving Girls the Ability to Say No
- 3 Brothers Set Sail in Quest of Olympic Dream
- Miami Doctors Perform 'Domino' Liver Transplant
- Buying a Piece of Divinity From Where Jackie Dwelt
- Bernson Challenged on Use of Funds
- Times Wins 21 Press Club Firsts
- Weddings Have Marched a Long Way in China Since Mao
- Appreciating Religious Diversity : Stereotypes Aside, O.C. Is Home to a Variety of Faiths
- Drinkers With Lethal Weapons : Alcohol-Related Accidents Are Down, but More Can Be Done
- Conference Sweep Shows CSUN Still Means Business
- A Throwback Opener for 1996 Trout Season
- McGwire's Memory Is Faultless
- More Tales of a Stranger in a Charming Land
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- Tips on Prepping Bouquets That Will Last
- Dive Into the Top 40!
- Kazakhstan, Russia End Oil Deal Dispute
- 'Bo' Gritz Is Allowed to Meet With 'Freemen'
- Though Polls Show GOP Gender Gap, Best for Party to Stay on Agenda
- Rape Victims Find Comfort in Cyberspace
- Angels Hurt On, Off Field
- Elevating Gambling to New Heights--on Airline Flights
- Q & A Windows '96
- Federal Judge Sets July 15 to Begin Trial of Ex-Judges, Lawyer in Bribery Scandal
- Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : 7 Blacks in Line to Get Medal of Honor
- Unyielding Republican Turns to Compromise
- Man Stabbed to Death in Home
- Stepping Up and Helping Out
- Cable Show Spotlights Brea Police
- Journalists and Public Need a Strong Shield
- Still Time to Plant Gladiolus for Summer
- FictionMOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU by Mary Higgins Clark....
- World IN BRIEF : ARGENTINA : Bishops Apologize for Civil War Crimes
- He's Still Best Known for Having Spirit of '76
- Former Smith Barney Executive Treadway Joins Pimco Advisors
- Value Line's Top 10 Win for Persistence
- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- A Post-Modern Vampire Story : FICTION : STAINLESS,<i> By Todd Grimson (HarperPrism: $12, paperback; 272 pp.)</i>
- THE BLUE JAY'S DANCE: A Birth Year...
- Checking Into a Possible Problem With Asbestos
- 'Princess Caraboo'
- AND I QUOTE / What Political Books Are Saying : THE SYSTEM: The American Way of Politics Stretched to the Breaking Point,<i> By Haynes Johnson & David S. Broder (Little, Brown: $25.95; 560 pp.)</i>
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- Husbands (Bravo Friday at 5 and 11...
- The Lesson of Judy Chicago: Fame Has Its Detractions
- SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' on TBS; 'Katie and Orbie' hit KOCE; 'Dad, the Angel and Me' on Family
- Tunnel Diggers' Complaints Raise Job Safety Questions
- Rebels With a Clue
- Grandmother Hit by Truck Dies
- Help for Helpers of Traumatized Students
- Bryans Are a Smash With 4th Title in Row
- More Magic, Less Hakeem
- JETHAWKS REPORT : Feeling Too Good Just Might Bring On a Little Bad Luck
- Making Cents: Mileage Points Don't Always Add Up
- Destination: San Diego County : Rite of Springs : At Warner Springs Ranch, earthy pleasures are kept under wraps
- Taking Off Pounds in England, Scotland
- Merci Beaucoup for French in France
- That's One Mean Mollusk
- Assad: A Master of Diplomacy and Offender of Americans
- When a Deputy Mayor May Be as Crucial as the Mayor
- No Easy Money for Venezuelans : President Caldera has backtracked on his pie-in-the sky promises
- The Hand of the Unforeseen Still Stirs the Red Line Plan : Subway routing, equipment and legal issues persist
- Los Angeles Times Interview : Barbara Griffin : Managing Yosemite's Natural Wonders--and the Crush of Visitors
- 'Throw Out Your Can Opener and Nobody Gets Hurt'
- William B. Burnham; Retired Bus Driver
- Back in Minors, Van Burkleo Preaches What He Practices
- The Legal and Practical Aspects of Complaining About Errands
- What's to Be Done With Property When the Tenant Abandons Unit
- Across Serene Lakes ... & Down Rough Rapids : Paddling a canoe around Minnesota's soothing Boundary Waters
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- Becoming a Road Scholar to Boost Safety
- Dudayev's Widow Proposes Peace Trip
- Use of Tapes May Threaten Convictions
- Not All There : Missing Elements on Defense--Turnovers, Campos' Lax Play--Are What Could Keep Galaxy From Getting All the Pieces to Fit
- San Juan Mission Flower and Garden Festival Is Today
- O'Meara Uses 23 Putts for Record-Tying 62
- Bonds Joins an Exclusive Club
- Cubs Basking in the Good Graces of the Baseball Gods
- Dave's World of Doubt : Letterman changed his 'Late Show' set, altered his act and even fired his producer. But don't expect things to settle down. Can the former king of late night ever be happy?
- Pierce Gets Offensive in Defense of Title, 20-9
- Golden West Hangs On to Win Volleyball Title
- UCLA Has CSUN's Number: 11 in a Row
- McEnroe Logic May Be a Case of Double Vision
- Of 'Mess' and Men
- MUSIC NEWS : Lower Price and They Will Come
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : Chicago Warms Up to Baseball This Time
- Music for the Millenium
- Making Cents: An Attractive Tax-Equivalent Yield
- Free Termite Information
- In Brief
- Q&A; : Parents Are Entitled to Social Security Survivors' Benefits if Certain Terms Are Met
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- THE PONDS OF KALAMBAYI: An African Sojourn...
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- A Bevy of Benches
- Tug the Ear and Off to Santa Fe
- Camelot Items a Bit Too Pricey for White House
- Hong Kong Leaders Look to U.S. to Ease China's Grip
- Biologists See Peril in Huge Catch of Maine Lobsters
- When Policy Is Politics, the Race Is Officially On
- Payin' at the Pump
- Overseas Democrats Meet to Pick Delegates
- Lonely Goose Wearing Out His Welcome
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : Red Sox Also Losing Designated Hitters
- Newport Harbor's Abrams Rolls to Singles Title
- JetHawks Give Cloude Reversal of Fortune, 13-7
- Upstart Panthers Finish Off Bruins in Five
- HIGH SEAS ADVENTURE: The Jamaican government proffered...
- We Can Begin to Tackle Income Disparity
- Designs on the Future : As the computer industry shifts from equipment to content, L.A. and its digital media companies are stealing the spotlight and reshaping the Southern California economy.
- If You Can't Kick the Smoking Habit, Control It
- Big Joe Turner, by Dave Alvin
- The Long Goodbye
- Home Price Appreciation: Who's on Top?
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- Home-Loan Pricing Suit Targets Lenders
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- Washington Mayor Berry Takes Leave
- Gritz Says 'Freemen' May Be Low on Food
- Animal Lovers Staying on Rodeo's Back
- High Stakes for Knowledge
- In other Orange Empire Conference baseball games:Saddleback...
- O'Meara Uses 23 Putts for Record-Tying 62
- Former Olympian Has Come Full Cycle : Rider From Sherman Oaks Will Carry Torch, Four Decades After Competing in Summer Games
- DAVE MATTHEWS BAND"Crash"RCA* * 1/2One of the...
- Super-Bears Feed on Fear, Ignore Logic of Investing
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- Camarillo Trumps Hoover, Thousand Oaks With a Pair of Aces
- Pickel Helps Esperanza Get Around Marina
- When Is a Tour Not a Tour?
- AMERICAN TIN-LITHO TOYS by Lisa Kerr...
- There's much more to buying a first home than 'location, location, location.' Our readers share their experiences, the good, the bad and the ugly. : Tales from the Trenches
- Reserve Will Make a Difference in Preserving Native Wildlife : Large area is much more effective in sustaining habitats, but county plan does have room for improvement.
- In Search of Meaning in the Written Word
- A PLANNING GUIDE TO APRIL 28-MAY 4 IN ORANGE COUNTY
- Orange School Trustees Still Haven't Learned Their Lesson : They Continue to Place Politics First, Children Second
- Web Site Aims to Take Byte Out of Crime
- Crash of Spy Plane Jeopardizes Funding
- New Era for Legal Aid's Recipients
- Stein's Claim Turning Out To B. Super
- Glendale Remodels With Left-Handed Craftsmen
- Feat of Clay Heartens Christian Bands
- Jon Bon Jovi Is Rocking on a New Path
- PAGE TO SCREEN
- BROTHERMAN: The Odyssey of Black Men in...
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- Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman : MEMOIR : PROSPECT: The Journal of an Artist,<i> By Anne Truitt (Scribner: $22; 221 pp.)</i>
- Shady Business in a Sunny Country : The dark side of NAFTA optimism : BORDERING ON CHAOS: Guerrillas, Stockbrokers, Politicians and Mexico's Road to Prosperity,<i> By Andres Oppenheimer (Little Brown: $25.95, 367 pp.)</i>
- World IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : U.S. to Help Stem Spread of Ebola
- U.S. Hired L.A. Firm Against Expert Advice, Papers Show
- L.A.'s Future Is in Its Blue-Collar Roots
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : Lasorda Stays With Fonville in Left Field
- Improbable Run to Glory
- Fourth-Seeded UC Santa Barbara Upsets Top-Seeded UC Irvine
- All-Too-Familiar Ring in Belle's Behavior
- Did The Times Send Girls Mixed Signal?
- More R&R; Under $100
- Sex Offenders Figure Inaccurate
- Car Rental Warning
- Rohrabacher Not Fit to Serve
- Keeping School Libraries Alive
- Assent, Dissent on Parental Consent Law
- Education Quality
- In Praise of the Bonpanes' Generosity and Compassion
- DETESTERS OF '60S YOUTH
- No Reason for Suspect's Death
- Report on LAPD Hiring, Training
- ATROCITIES AND HUMAN NATURE
- Social Security Demise a Rumor
- Include Executives When Downsizing
- BLOOD IS THICKER . . .
- RAGE, RAGE . . .
- Conformity
- Thousand Oaks Council Issues
- Conrad Cartoon
- Vigilantes With Radar Appalling
- Zoo Director
- Let's Save All of Bolsa Chica
- Round Table West Defends Its Author Series as Eclectic
- CRIMINAL PURSUITS : SUNSET EXPRESS,<i> By Robert Crais (Hyperion: $21.95; 278 pp.)</i> : THROWN-AWAY CHILD,<i> By Thomas Adcock (Pocket Books: $21; 266 pp.)</i> : MASQUERADE,<i> By Gayle Lynds (Doubleday: $23.95; 384 pp.)</i> : FIRESTORM,<i> By Nevada Barr (Putnam: $21.95; 307 pp.)</i>
- Orange Trustees Just Don't Get It
- Answer Man
- Abortion Veto
- FEMINISM AND ART
- Immigration and the System
- County Salaries Sparking an Uproar
- TOO LATE TO REACH OUT?
- Chinatown
- THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
- MYSTIFIED
- AIDS Education
- Selecting a New School Superintendent
- Airport Has Place--but It Isn't Here
- RAGE & THE MACHINE
- Disney Driven by Bottom Line
- Remembering Jack Smith
- Decision to Seek Death Penalty
- Bat Caves and Earth Day
- AUTOPSY RESULTS
- NONFICTION - April 28, 1996
- NONFICTION - April 28, 1996
- NONFICTION - April 28, 1996
- NONFICTION - April 28, 1996
- NONFICTION - April 28, 1996
- A Vivid Legacy for Children of the Riots
- How 6-Year-Old Suspect Left Innocence Behind
- Militia-Style Groups Wage Paper War of Liens, Checks
- Use of 'Freemen'-Style Checks Probed in Ventura County
- LAKER WATCH : Peeler Feels 90% After Early Return
- L.A. Kicks Off Olympic Torch Run Across U.S.
- SACRED SOUNDS: The strains of live Mexican...
- First Lady Rips Into GOP 'Negativism'
- City Revises Business Taxes; Some Object
- Fonville's the Key to Dodger Ignition
- Camby Is Expected to Opt for NBA Draft
- Closer Thompson Leaves the Door Open
- Clash of Events Creates Stir for Keeper's Mom at Newsstand
- Spurs' Guards Spark Rout Against Suns
- A Piece of Work : Despite All-Employee Makeup, Toshiba Philharmonic Orchestra, Which Plays Irvine Next Week, Has a Professional Air About It
- Hi Ho Silverheel's Takes Win Streak to Canada
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- Blue Shield Admits Faking Audit Reports
- Plan to Close Telescopes Appalls Astronomers
- Scars and All, O.C.'s Heavenly : Space Image From JPL Is Offered Online
- Armed Robbers Hit Teachers Credit Union
- Science Fair Experiments Lauded, Winners Honored
- Police Hold Driver After Passenger Dies in Crash
- Long Beach State Knocks the Titans Out of First Place
- Indians Get Veteran Help, Beat Blue Jays
- Cypress' Seibel Pitches No-Hitter
- Camby Is Expected to Opt for NBA Draft
- Nitty Gritty Digs In and Still Grows
- U.S. Day of Prayer to Be Observed
- Council Votes to Change Rules for Its Meetings
- Judge OKs Merger of Catalina Island Ferries
- Jets, Khabibulin Put Red Wings on Hold
- Mortensen Pushes Herself Up the National Ladder in 3,200
- Teachers Union Chief to Head Reform Group
- Molander, Jarrell Spark Piranhas
- UCLA Finally Agrees to Release Givens
- Tyson Won't Be Charged in Chicago, but He Will Be Sued
- Abdalla Rises to Occasion as South Wins Shootout
- Hunger-Relief Event at Universal
- He's Not Just Playing an Activist Role : 'VH1 Honors' telecast recognizing musicians with a cause has a more than suitable host in actor-director Tim Robbins.
- Week of Young Child Events Set for Today
- Board Salutes Volunteers for Service to Community
- Heat Goes Afoul as Bulls Break Away
- School for At-Risk Students Is Lauded
- Sheffield Ties Record for Homers in April
- Northridge Plans to Make Pass Into Fast Lane in 400 Relays
- White Sox Call It Because of . . . Heat?
- Quarterback O'Neil Quits Piranhas to Focus on Youth Ministry Work
- A Juicy Scandal or a Dumb Mistake?
- A Popular Band Confronts Reality
- He's Still Wielding Met's Stick
- Driver Hurt Trying to Halt School Bus
- Building Is Demolished 2 Years After Quake
- Parents Polled on Fundamental Schools
- Pepperdine President Calls for the Politics of Understanding
- Valley's Yachini Commits to Cumberland
- Mater Dei's Young, Hofstetter Help Turn Back Dana Hills
- Beer Won't Be the Only Thing Watered Down
- Cevallos Drives In Go-Ahead Run for Chapman
- City Offers Way to Rid Homes of Toxic Waste
- Number Without Health Insurance Rises
- World IN BRIEF : CANADA : Rioting Trashes Manitoba Prison
- Albert E. Lewin; Author and Writer for Stage, Screen, TV
- Study Says Runoff Is No. 1 Polluter of Bay
- ADVERTISING
- Business Groups Are Divided on Proposal to Raise Minimum Wage
- The Classics
- Softball League Settles Dispute With Residents
- Councilman Intends to Run for Mayor
- Pierce Cites Progress Toward Resolving Campus Problems
- JetHawks Pull Out Split Decision Over Rancho Cucamonga
- Richardson, Glaister Pitch Northridge to Sweep
- No Evidence of Crimes Found in Democratic Trash
- A Parade of Macy's Ready to March Into the Southland
- Speedier Navigation Upgrade in Planes Ordered
- Democrats Lay Plans to Tap Pension Issue
- Musical Event Highlights National Prayer Day
- Bank Robber Was Dressed for Success
- Schools / * Education news : Teachers Honored for Environmental Work
- Man Suspected of Copying Computer Database of Former Employer's Clients
- Critics Urge Judge to Move, Downsize Nature Center
- Newbury Park Pulls Rank on Camarillo
- Council, Coliseum at Odds on NFL
- America Catches Ice Fever
- AEROSPACE
- With Stock High, 2 Holding Major Stake in Varco Plan to Cash In
- County Gets Retail Facelift Next Week as 4 Macy's Open