- Kings Not Well-Known Enough to Be Anonymous
- Touch of Sinnamonn Lifts Crescenta Valley
- The Miracle Man No Ordinary Jones
- On Stage, It Just Keeps Rollin' Along
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- AN ACCIDENTAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Houghton Mifflin: 396 pp., $24.95
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- Striking a Peaceful Note in the Mideast
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- HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust By Daniel Jonah Goldhagen; Alfred A. Knopf: 640 pp., $30
- GOOD HAIR By Benilde Little Simon & Schuster: 237 pp., $22
- I read Henry James' "The Tragic Muse"...
- Civil War of Words
- When Jews Leave Faith Behind
- Gingrich Seems a Hypocrite, While Clinton Seems a Cynic
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- Finding an Oasis of Profit for Islamic Investors
- RUINED BY READING A Life in Books By Lynne Sharon Schwartz Beacon Press: 119 pp., $18
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- LIGHT YEARS: A Memoir By Le Anne Schreiber; Lyons & Burford: 160 pp., $20
- This year, proving that life is large,...
- Down By the Ocean, Down By the Sea
- REWRITES By Neil Simon; Simon & Schuster: 397 pp., $25
- DANCE REAL SLOW By Michael Grant Jaffe; Farrar Straus & Giroux: 242 pp., $20
- RICHARD EDER'S TOP TEN BOOKS OF 1996
- U.S. Quietly Abandons the Kurds of Northern Iraq
- New Camarillo Transit System Set to Begin
- In Memoriam
- Crash Course in Americanism
- Hundreds Mourn 5 Young Fire Victims
- LAKERS TONIGHT
- Smith's Running Effectiveness a Question Mark for Cowboys
- Uh, Mike? You Almost Missed
- Marauders Advance to Final, 92-73
- USC's Rally Proves Too Little, Too Late to Defeat UNLV, 80-75
- The Consensus Top 10
- There's 'Sexual Politics' and Museum Politics Too
- The End of Life as We Know It?
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- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS By Scott Turow; Farrar Straus & Giroux: 534 pp., $26.95
- DreamWorks: To Be a City or a Studio?
- Board's Newcomers Should Seize Chance for Change
- This Is Only a Test
- And These Are Some of His Best Volleys
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- California--Mike Jensen, Orange: "The Inn at Fawnskin,...
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- Butterflies Alight at Niagara Falls
- JERUSALEM One City, Three Faiths By Karen Armstrong Alfred A. Knopf: 471 pp., $30 : TO RULE JERUSALEM By Roger Friedland and Richard Hecht Cambridge University Press: 554 pp., $39.95
- Maybe Fascinating; Maybe Not
- Guerrillas Arrive in Guatemala City for Signing of Treaty
- Too Good a Job?
- 2 Glendale Men Shot in Griffith Park
- L.A. County's Flu Season Mild So Far, Doctors Say
- Fountain Valley Wins El Toro Wrestling Meet
- Medical-Waste Mess Leads to Fees for Health Professionals
- Baumgartner Gets Moved to Defense
- Mater Dei Comeback Falls Short
- Instant Replay : More Than Bragging Rights at Stake for Florida, Florida State in the Sugar Bowl
- PROSPECT The Journal of an Artist By Anne Truitt; Scribner: 221 pp., $22
- End of Trail May Change for Imprisoned Navajo Leader
- Rebels Free 20 Captives in Peru, Revise Demands
- Predictions? OK: Everything You Won't Be Seeing in '97
- Tollway Intimidation Not a Solution
- Ken Wahl Held on Charges of Making Terrorist Threats
- Braswell Sharpens Focus on Big Plans
- Unexpected Twist Gives Vasquez a Quick Victory Over Perez
- Spurrier Remains on the Offensive
- Veteran Harper, New Guys Team Up for Maverick Win
- Penguins' Stojanov Injured in Crash
- Top 10 Entertainment Highlights on the Third Rock From the Sun
- So, They Fixed TV ...
- It Was Downright Doleful
- POP MUSIC
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- California's job growth surged in 1996 and is headed higher next year, analysts say. The big question now: Is the state's economy really. . . : Ready to Fly? : Tech, Trade and Movies Main Engines
- IN THE OPEN Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic By Timothy Donohue; University of Chicago: 204 pp., $22.95
- INFINITE JEST By David Foster Wallace; Little, Brown: 1,079 pp., $29.95
- JAMES THURBER His Life and Times By Harrison Kinney; Henry Holt: 1,238 pp., $40
- Every writer has heard "rules of writing":...
- A Peal Is the Sum of Many Changes
- The best book I read this year,...
- Guerrillas Arrive in Guatemala City for Signing of Treaty
- 2 Computer Errors Delay Flights in East
- Debutantes Presented in Time for Holidays
- Groups Launch Plan to Protect Oaks
- Remembering Those Who Made a Difference
- Hagman Helps CSUN Shoot Down Air Force
- Bylsma, Nurminen Each Provide a Goal
- A Father's Farewell : Former Laker Erickson Copes With the Death of His Nocturnal 'Angel'
- MUSIC / DANCE
- Whose Childhood Is It Anyway?
- Kids' Compassion for Kids
- Draft's Pick: One Sport : Stanford Linebacker Will Drop Baseball to Focus on Football
- LSU Does Just Enough to Win, 10-7
- Rancho Santiago Wins in Overtime
- This Week's 'Dallas' Has No Suspense
- Top to Bottom : CAPSULES AND RANKINGS
- BOYS' BASKETBALL
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- California's job growth surged in 1996 and is headed higher next year, analysts say. The big question now: Is the state's economy really. . . : Ready to Fly? : Housing Prices in L.A. on Rise, Moderately
- FictionAIRFRAME by Michael Crichton (Alfred A. Knopf:...
- THE STORIES OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV Edited and translated by Dmitri Nabokov; Alfred A. Knopf: 659 pp., $35
- Son Wins New Murder Trial for Mother
- A Penchant for Burglaries
- Dolls Continue to Take Biting Toll
- Pianist, 14, Sneaks Out of Cuba to Pursue His Dream
- ORANGE COUNTY PICTURES OF THE YEAR 1996
- CHESS : INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Kersey Finally Feeling Good
- '96 BY THE NUMBERS
- IN SEARCH OF NATURE By E.O. Wilson Island Press: 192 pp., $19.95
- How to Quell Fear of Flying
- DOING BATTLE The Making of a Skeptic By Paul Fussell Little, Brown: 320 pp., $24
- Missing Girl, Soldier Met on Internet
- Demolition Derby: Time is running out on...
- NASA Seeks to Prove Safety of Privatizing the Shuttle
- Stowaways Found in Ship Container
- 'Unsuitable' for Probation
- America West to Add Overnight Maintenance at John Wayne
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- California's job growth surged in 1996 and is headed higher next year, analysts say. The big question now: Is the state's economy really. . . : Ready to Fly?
- Deputies Call Desert Stretch Their Beat
- No. 8 Utah Makes Nice, Dumps UCI
- They Know Little About Carolina
- Indians' Mesa Arrested for Misconduct
- Hartman Will Transfer to Portland State
- Baffert Takes Two Top Spots in the Feature
- A Few Things Memorable
- Boller Makes Fast Impact, Leads Hart to Title, 37-29
- Shareholders Should View Manager's Departure as a Red Flag
- Biz Quiz
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- Homeowners May Win New Tax Relief in 1997
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- turning 2000 . . . where in the world will you be?
- THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS By Roddy Doyle; Viking: 208 pp., $22.95
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- HELLMAN AND HAMMETT The Legendary Passion of Lily and Dash By Joan Mellen HarperCollins: 549 pp., $32
- From Beaches and Bluffs to Birds
- From the Public Trough
- Notes about your surroundings
- A Number of Priorities for Keeping the Good Times Rolling
- Kings Can't Hold the Avalanche
- UNPOLISHED GEM : 76ers' Brash Rookie Allen Iverson Does It His Way as He Takes the NBA by Storm
- Poised Fullerton Beats Brown
- Pac-10 Putting Up Impressive Numbers
- Snyder Plucks Coaching Honor
- Best of the Year? It's Just Too Close to Call
- A GUIDE TO THE BEST AND REST OF '96
- THE SIZE OF THOUGHTS Essays and Other Lumber By Nicholson Baker; Random House: 355 pp., $25
- OUT OF SIGHT By Elmore Leonard; Delacorte Press: 296 pp., $22.95
- A MAPMAKER'S DREAMS The Meditations of Fra Mauro Cartographer to the Court of Venice By James Cowan; Shambhala: 151 pp., $18
- UNDAUNTED COURAGE Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West By Stephen E. Ambrose; Simon & Schuster: 496 pp., $30
- A TALENT FOR TROUBLE The Life of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyler By Jan Herman; Putnam: 500 pp., $30
- THE GIANT'S HOUSE A Romance By Elizabeth McCracken; The Dial Press: 259 pp., $19.95
- ALICE MUNRO Selected Stories By Alice Munro: Alfred A. Knopf: 545 pp., $30
- The Year in Toasts, Boasts and Roasts
- Ex-McDonald's Worker Held in Shooting
- Doctor Accused of His Baby's Death Caught in Tragic Dilemma
- If at First You Don't Secede, Try Again With Better PR
- U.S. vs. Asia: Culture as Diplomacy
- Youth, 17, Killed in Brawl; 3 Arrested
- Officials Plan Pickups for Christmas Trees
- College District Offers Free Driver Education
- Utah's Easy Win Cut Short
- Couples Flying United Spark Cries of 'Not in My Airspace'
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- STORIES FROM A SIBERIAN VILLAGE By Vasily Shukshin translated by Laura Michael and John Givens; Northern Illinois Univ. Press: 255 pp., $35 cloth, $16 paper
- AN EASY BURDEN The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America By Andrew Young; HarperCollins: 550 pp., $27.50
- This year I finally read Plato's "The...
- Safe Car Rides . . . Without Complaints
- BIRDSONG By Sebastian Faulks; Random House: 402 pp., $25
- Clinton, Archer Meet to Discuss Policy
- Four-Star Films : 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan'
- Experts Cite Frustration in Shaken-Baby Deaths
- Army's Hotline Is Nerve Center for Growing Sex Harassment Inquiry
- Slain Woman Found in Car
- Dan Hon; Attorney and Columnist
- Why Should This Be the Season?
- TODAY'S WILD-CARD PLAYOFF
- Bruins' 'Bench' Chips In
- Baumgartner Gets the Nod on Defense
- Companies Can Ask Plenty of Their Exempt Employees
- "Black Sea" (Hill and Wang) by British...
- Democratic Aide's Role in Campaign Told
- Besieged by Bills, Transplant Patient Dies
- The Last Barrier Against Chill
- Death in High Winds Was Natural
- Truck Driver in Fatal Crash Arrested
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- SOCCER
- OHIO STATE
- Work in Progress
- Classic Struggle
- ART
- ROOM FOR ONE MORE
- Bureaucrats Created Traffic Nightmare
- 'Living Wage' Proposal
- Economic Forecasting Credit
- A Shocking Lack of Compassion
- Seen, Not Heard at Moorpark Meetings
- Indigestible Prices?
- Spread the Blame in Hospital Dispute
- A Call for Faith All Year Long
- Letter Writer Had a Vested Interest
- A Matter of Definition
- Hypothesis Flawed in Gallegly Story
- No Cease-Fire in Airport Battle
- High School Gym Closure
- IDENTITY CRISIS
- Concealed Weapons Permits
- LOVE CONNECTION
- Carl Sagan
- Two Ways of Viewing One Board
- Israel and Expanded Settlement Activity
- Can the Rev. Matthew Fox Even Be Considered a Christian?
- Let's Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
- Latest Development on Bolsa Chica
- Keeping Order on 4th of July
- Parking Placards
- Role of LAPD SIS Officers
- Free Buses
- Payment to Hubbell
- Valley Catholics, Interim Leader Await Naming of Area Bishop
- Dispute Over Unionization at New Otani
- Airport Debate in Van Nuys
- Students' View on Child Labor
- PUC Consumer Complaint Line
- Police Ignored Probable Cause
- Joy in Leadville
- Story's Image of Woodland Hills
- Criminals and Complaint Filings
- JERSEY GIRL
- Shopping Cart Law Doesn't Work
- Don't Tar All Kids With the Same Brush
- Work Release Is Key to Escape for Many Inmates
- Details Emerge of Clinton Fund-Raising Involvement
- Voting Dispute Deepens Rift Over Latino Group
- Killing Minorities Softly With Words Intended to Be Helpful
- U.S. Probes Death Row Record Label's Money Trail
- Furor Over Election Spotlights Latino Aid Group
- How to Prevent Death by Fire in Unsafe, Illegal Housing
- Falling Yields, News of Tame Inflation Push Dow to Record
- Investor Won't Hike SC Bancorp Stake
- China Jails Tibet Scholar as Spy
- Herb Leo, Anaheim Civic Leader, Dies at 79
- S & P Will Launch Its Own System of Ranking Funds
- Grounding Is Not an Outlet for Creativity, So Run Wire to Circuit Box
- Worker, 17, Dies After 3 Are Shot at McDonald's
- County Won't Bear Brunt of Next Storm
- Blood Drive to Take Place at Church
- Grandpa Asked Caseworkers to Check on Child
- Hindu Students Plan Regional Meeting
- Boat Accident Linked to Weight Imbalance
- Sun Devils Practice Their Dance Steps
- USC, UCLA Women Are Tournament Co-Hosts
- Well, Duh: Manning Is Their Target
- The Time Is Right for Waves
- Durable-Goods Orders Fall 1.6% in November
- Investors Pour Money Into Stock Funds, Reverse Trend
- Yeltsin Foe Forms New Opposition Party
- Tall Ships to Offer Public Harbor Tours
- Sunday's Message at Unity Church: 'New Tomorrow'
- The Solemn Joy of a Hundred Years
- Synagogues Envision Ways to Attract Jews in the 21st Century
- Happy 1989
- Defense Stiffened After Blake Injury
- NONCONFERENCE* MORGAN STATE (1-5) at UCLA (4-3)Time--7:30....
- Barry Has Now Made His Point to Fitch
- Rambayan Helps Boost Orange Coast
- Now We Know That Guy--He's a Star
- 'Harambee!' Dramatizes the Meaning of Kwanzaa
- DUIs and Accidents Fewer This Christmas
- CHP Seeking Help on Crash Inquiry
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- Bowden Not Happy About Rematch
- Well, Duh: Manning Is Their Target
- Durable-Goods Orders Dip 1.6% in November
- Marvel Falls Into Clutches of Chapter 11
- Stocking, Trimming and Stuffing It Away
- UC to Retain Ethnic, Gender Guidelines, President Says
- Man Shot in Home Invasion Robbery; 2 Suspects Sought
- Saving More Than Souls
- Slain Officer's Widow Expresses Thanks
- 74 Are Arrested in Warrant Sweep
- Bilowitz Due Credit for 58 Straight Victories
- Last-Second Shot Fails as Chapman Loses
- To Say He's Lost Is a Bit Understated
- LSU, Clemson Match Running Games
- 'Celebration' Doesn't Let Jazz Speak for Itself
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