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a478db2cd330b28853b20f9b05464d4c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9181-story.html | TENNIS GRAND SLAM CUP : Gilbert Fights Way Into Final Against Sampras | TENNIS GRAND SLAM CUP : Gilbert Fights Way Into Final Against Sampras
Brad Gilbert and David Wheaton nearly came to blows before Gilbert won a five-set battle Saturday to reach the final of the Grand Slam Cup, where he will meet Pete Sampras.
Sampras, hitting winners from all over the court, beat Michael Chang, 6-3, 6-... |
8a9c008502e1fb6bca4582f8946bf03b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9188-story.html | Despite Rain, Byner Couldn’t Be Finer : Pro football: He rushes 39 times for 149 yards to lead Redskins to a 25-10 victory over the Patriots. Washington clinches its first playoff berth in three years. | Despite Rain, Byner Couldn’t Be Finer : Pro football: He rushes 39 times for 149 yards to lead Redskins to a 25-10 victory over the Patriots. Washington clinches its first playoff berth in three years.
Washington workhorse Earnest Byner carried the Redskins to their first playoff berth in three years, then Coach Joe Gi... |
642d5521ec4288c9e647f4447b885c56 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9194-story.html | COLLEGE FOOTBALL INDEPENDENCE BOWL : Louisiana Tech Kicks Away Shot at Win, Ties Maryland | COLLEGE FOOTBALL INDEPENDENCE BOWL : Louisiana Tech Kicks Away Shot at Win, Ties Maryland
Freshman Chris Boniol kicked a 29-yard field goal as time ran out Saturday night to give Louisiana Tech a 34-34 tie with Maryland in the Independence Bowl.
Lorenza Baker, whose nine tackles helped him win defensive player of the g... |
67b39a894701a902e9950fafac1ea289 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9197-story.html | NHL ROUNDUP : Red-Hot Red Wings Beat Flyers, 3-1 | NHL ROUNDUP : Red-Hot Red Wings Beat Flyers, 3-1
For many seasons the Norris Division was the doormat of the National Hockey League. The division winner was often a .500 team and it seldom made a mark in the playoffs.
The division improved a bit last season when the Chicago Blackhawks carried the eventual Stanley Cup c... |
8aef8f1bfaadd8efd083e440798343f7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9199-story.html | BETTING WITH SURELOCK : THE SILICON SLEUTH | BETTING WITH SURELOCK : THE SILICON SLEUTH
SURELOCK lost $110 Saturday when 13-1 shot Stylish Stud finished third in the fifth race, won by his other exacta horse, Kanatiyr. The computer’s bets for today are $20 triples, Splurger, Double Quick and Drapeau Tricolore in the seventh race, Itsallgreektome and Fly Till Dawn... |
26bda03d17c2b91602bd17247e8c3c84 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9203-story.html | TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS : Geary Gets the Best of Former Mates in Mater Dei’s Victory | TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS : Geary Gets the Best of Former Mates in Mater Dei’s Victory
Mater Dei High School guard Reggie Geary celebrated a homecoming Saturday night in the third-place game of the Tournament of Champions at Ocean View High.
Three years ago, Geary was the leading scorer for Ocean View’s junior varsity ba... |
461d60bdfb107154acde13f1158057ed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9205-story.html | PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP : Cerritos Slows Mission Viejo, Wins at Brea | PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP : Cerritos Slows Mission Viejo, Wins at Brea
Mission Viejo’s three-game winning streak was ended by Cerritos, 2-1, Saturday night in the championship game of the Brea-Olinda boys’ soccer tournament.
The Diablos (4-2) had put together an impressive string of performances over the past 10 days, knocki... |
5a487cbc61b51667f75fc297f89d7d00 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9214-story.html | Sockers Douse Comets to Win Fourth in a Row | Sockers Douse Comets to Win Fourth in a Row
The Sockers are ahead of schedule.
Notorious for their slow starts, the Sockers not only held off the Kansas City Comets, 6-5, on Saturday night, but they won their fourth straight game and moved to the .500 mark for the first time all season.
“Every year, we start off five g... |
52f13f2d84208bbff6de0d93ac03a240 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9220-story.html | MEN’S BASKETBALLTim Rapp scored a game-high 32... | MEN’S BASKETBALLTim Rapp scored a game-high 32...
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Tim Rapp scored a game-high 32 points, but UC San Diego lost its first game of the season to host The Masters College, 90-83. Masters improved to 6-4. UCSD fell to 7-1.
Rusty Fallin scored 29 points on 12 of 18 shooting as Point Loma Nazarene College de... |
149fea003890b89197995fb71f5f3e06 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9222-story.html | HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL | HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Nonconference boys’ basketball:
Bishop’s 53, Cloverdale 51--Bishop’s pulled off something of an upset by beating the state’s eighth-ranked Division V team as judged by Cal-Hi sports.
Bishop’s improved to 7-2. Cloverdale fell to 7-2.
Leading the way for Bishop’s were Steve Runyan with 13 points, J... |
fc60c9e5d3a4c0a3903cf760b2f478bc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9312-story.html | CANYONS TOURNAMENT : Pierce Beats Riverside in Final, 77-57 | CANYONS TOURNAMENT : Pierce Beats Riverside in Final, 77-57
One would have to go back nearly four years for the last time Rob DiMuro coached in a so-called “big” basketball game.
The year was 1987 and DiMuro’s Notre Dame High girls, fighting for a playoff berth, upset powerhouse Louisville in what was the biggest victo... |
bf991dc362358f159f5c9c7b22d50261 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9314-story.html | THE HIGH SCHOOLS : Despite Earlier Doubts, Poly’s Campbell Finds Football Has Its Reward | THE HIGH SCHOOLS : Despite Earlier Doubts, Poly’s Campbell Finds Football Has Its Reward
Jonathan Campbell had heard it before and he wasn’t buying it.
The 1990 high school football season was approaching, and, as in the two previous seasons, the Poly coaching staff was talking positively, telling its charges that this... |
b46f8a54232da83031689e0ff506a002 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9320-story.html | Harvard’s Moran Receives Honor for Water Polo | Harvard’s Moran Receives Honor for Water Polo
David Moran, a Harvard High junior, has been named to an All-American water polo team sponsored by a national insurance company.
Last season Moran, a striker, scored 15 goals and was an All-Southern Section selection for Harvard, the Southern Section 2-A Division champion.
... |
290a2dea45f67352a176a2e0ea9850db | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9336-story.html | Irvine Press Backfires, Against San Diego State : Anteaters: Aztecs take advantage of turnovers and poor shooting to pour in layups in an 87-73 victory. | Irvine Press Backfires, Against San Diego State : Anteaters: Aztecs take advantage of turnovers and poor shooting to pour in layups in an 87-73 victory.
Bad things kept happening to UC Irvine Saturday night at San Diego State’s Peterson Gym.
The Anteaters’ full-court press, a key ingredient in their run-until-the-other... |
3d585bf5acf0f0c461bcca24e4a5821b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9343-story.html | Facing Montana Ages Rookie Free Safety : Rams: Defensive back Terrell will get another shot at the 49ers Monday night. | Facing Montana Ages Rookie Free Safety : Rams: Defensive back Terrell will get another shot at the 49ers Monday night.
Pat Terrell has already stared into the eyes of Joe Montana and guessed right, already played 13 games in a league not normally gentle to rookie safeties, and already lost more times in one year than h... |
ae7fa895523126fef3340c5ed486723f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9345-story.html | Jack Clark left the feuding San Diego... | Jack Clark left the feuding San Diego...
Jack Clark left the feuding San Diego Padres and agreed to a three-year, $8.7-million contract with the Boston Red Sox.
Clark, 35, could make as much as $10.2 million if he earns the $500,000 per year in performance bonuses. The four-time All-Star will be the designated hitter f... |
fc71d0d6fe2692d532384852a9ef0062 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9351-story.html | Welch Stays With A’s for Four-Year Deal | Welch Stays With A’s for Four-Year Deal
Bob Welch, the most coveted of this year’s free-agent class, remained with the Oakland Athletics by agreeing to a four-year contract Saturday.
No other terms were disclosed, but Welch reportedly was seeking, and being offered, more than $3 million a year in talks with Oakland and... |
e773fd31871afb927396991523aa4c98 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9420-story.html | Yanai Wins 200th as Toros Plod Past N. Colorado, 49-46 : College basketball: It wasn’t pretty. Only 77 people watched. But the Cal State Dominguez Hills basketball coach reached a career milestone. | Yanai Wins 200th as Toros Plod Past N. Colorado, 49-46 : College basketball: It wasn’t pretty. Only 77 people watched. But the Cal State Dominguez Hills basketball coach reached a career milestone.
Cal State Dominguez Hills basketball Coach Dave Yanai finally won his 200th collegiate game Saturday night, but it wasn’t ... |
b0dfb5470b2ad86edc78fa8ab6c2a14b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-tr-8890-story.html | Yes on Refugees | Yes on Refugees
Letter writer John L. Ritter (Letters From Readers, Dec. 2) should read America’s history more carefully. The people he calls Colonists were indeed refugees from adverse conditions in Northern Europe. These refugees colonized the New England states. Because they were first refugees, we refer to them as ... |
f8e6f1e82d570c28e51221edc894c008 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-tr-8895-story.html | No Paradise or Appeal | No Paradise or Appeal
I disagree with the advice given in an article on Washington, D.C. (“A Visit to Adams Morgan Neighborhood Area of Washington, D.C., Shows Good Taste,” Dec. 2). Adams Morgan is no paradise and has no appeal. It is a city district that is dirty and crime-ridden. The restaurants are second-rate, the ... |
7a93302f88165f374bd40f996199163a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-tv-8868-story.html | I really enjoyed “Milton Loves Lucy” (Nov.... | I really enjoyed “Milton Loves Lucy” (Nov....
I really enjoyed “Milton Loves Lucy” (Nov. 27, Channel 11). It was a treat watching the King and Queen of TV comedy cavorting together not once, but twice, when Channel 11 also ran the “Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardos” hour.
As author of The “I Love Lucy” Book (Doubl... |
1a622758b4dab5ee35b023994044fda9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-tv-8870-story.html | The whimsical and poignant 1985 Back to... | The whimsical and poignant 1985 Back to...
The whimsical and poignant 1985 Back to the Future (NBC Sunday at 8 p.m.) finds small-town youth Michael J. Fox accidentally sent back in time 30 years, where, to his chagrin, he discovers his mother is crazy about him rather than his own father.
The Witches of Eastwick (ABC S... |
c828726be3b35619de56467c9e42f186 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-tv-8907-story.html | Band Lover | Band Lover
They’ve done it again. On a televised parade, a band is introduced, then cut for commercials, chit-chat, small-talk or fill-in talk (by the announcers).
There are those of us who love the bands, majorettes and drill teams--who feel these units make a parade.
Come on--don’t discriminate against the marching b... |
356aecc751e9b59e2339df6681de7f57 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-vw-8844-story.html | About the Words of Martin Luther King | About the Words of Martin Luther King
Proofreading theses written by candidates for degrees in various fields furnished a goodly part of my income as an undergraduate student. My work went beyond the correction of spelling, grammar and syntax.
Quotations, clearly attributed and otherwise, had to be checked. More than o... |
56849f1e3da86ae2d509aa5ed01f4d51 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-vw-8847-story.html | Hidden Homeless Need Women’s Support | Hidden Homeless Need Women’s Support
I’ve seen women who are in danger of becoming the “hidden homeless” at any moment. Usually, they are married or recently separated or divorced from professional men and do not have careers of their own. In many cases, as the article points out, the husband will not allow the wife to... |
dbc4370f50d363be9447becb1aeed8c1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-vw-9072-story.html | Teddy Bears Bring Out the Kid in Adults | Teddy Bears Bring Out the Kid in Adults
What hobby brings love, profit and a world of make-believe? Teddy bears.
Teddy collectors make bears, sell bears and save to buy particular bears they love. One couple paid the biggest price ever--$86,350--for an early 1900 Steiff bear.
Rosemary and Paul Volpp had no idea the bid... |
e401045a64dcd6032a28c8ef46a955b2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-we-8936-story.html | Losing Resources to the Politicians | Losing Resources to the Politicians
In its refusal to protect our Significant Ecological Areas (Times, Dec. 2), the L.A. County Board of Supervisors has again demonstrated its cynical willingness to ignore its official responsibilities, i.e., enforcing the county General Plan. Instead, the members consistently exploit ... |
022b70f7fe6a92c4e09d5c8c29dbc104 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-21-mn-6942-story.html | Monroe Marriage Pact Fetches $14,000 in Auction | Monroe Marriage Pact Fetches $14,000 in Auction
Marilyn Monroe’s marriage contract to American playwright Arthur Miller fetched more than $14,000 on Thursday, Christie’s auctioneers said.
The ketubah, a Jewish wedding contract dated July 1, 1956, was witnessed in New York by Lee Strasberg, founder of New York’s Actors’... |
b97c810360eacae3ddc765c8912c77e2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-21-vw-6806-story.html | BOOK REVIEW : A Pointillist Novel Best Seen From a Distance : WOMEN <i> by Philippe Sollers</i> . <i> Translated by Barbara Bray</i> ; Columbia University Press, $24.95, 559 pages | BOOK REVIEW : A Pointillist Novel Best Seen From a Distance : WOMEN <i> by Philippe Sollers</i> . <i> Translated by Barbara Bray</i> ; Columbia University Press, $24.95, 559 pages
Trailing clouds of continental glory, a French success warmly welcomed in England, “Women” may be the first pointillist post-feminist novel.... |
9e8e543f16058daf77e7b5767f2f0097 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-22-mn-6183-story.html | Some Blame Rogue Band of Marines for Picking Fight, Spurring Panama Invasion : Military: Sources say the ‘Hard Chargers’ deliberately provoked a confrontation leading to a lieutenant’s death. The U.S. calls the report ‘absolutely false.’ | Some Blame Rogue Band of Marines for Picking Fight, Spurring Panama Invasion : Military: Sources say the ‘Hard Chargers’ deliberately provoked a confrontation leading to a lieutenant’s death. The U.S. calls the report ‘absolutely false.’
The killing of a U.S. Marine lieutenant by Panamanian forces last December, an eve... |
b1e278e5dd445c0fa96bd87bf8e72af9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-23-mn-9884-story.html | Walesa Is Sworn In, Pledges to Press Reforms | Walesa Is Sworn In, Pledges to Press Reforms
Lech Walesa was sworn in Saturday as president of Poland, capping a decade-long struggle by the Solidarity movement, under his leadership, to drive the Communists from power.
Walesa, 47, immediately establishing a tone of presidential confidence, pledged to press on with Pol... |
bf696e2af116ba324e818e590e74d18d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-25-ca-7097-story.html | MOVIE REVIEW : A Starry-Eyed ‘Alice’ in Woodyland : This is Mia Farrow’s 11th film for director Woody Allen. While it’s one that might be considered a piffle, it’s a charming piffle. | MOVIE REVIEW : A Starry-Eyed ‘Alice’ in Woodyland : This is Mia Farrow’s 11th film for director Woody Allen. While it’s one that might be considered a piffle, it’s a charming piffle.
Woody Allen makes so many movies without a break that you get the feeling he’d spontaneously combust if he took a breather. Sometimes, as... |
5736fcc97932c64df23c656bcc321bea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-26-mn-6673-story.html | Finding Homes for Romania’s ‘Unsalvageables’ : Adoption: An Encinitas man’s journey yields release of handicapped children to be placed with U.S. families. | Finding Homes for Romania’s ‘Unsalvageables’ : Adoption: An Encinitas man’s journey yields release of handicapped children to be placed with U.S. families.
John Upton remembers the place called the Institute for the Unsalvageables.
He can still see the hundreds of orphaned children who each day are herded half-naked on... |
18912253e06c988597d25e65ead14c1d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-28-mn-7619-story.html | NATION : Wedding Bells for Vanna White | NATION : Wedding Bells for Vanna White
Vanna White bought a marriage license in this celebrity-filled ski resort, but wouldn’t give a clue as to just when she’ll say “I do.”
Television’s 33-year-old “Wheel of Fortune” letter-turner and her fiance, George Santo Pietro, 44, of Brooklyn, N.Y., picked up the $20-permit Thu... |
0ebff2120f7e9c7219103fe81d3e3768 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-28-vw-7520-story.html | Ultimate Outsider : Leftist and Fractious, the Nation Is Still Going Strong After 125 Years | Ultimate Outsider : Leftist and Fractious, the Nation Is Still Going Strong After 125 Years
A dark-haired young man in a striped shirt has been stalking Victor Navasky, editor of the scrappy, left-wing magazine known as the Nation.
At the moment, the two men are in the belly of the publishing beast, the grimy white war... |
7394ee6a97bb69176c34c48b62dbb8fb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-me-5486-story.html | Only Guilty of Being Scared : Ohio governor commutes 25 sentences, revives battered women issue | Only Guilty of Being Scared : Ohio governor commutes 25 sentences, revives battered women issue
Ohio Gov. Richard F. Celeste has commuted the sentences of 25 women who were serving time for killing or assaulting abusive husbands or boyfriends. The pardon should provoke a thoughtful debate on what is a viable defense fo... |
334d45acc6ef29d2bebdc30abefa87fa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-04-ca-7948-story.html | Nerd Power : Is Uncool Urkel the ‘90s Answer to the Fonz? | Nerd Power : Is Uncool Urkel the ‘90s Answer to the Fonz?
The ingredients were carefully selected.
First, ABC asked William Bickley and Michael Warren, executive producers of the ABC comedy hit “Perfect Strangers,” to create another series under the banner of Miller/Boyett Productions--the uncannily successful family c... |
d4a402bf01f4bc64fd1909b8704c3da1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-06-fi-10871-story.html | Agriculture: Despite heavy damages from drought and cold, 1990 state farm revenues are expected to show an increase. | Agriculture: Despite heavy damages from drought and cold, 1990 state farm revenues are expected to show an increase.
The worst freeze since 1937 and the worst drought since the Dust Bowl days combined to deliver an estimated $1.2-billion hit to California agriculture in 1990--a one-two punch so hard that few can rememb... |
1e970a5523072a6df07bf5b626a4a686 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-09-me-7271-story.html | OXNARD : 3 Teen-Agers Win in Regional Boxing | OXNARD : 3 Teen-Agers Win in Regional Boxing
Beating champions from six states, teen-agers from Oxnard’s La Colonia Youth Boxing Center won regional amateur boxing titles last weekend during a tournament in Prescott, Ariz.
Robert Garcia, 15, Danny Perez, 13, and Saul Martinez, 13, are now scheduled to travel to Marshal... |
e92a7a84a205154cca8823d77ec28ac2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-09-mn-7223-story.html | Pan Am, a 50-Year Leader in Aviation, Goes Bankrupt : Economy: Carrier cites fuel costs, downturn and Flight 103 bombing. It says travelers will not be affected. | Pan Am, a 50-Year Leader in Aviation, Goes Bankrupt : Economy: Carrier cites fuel costs, downturn and Flight 103 bombing. It says travelers will not be affected.
Pan American World Airways, for more than five decades an unofficial symbol of the United States abroad, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, a victim of ... |
bf07e97bd156c46d2a08884f2915359b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-13-mn-374-story.html | Congress Authorizes Gulf War : Historic act: The vote in both houses, supporting Bush and freeing troops to attack Iraq, is decisive and bipartisan. It is the strongest move since Tonkin Gulf. | Congress Authorizes Gulf War : Historic act: The vote in both houses, supporting Bush and freeing troops to attack Iraq, is decisive and bipartisan. It is the strongest move since Tonkin Gulf.
The Democratic-controlled Congress, closing ranks behind President Bush at a crucial moment in American history, voted Saturday... |
fff070beed5101f38eba9fa30c5b7ca9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-14-ca-198-story.html | Blockbuster Video Rates NC-17 Films Unsuitable for All | Blockbuster Video Rates NC-17 Films Unsuitable for All
The giant Blockbuster Video chain struck a sharp blow to the new NC-17 movie rating by announcing on Friday that it will not stock any movie that carries the adults-only designation.
As the nation’s largest video retailer with 1,600 outlets, the move by Blockbuster... |
e7734ec95dde20b362e6aada48a41c62 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-17-fi-571-story.html | High Noon for Our Non-Existent Energy Policy | High Noon for Our Non-Existent Energy Policy
The Persian Gulf crisis has bred two kinds of cynicism: that of people who believe that the conflict is purely “blood for oil” and of those who loftily insist that oil is beside the point.
Such cynicism must yield to pragmatism. Whether the war with Iraq lasts six days or si... |
6ccab91f3f9a59e6bba887f58df0a633 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-19-ca-389-story.html | Hoofer at Heart, Funny Lady on the Stage : Performance: Comedic roles gravitate to actress-tap dancer Nanette Fabray. She appears Sunday at Laguna Beach’s Moulton Theatre. | Hoofer at Heart, Funny Lady on the Stage : Performance: Comedic roles gravitate to actress-tap dancer Nanette Fabray. She appears Sunday at Laguna Beach’s Moulton Theatre.
You may remember her as Mama Romano on the TV sitcom “One Day at a Time” or as Sid Caesar’s comic foil or as the Broadway star of any number of ‘40s... |
925603cfcc1afa54e4e862e5d1405bd8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-19-me-75-story.html | Chula Vista Mayor Dies; Held Office for One Month : Illness: Yearlong battle with cancer ends in death for 36-year-old Gayle McCandliss. | Chula Vista Mayor Dies; Held Office for One Month : Illness: Yearlong battle with cancer ends in death for 36-year-old Gayle McCandliss.
Chula Vista Mayor Gayle McCandliss, who was elected the city’s second full-time mayor in November, died Thursday after a nearly yearlong battle with colon cancer.
The illness limited ... |
ea374d70479454f64450165a80c64891 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-20-mn-701-story.html | After Trying Suburban Life, Many New Yorkers Leave It to Beaver . . . | After Trying Suburban Life, Many New Yorkers Leave It to Beaver . . .
The Curatolas owned a fixer-upper with a romantic veranda. They had a jeep-style wagon and the requisite two kids, summer barbecues with friends and chirping crickets to serenade them at night.
It was a suburban dream, and the New York couple hated i... |
191967f50c3cb28cea38076bf314def7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-21-ca-641-story.html | Short Takes : Mariah Carey Doing OK at 21 | Short Takes : Mariah Carey Doing OK at 21
Three years ago, singer Mariah Carey was sleeping on the floor of a shared apartment. Now, with five Grammy nominations, she has moved into a one-bedroom Manhattan apartment.
At age 21, she seems to have hit it big early in life, but Carey told People magazine in its Jan. 28 is... |
3dd7c34efd0f3ee3d1d8bdce01aeb03a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-23-ca-658-story.html | POP MUSIC REVIEW : Caged Wynette Still Shows Spirit : Queen of Country Music goes through the motions but also offers some songs from the heart. | POP MUSIC REVIEW : Caged Wynette Still Shows Spirit : Queen of Country Music goes through the motions but also offers some songs from the heart.
A lion is a splendid, commanding creature in any setting,but it is so much more so when seen running free than when caged at a circus and made to jump through all those hoops.... |
f4ffd2425681c9924bd90af2254806a7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-25-ca-710-story.html | How CNN Won Battle for a Phone Line : Television: A ‘four-wire’ system allowed the all-news network to achieve a coup in its war coverage from Baghdad. | How CNN Won Battle for a Phone Line : Television: A ‘four-wire’ system allowed the all-news network to achieve a coup in its war coverage from Baghdad.
In the news divisions of its three rival networks, Cable News Network’s coup in broadcasting live from Baghdad for the first two days of the Persian Gulf War has foster... |
5934aaa9626078207f9b6458264c9bdc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-25-me-488-story.html | Watching the War on Television | Watching the War on Television
Is it possible that I’m the first to point out that:
“Crisis in the Gulf” is not a production of CBS News; “Operation Desert Storm” is not a Channel 9 production; “War in the Gulf” is not a production of CNN; “The Gulf War” is not a production of ABC News, etc. ad nauseam .
The use of mus... |
fead7897f2559bf8dea3288075203b89 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-27-tm-445-story.html | LOVE & DEATH : In His Final Interview, Just Before His Suicide, Bruno Bettelheim Explained Why He Wanted to Die | LOVE & DEATH : In His Final Interview, Just Before His Suicide, Bruno Bettelheim Explained Why He Wanted to Die
“THE PROBLEM IS finding a reason to live.”
The man talking was Bruno Bettelheim, legendary psychoanalyst and child psychologist. He was seated in his favorite chair, a 1960s vintage Danish Modern, in the livi... |
83dc83da3bd6b34a1b0f5698b322bcb7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-28-sp-119-story.html | Becker Runs Away--Briefly--From No. 1 : Australian Open: It takes a few minutes of introspection to assimilate finally reaching a goal. | Becker Runs Away--Briefly--From No. 1 : Australian Open: It takes a few minutes of introspection to assimilate finally reaching a goal.
In their moments of triumph, champions sometimes cry or shout or hug their loved ones. Boris Becker ran away.
Introspective, sensitive, an artist in his own way, Becker fled the stadiu... |
64aec8a941df68d36f4b483eaac21cbc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-29-fi-236-story.html | That’s In-Flight Entertainment--for the Jet Set : Airlines: Valencia- based Airvision may be in for a dogfight as it offers carriers a program that does much more than show movies. | That’s In-Flight Entertainment--for the Jet Set : Airlines: Valencia- based Airvision may be in for a dogfight as it offers carriers a program that does much more than show movies.
In-flight movies can be little more than a stiff neck and a stifled yawn for some airline passengers. But Charles A. Bucks thinks that his ... |
3d758c0d34ef794632120787a0a3ef01 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-29-mn-361-story.html | Censored in England | Censored in England
BBC Radio recently advised its stations to avoid playing 67 songs while the country is at war. Among those on the list:
“Give Peace a Chance” by John Lennon
“Walk Like an Egyptian” by the Bangles
“Bang Bang” by Sonny and Cher
“I’m on Fire” by Bruce Springsteen
“I Shot the Sheriff” by Eric Clapton
“K... |
fd192be10672e62b203d7e821e674595 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-02-mn-403-story.html | Ellis B. Haizlip; TV, Stage Producer Aided Black Performers | Ellis B. Haizlip; TV, Stage Producer Aided Black Performers
Ellis B. Haizlip, 61, a stage and television producer and mentor of black performing artists. Haizlip was an executive producer at public television station WNET in New York from 1967 to 1981. Starting in 1986, he was director of special programs at the Schomb... |
9b297d3011948c6ed07aa6d9ca0d070b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-06-ca-794-story.html | Stars Voice Their Support of Gulf Forces | Stars Voice Their Support of Gulf Forces
A star-studded chorus of film, music and sports celebrities--including Meryl Streep, Kevin Costner and Garth Brooks--are expected to assemble in Los Angeles on Sunday to record a musical tribute to the allied forces fighting in the Persian Gulf.
“Voices That Care,” the brainchil... |
f07b68f0304298f285a75666d48786de | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-08-mn-942-story.html | ‘Collateral Damage’ a Familiar, Often Intended, Part of War : Air attacks: The allies are trying to avoid civilian casualties in the Gulf. But non-military areas have been deliberately targeted in previous conflicts. | ‘Collateral Damage’ a Familiar, Often Intended, Part of War : Air attacks: The allies are trying to avoid civilian casualties in the Gulf. But non-military areas have been deliberately targeted in previous conflicts.
“Collateral damage.” That’s the new buzz phrase of the Persian Gulf War. It means the unintended damage... |
e69330f2af96c98ff41ccce6f617386a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-10-mn-1461-story.html | Physicist / Author Hawking Gives Students a Big Bang in the Classroom : Astronomy: He may be the most important theoretical physicist since Einstein, but Stephen Hawking has not lost his touch in the classroom. | Physicist / Author Hawking Gives Students a Big Bang in the Classroom : Astronomy: He may be the most important theoretical physicist since Einstein, but Stephen Hawking has not lost his touch in the classroom.
Like any good teacher, Stephen Hawking knows he has to grab his students’ attention and hold on tight.
That i... |
af9684d42cf3340f90dabc03770cb165 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-12-mn-1357-story.html | Minneapolis Race Calm Shattered by Shooting : Civil rights: A black gang member is fatally shot in the back. Hostility simmers between police and community activists. | Minneapolis Race Calm Shattered by Shooting : Civil rights: A black gang member is fatally shot in the back. Hostility simmers between police and community activists.
The black man had a gun. No, he didn’t have a gun. He was shot in the chest. He was shot in the back. He was trying to escape. He was going to shoot.
All... |
ff256a0c8adc44d96efe1366c011ac89 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-13-mn-1295-story.html | Tragedy in Baghdad : 500 Killed in Shelter, Iraq Says; U.S. Calls Target Military : Highest Toll of Civilians in Gulf War | Tragedy in Baghdad : 500 Killed in Shelter, Iraq Says; U.S. Calls Target Military : Highest Toll of Civilians in Gulf War
Pinpoint missiles slammed into a concrete bomb shelter in Baghdad early today, and Iraq said 500 civilians were killed. The United States said the site it bombed was a bunker used as a military comm... |
781d7fb763edc8d01d83741f11206c21 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-14-vw-1368-story.html | Putting the Brakes on Those Asbestos Linings | Putting the Brakes on Those Asbestos Linings
Question: Do brake linings still contain asbestos? I am thinking about changing my linings and was wondering whether I need to take any precautions. C.W.
Answer: A great many cars have asbestos brake linings, which spew out a powder containing asbestos as the brakes wear dow... |
a7c9b16cec4bf55963933638b461ee24 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-16-me-878-story.html | Service Lauds Fallen Marine Reservist : Gulf War: Memorial held for narcotics agent who died in a helicopter crash while on a military mission in Saudi Arabia. | Service Lauds Fallen Marine Reservist : Gulf War: Memorial held for narcotics agent who died in a helicopter crash while on a military mission in Saudi Arabia.
Maj. Eugene Thomas McCarthy, a Marine Corps reservist and Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was killed in action in the Persian Gulf War, was remembered... |
c94b53eab810673938a3c33a09dcb947 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-19-mn-1530-story.html | Lessons of the 1970s Shape Water Rationing Plans : Drought: Users will respond if they believe the emergency is real and the cutback applies to everyone. | Lessons of the 1970s Shape Water Rationing Plans : Drought: Users will respond if they believe the emergency is real and the cutback applies to everyone.
When Goleta launched its model mandatory water rationing program in 1989, the experts were skeptical. The drought, while serious, was not mainstream dinner table conv... |
81a9562d60054a34b12c38c0b5bfb5c4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-19-wr-1715-story.html | Of ‘Saudi Gras’ and War-Zone Souvenirs | Of ‘Saudi Gras’ and War-Zone Souvenirs
MONDAY, FEB. 11
The spoils of war are already making their way back from the front lines, and in Saudi Arabia, it is the Scud-stomping Patriot anti-missile system that has become the souvenir of choice.
“Our darlings,” one Saudi remarks as he drives by a Patriot battery on the coa... |
a6ba6c7279031db90e1d8d20cfe4aa8d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-20-mn-1613-story.html | Molina Wins Historic Contest for Supervisor : Politics: The victory culminates a long struggle to put a Latino on board. She is first woman elected to panel. | Molina Wins Historic Contest for Supervisor : Politics: The victory culminates a long struggle to put a Latino on board. She is first woman elected to panel.
Gloria Molina, a farm worker’s daughter who rose from grass-roots politics to become a force in Los Angeles government, was elected Tuesday to the County Board of... |
5527d6b7a190704e0a71dd1cf1fc97e9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-20-mn-1619-story.html | Allied Aircraft Pound Iraqis in ‘Turkey Shoot’ | Allied Aircraft Pound Iraqis in ‘Turkey Shoot’
American helicopters and jets hammered Iraqi tanks, trucks and armored personnel carriers in what one pilot described Tuesday as a “turkey shoot,” and a senior U.S. military source said the month-old air campaign is inflicting “horrendous casualties” on Saddam Hussein’s fo... |
073b18f556496034c4a9d83666bac194 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-27-vw-1912-story.html | ‘Sparing the Rod’ and a Quote on ‘Sex’ Draw Responses | ‘Sparing the Rod’ and a Quote on ‘Sex’ Draw Responses
In these days when a story about child abuse appears in almost every day’s newspaper, it is interesting to examine that cherished maxim, “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
Doubtless tens of thousands of children have been beaten by parents sanctimoniously invoking... |
f28cbb30f9b62f6c27b3c20e877702d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-28-mn-2832-story.html | Crowds Cheer Liberation Day in Kuwait City | Crowds Cheer Liberation Day in Kuwait City
Kuwait’s liberation army paraded into the nation’s capital Wednesday on rumbling chariots of armor as thousands of cheering, chanting Kuwaitis poured into the streets in celebration.
“Blood for Freedom: Welcome Allied Forces,” read a banner draped over the main highway into Ku... |
5585ebc88823b232b5ff6699fdab3fe4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-03-ca-103-story.html | COVER STORY : The Wolfe at the (Stage) Door : With a hunger for shattering myths, playwright/director George C. Wolfe applies his provocative style to jazz legend Jelly Roll Morton | COVER STORY : The Wolfe at the (Stage) Door : With a hunger for shattering myths, playwright/director George C. Wolfe applies his provocative style to jazz legend Jelly Roll Morton
Anyone familiar with George C. Wolfe’s satire, “The Colored Museum,” might be surprised to discover that the playwright has written his new... |
deaa72705ea9c23d839e87bc2e25692d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-04-mn-77-story.html | Seminar Rules Out 80% of Words Attributed to Jesus : Religion: Provocative meeting of biblical scholars ends six years of voting on authenticity in the Gospels. | Seminar Rules Out 80% of Words Attributed to Jesus : Religion: Provocative meeting of biblical scholars ends six years of voting on authenticity in the Gospels.
The provocative Jesus Seminar on Sunday concluded six years of voting on what the Jesus of history most likely said, ruling out about 80% of words attributed t... |
9b304b4c284bff7d409d44bb7ced402c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-07-me-3174-story.html | Witnesses Depict Relentless Beating : Police: Accounts of Rodney Glen King’s arrest describe repeated striking and kicking of the suspect. LAPD officers said King’s actions justified the treatment. | Witnesses Depict Relentless Beating : Police: Accounts of Rodney Glen King’s arrest describe repeated striking and kicking of the suspect. LAPD officers said King’s actions justified the treatment.
Rodney King’s white Hyundai came to a stop on a busy San Fernando Valley street in front of a sprawling apartment complex.... |
620bf8f9008f3cc9d3a9df4ae825d0ee | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-15-vw-405-story.html | Paper Drives: Suddenly, They’re Old News : Environment: The recycling craze has driven down the value of old newspapers and, ironically, has forced some groups to find alternatives to the fund-raising tradition. | Paper Drives: Suddenly, They’re Old News : Environment: The recycling craze has driven down the value of old newspapers and, ironically, has forced some groups to find alternatives to the fund-raising tradition.
It’s become a longtime ritual that Mike Stewart has found difficult to end, despite its obvious drawbacks.
F... |
d31e3e4e6c8eaba47f99f8417dc634e1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-16-mn-176-story.html | Arson Suspect Freed After Officials Burn 2nd House | Arson Suspect Freed After Officials Burn 2nd House
Authorities fixed up a condemned house and burned it to get evidence that led to freedom for an arson-murder suspect who spent five months in jail.
Gerald Wayne Lewis, 35, had been charged with the deaths of his wife and five other family members after their two-story ... |
ce5e50e09ba52b6aa72f9ed0a25193b6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-17-mn-698-story.html | 8 Country Band Members Die in S.D. Air Crash | 8 Country Band Members Die in S.D. Air Crash
A business jet carrying a two-person crew and eight members of country singer Reba McEntire’s band crashed into a mountain near the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday morning, killing all 10 people aboard.
The twin-engine Hawker Siddeley took off about 1:45 a.m. from Brown Field, a... |
7a8bae686095e3ab07835976044e7840 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-17-mn-785-story.html | KGB Ring Camera Brings $22,400 at Christie’s Auction | KGB Ring Camera Brings $22,400 at Christie’s Auction
A spy camera concealed in a finger ring and used by the KGB has sold for $22,400, more than double its pre-sale estimate, auctioneers Christie’s said.
The gold ring was offered for sale by an unidentified Eastern European and bought last week by an anonymous Japanese... |
596be43a9399a0593157ef576548743e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-19-ca-477-story.html | The Seven-Year Hitch | The Seven-Year Hitch
If you’re a parent waiting patiently for your toddlers to grow a wee bit older before buying them one of those classic Walt Disney animated films you’ve seen advertised on videocassette, you might want to reconsider your plans.
With Walt Disney Home Video’s limited-time only policy, which removes a... |
1b459b03fc4f6647b2384a257df533a4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-24-sp-1491-story.html | Rebels Run By Seton Hall to Final Four : West Regional: UNLV starts second half with 14-0 surge in beating Pirates, 77-65. | Rebels Run By Seton Hall to Final Four : West Regional: UNLV starts second half with 14-0 surge in beating Pirates, 77-65.
Four Nevada Las Vegas starters were on the last Runnin’ Rebel team to lose an NCAA tournament game, the 1988-89 version that was beaten by Seton Hall. They were ripe for retribution Saturday in the... |
5aed3a56f03e1a0fa98c516e11788d0d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-27-me-812-story.html | Real estate slump? There’s still plenty of... | Real estate slump? There’s still plenty of...
Real estate slump? There’s still plenty of money to be made in land, if you believe “Where to Find Gold in Southern California,” a book by James Klein.
There’s the Buried Pirates’ Treasure of Northridge, near the corner of Reseda Boulevard and Eddy Avenue, supposedly left b... |
41760aaad5abbd5d80bc023abc933159 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-28-we-1386-story.html | Close the U.S. Border, Mayor Says : Culver City: Steven Gourley urges the country to “draw a line” against illegal immigrants. His comments spark cries of racism. | Close the U.S. Border, Mayor Says : Culver City: Steven Gourley urges the country to “draw a line” against illegal immigrants. His comments spark cries of racism.
Culver City Mayor Steven Gourley, known for not mincing words and for his occasionally unorthodox ideas, let loose this week with a proposal he admits is con... |
f57a67062a7ad5035bb84ad77475bf31 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-29-sp-1001-story.html | Webster Suspended and Fined $5,000 | Webster Suspended and Fined $5,000
King Coach Tom Webster has been suspended by the NHL for four games and fined $5,000 for exchanging punches with the Calgary Flames’ Doug Gilmour in Saturday’s game at the Forum.
Gilmour was suspended for two games and fined $500. Teammates Tim Hunter (two-game suspension) and Joel Ot... |
3f02634991bfcd7e39fc87838b67cd15 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-30-fi-834-story.html | Francie Murphy has been named vice president... | Francie Murphy has been named vice president...
Francie Murphy has been named vice president of Casey & Sayre, Malibu. Murphy joined the firm in 1989 as a managing associate and director of media training.
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fc1d095a70887b73a37a8bc018759124 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-30-me-686-story.html | Arts and Heritage Foundation | Arts and Heritage Foundation
Christopher Knight’s column (“The Heritage Foundation Takes the Fight Over the Arts to Ignorant New Lows,” Opinion, Feb. 24) was a parody, right? If Knight reads it aloud, surely he will get a government grant for performance art. It fits the current National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) st... |
8f028e76286dfba1f2555ecda131bc6c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-30-me-765-story.html | Police Have Few Clues to Strangling of Messenger | Police Have Few Clues to Strangling of Messenger
Mark Grinoli, a messenger and motorcycle enthusiast who lived with his parents in Chatsworth, was drawn to the gritty world of the homeless people who live around the intersection of Oxnard Street and Hazeltine Avenue in Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles police.
Last mo... |
5fc404ed2774713794db8b545b57ccbc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-30-me-894-story.html | Suspect in Iraqi Arms Shipments Targeted : Investigation: As part of an international probe, the U.S. freezes assets of a Beverly Hills businessman and takes over his company. No charges are filed. | Suspect in Iraqi Arms Shipments Targeted : Investigation: As part of an international probe, the U.S. freezes assets of a Beverly Hills businessman and takes over his company. No charges are filed.
A Beverly Hills businessman suspected of supplying weapons to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has become the first target o... |
f71e6085bc856eb03b8e470606e23880 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-30-me-983-story.html | ANAHEIM : Bleak Tourist Season Blights City Outlook | ANAHEIM : Bleak Tourist Season Blights City Outlook
A bleak winter tourist season darkened by the Persian Gulf War and recession caused Anaheim sales tax revenues to plummet by nearly 14%, the largest quarterly drop in the past decade.
Ken Stone, the city’s program development and audit manager, said Friday that quarte... |
7972d09e2a53e149131472b5bdc6c3ab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-30-sp-939-story.html | NBA ROUNDUP : Bulls Have No Trouble in Landover | NBA ROUNDUP : Bulls Have No Trouble in Landover
The Capital Centre in Landover, Md., is one of Michael Jordan’s and the Chicago Bulls’ least favorite places.
Jordan had never scored more than 35 points there and, since he joined the club, the Bulls had won only three times in 16 appearances.
So, the Bulls were a bit ne... |
99b2762f248b994fdc4774f8c2197e2d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-31-hl-2510-story.html | Nine Agencies Fined for Using Too Much Water : Conservation: Cerritos faces the largest surcharge--$62,291. Some agencies are claiming they’re being soaked. | Nine Agencies Fined for Using Too Much Water : Conservation: Cerritos faces the largest surcharge--$62,291. Some agencies are claiming they’re being soaked.
Nine municipal and independent water agencies in the Southeast area will have to pay thousands of dollars in penalties for failing to reduce their use of water fro... |
79411699a61f7eddc173fe8e8ca91c82 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-31-me-2558-story.html | Bizarre, colorful masks look out from the... | Bizarre, colorful masks look out from the...
Bizarre, colorful masks look out from the walls of the Joslyn Center of the Arts in Torrance. There also are multicolored images of leaves rolled onto paper, and lakes, trees and mountains in watercolor. Delicate figurines crafted of green and purple straws sit atop display ... |
9f7ced71c57c08355dd57482b91f3e72 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-31-mn-2282-story.html | Farm Haven of Disabled Pleases Residents but Raises Concerns : Mental health: Some experts say it’s a throwback to insane asylums. To others, a communal farm is a welcome alternative to the usual programs. | Farm Haven of Disabled Pleases Residents but Raises Concerns : Mental health: Some experts say it’s a throwback to insane asylums. To others, a communal farm is a welcome alternative to the usual programs.
Sidney and Donna VanderTuin have worried about the future of their son, Mark, since he suffered brain damage in a ... |
94fa091a41f667622275e83dbd47b6bb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-01-ca-1147-story.html | POP MUSIC REVIEW : Powerful Sting : Rock: At his San Diego concert, the rock star proved he can shed past trappings and give a powerful performance with a small band and few gimmicks. | POP MUSIC REVIEW : Powerful Sting : Rock: At his San Diego concert, the rock star proved he can shed past trappings and give a powerful performance with a small band and few gimmicks.
Boil the grandiose, production-value fat from many big-name concerts and wave away the illusory smoke, and you’re left with an unimpress... |
50b34c80be7612c82e0c02fe90f91cf5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-03-mn-1674-story.html | Found, Under $4 Flea-Market Art: A $1-Million Memento From 1776 | Found, Under $4 Flea-Market Art: A $1-Million Memento From 1776
A man who paid $4 for an old painting found that it concealed a copy of the Declaration of Independence that was printed on July 4, 1776, and may be worth $1 million, an auction house disclosed Tuesday.
“Here was the most important single printed page in t... |
517703c0a79dc90bd57785a0eaefd48f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-05-ca-1977-story.html | The Worrying Man of ‘Marrying Man’ : Movies: Producer David Permut’s feelings about his troubled comedy can be summed up in T-shirts he had made: ‘I survived the reshoot of “The Marrying Man.” ’ | The Worrying Man of ‘Marrying Man’ : Movies: Producer David Permut’s feelings about his troubled comedy can be summed up in T-shirts he had made: ‘I survived the reshoot of “The Marrying Man.” ’
David Permut, a fast-talking workaholic producer with movies in development at just about every studio in town, had just sign... |
31cabdefdfb8eca17e93735431619618 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-06-ca-1474-story.html | TV Reviews : Disney’s ‘Darkwing Duck’ Can’t Fly Very High | TV Reviews : Disney’s ‘Darkwing Duck’ Can’t Fly Very High
Having lifted characters and situations from their own features and comic books, as well as from the films of Steven Spielberg, Buena Vista Television’s new series, “Darkwing Duck” (which previews on the Disney Channel at 8:30 this morning in anticipation of its... |
6a6752198ee5257ecef10bf3f502883d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-07-mn-33-story.html | Gangsters Use Succession Rite in Japanese ‘Tradition’ | Gangsters Use Succession Rite in Japanese ‘Tradition’
It had all the trappings of a religious ritual.
A simple wooden altar stood at the front of the banquet hall, laden with rice wine in porcelain decanters, fish, apples and other offerings to the gods of Shinto, Japan’s native religion.
Prominently displayed behind t... |
dcd778c1100a333ed710c6951cd407d2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-11-vl-307-story.html | FASHION : Underwear Is In : It’s no longer just Madonna wanna-bes who are going public with their bras and camisoles. | FASHION : Underwear Is In : It’s no longer just Madonna wanna-bes who are going public with their bras and camisoles.
Usually, I’m not one to reminisce about mortifying moments--unless they happened to someone else. But one of my own stands out in memory.
A few years ago, I visited a woman friend who was having a swim ... |
5229702a3ea3ebe908f271b74955a2e9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-14-bk-96-story.html | Esther, the Silenced Singer | Esther, the Silenced Singer
Even when she was alive, Esther Kreitman’s novels, short stories and translations received far less attention than the work of her famous brothers, I. J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer. In death, she’s been wholly forgotten. Yet she clearly has the same deep, haunting, literary storyteller’s gift... |
8ed81ce0af0b9467eac6ff56f609f482 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-14-tm-535-story.html | Kaiser Karl : One Minute, He’s Revising the Chanel Suit. Next, He’s Mixing Up a Grapefruit-Mandarin-Scented Men’s Perfume. Then, He’s Making and Breaking Top Models. Does Karl Lagerfeld Ever Sit Still? | Kaiser Karl : One Minute, He’s Revising the Chanel Suit. Next, He’s Mixing Up a Grapefruit-Mandarin-Scented Men’s Perfume. Then, He’s Making and Breaking Top Models. Does Karl Lagerfeld Ever Sit Still?
It was the day after a disastrous appearance on French television, and Karl Lagerfeld, German-born superman of fashion... |
bab71a75402e2ff2f1755751c85acd15 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-23-mn-646-story.html | COLUMN ONE : Satanism: Skeptics Abound : Worry about devil worship has spread rapidly. But many lurid claims of ritual abuse and human sacrifice by cults do not stand up, some experts say. | COLUMN ONE : Satanism: Skeptics Abound : Worry about devil worship has spread rapidly. But many lurid claims of ritual abuse and human sacrifice by cults do not stand up, some experts say.
Jacquie Balodis is talking softly about her bad childhood.
How bad was it? It was unbelievably bad.
“I was born into satanism,” the... |
4e1c824337164adcd5e144b1cf346c0f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-24-ca-671-story.html | Animated Series Stuck in Doghouse : Television: CBS promoted ‘Family Dog’ for its spring lineup, but production snags will delay the Spielberg production until fall. | Animated Series Stuck in Doghouse : Television: CBS promoted ‘Family Dog’ for its spring lineup, but production snags will delay the Spielberg production until fall.
When CBS broadcast the Grammy Awards in February, the network used the music industry’s highly rated ceremony as a platform to hype “The Family Dog,” an a... |
32b8462da648b46618725eb370ff2a3f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-24-fi-564-story.html | Financing Details Add Bizarre Twist to MGM Saga : Hollywood: Giancarlo Parretti’s scramble to buy the studio last October included a possible CIA operative and several members of the secretive Knights of Malta. | Financing Details Add Bizarre Twist to MGM Saga : Hollywood: Giancarlo Parretti’s scramble to buy the studio last October included a possible CIA operative and several members of the secretive Knights of Malta.
Giancarlo Parretti’s tenure as chief executive of MGM-Pathe Communications Co. may have ended with his forced... |
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