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- Roundup : Serra Loses Homer but Wins Game
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- Division III Girls : Brea Breezes, Sails to 71-39 Victory
- Boys' Division II : Murray Paces Glendora With 37 Points
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- Church Vandalism Triggers National Inquiry : Racial Harassment on Upswing in Australia
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- Senior Jay Mortenson won the 100-meter butterfly...
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- BELIEVE IT OR DON'T: Whenever Harry Dean...
- "To a certain extent, the U.S. is...
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- Decertification: Militant Employers Find Weapon to End Strikes
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- L.A. Schools Take Apples Off Menu in Cancer Scare
- Shamir's Own Past as a Terrorist Recalled in Condemnation of PLO
- Full-Court Press in Inglewood Election Fight : Council to Seek New Appeal of Ruling That Annuled '87 Race for Council Seat
- 5 Killed in Plane Crash
- Capital Shootings Kill 4, Wound 5
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- The Bottle on the Hill: Times -- and People -- Have Changed
- Classroom TV Can Become a Lesson in Media Criticism
- Group Wants Condos Torn Down
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- West Hollywood Curfew Violations : Deputies Arrest 16 in Parks' Crackdown
- CSUN's Pile Steps Forward With Top Triple Jump Mark
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- Peter O'Toole plays Torquemada, "the Da Vinci...
- Hue & Cry : In spite of protests, editing firms continue to inject color, frame by frame, into black-and-white films
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- PARODY OF THE WEEK: What to do...
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- Instead of Griping About Difficulty of Luring Executives Here, Firms Should Recruit Locals
- INFORMATION OVERLOAD
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- Students Select Local College of Law for Diverse Reasons
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- Racism and Anti-Semitism in the County
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- TV Viewers Rise Up to Defend the 'Married' Life
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- INFORMATION OVERLOAD
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- WWII Killing of Polish Soldiers
- 'Pro-Family' Lobby
- Monarch Butterflies
- INFORMATION OVERLOAD
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- Format Follies
- Reproductive Curbs
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- TV Viewers Rise Up to Defend the 'Married' Life
- UCI Mural Is Critiqued From an Artistic Frame of Reference
- An Uncelebrated Hero
- Mayor Voss' Arrest in Prostitution Case
- Big-Screen Values
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