Words like "biopsy," "equine," "convivial" and "bellicose" have been appearing each day--alone--on the marquee at Bolsa Grande High School.
A real breakthrough in women's liberation is about to hit the presses--almost 17 centuries after it was written and three years after a Scripps College professor began translating it.
I have been asked by a reader to explain the meaning of the word posslq and to give him the correct spelling.
Fair of Speech, edited by D. J.
As a coach, Dick Vermeil was a workaholic, poring over statistics and studying films.
George Schwenk was carefully wiping crumbs Friday from the tracks of the sliding door to the bakery case of a Woodland Hills restaurant.
Dancin' Barry made his regular Forum appearance Wednesday night with 33 seconds left on the clock, time out, and the Celtics leading, 105-103.
The city of Barcelona, Spain, brought its campaign to hold the 1992 Olympic Games to Mexico on Friday, hoping to sell the idea to at least a few of the 5,000 journalists who are here to cover the World Cup.
Disturbed by offensive language in a play being performed here, a theater patron says he will disrupt future performances if the once-deleted words are restored.
The Rev.
San Diego this weekend will be spared the hot weather that has most of the rest of the country sweltering, as local temperatures remain seasonal and pleasant.
After a month of thoughtful review in El Segundo, home of the Raiders and their runner-up in a recent worst-QB-in-Los Angeles poll, they have shaken up the quarterback rankings again.
The Navy has warned all 3,550 aviators in the Pacific Fleet to fly cautiously, an attempt to end a recent series of mishaps that has killed five officers and destroyed five jets worth about $130 million.
Ventriloquist Paul Winchell won a $17.8-million verdict Wednesday in a decade-long fight against Metromedia Inc., which he claims destroyed the only remaining tapes of his popular "Winchell Mahoney Time" children's television series in a dispute over syndication rights.
The secret word is imaginative. "Pee-wee's Playhouse" is great Saturday morning fun. Thank you, CBS.
Just as Mikhail Shirman, pale from exhaustion and the effects of leukemia, was opening a news conference in a Manhattan synagogue Friday, the telephone rang.
Secretary of State George P.
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In 40 years as a femme des lettres, Marguerite Duras has achieved a rare immortality: She has become an adjective.
The housing industry just finished one of its best years in the past half decade, with 1.75 million new housing starts and should have nearly as good a year in 1985, according to predictions here at the 41st annual convention of the National Assn. of Home Builders.