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The Broad view of L.A.
This is the fifth in an occasional series of conversations with Southern California activists and intellectuals. The series and videotaped interviews with the subjects are collected at www.latimes.com/news/ opinion/lavisions/.
Rare is the civic...Tags: Elections, California, Los Angeles Unified School District, Zev Yaroslavsky, Richard M. Daley
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'For Ever Godard' celebrates a New Wave master
Special to The TimesJean-Luc Godard is not merely the iconoclastic, indefatigable enfant terrible of France's New Wave but one of the most idiosyncratic and important filmmakers of the 20th century, whose innovative spirit continues to flourish into the 21st. His...Tags: Career and Workplace, Movies, Television, University of California, Los Angeles, Francois Truffaut
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Playa Vista scores with Laker coach
![It's a bird, it's a plane, it's <strong>Kurt Rambis</strong><strong>,</strong> assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. Rambis, nicknamed "Superman" when he started wearing thick, Clark Kent-type eyeglasses as a Laker player, and his wife, <strong>Linda, </strong> have bought a town home in Playa Vista for $1.2 million.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-07/24390087.jpg "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's <strong>Kurt Rambis</strong><strong>,</strong> assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. Rambis, nicknamed "Superman\" when he started wearing thick, Clark Kent-type eyeglasses as a Laker player, and his wife, <strong>Linda, </strong> have bought a town home in Playa Vista for $1.2 million.")
Times Staff WriterIt's a bird, it's a plane, it's Kurt Rambis, assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. Rambis, nicknamed "Superman" when he started wearing thick, Clark Kent-type eyeglasses as a Laker player, and his wife, Linda, have bought a town home in Playa...Tags: Eyewear, Superman (fictional character), Homes, Crime, Law and Justice, Heavy Engineering
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Ronald Reagan Dies at 93
Times Staff WriterRonald Reagan, the Hollywood actor who became one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century and transformed the political landscape of an era with his vision of conservative government, died Saturday at his home in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Heroism, Political Systems, Newspaper and Magazine, U.S. Department of Defense
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The board game
Times Staff WriterThe next time you're at a $750-a-plate fund-raiser for the opera, check Plácido Domingo's shadow. In it, you're likely to find a solid citizen named Marc Stern. You've probably never heard of Stern, but when a million-dollar gift falls through or a...Tags: Elections, University of California, National or Ethnic Minorities, University of California, Los Angeles, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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A grander scale of life left intact
Special to The TimesEarly days Fashioned from 400 acres of the original 2,000-acre Wolfskill Ranch, which wealthy retailer Arthur Letts bought for $100 an acre, Holmby Hills was developed by the Janss Investment Co. and billed as "the Ultimate in Residential Estate...Tags: Bowling, Sports, Walt Disney, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Dining and Drinking
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Century City's royal retreat
![My e-mail to friends went like this: "What would you say if I proposed a weekend getaway to Century City?"](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2004-09/14276411.jpg "My e-mail to friends went like this: "What would you say if I proposed a weekend getaway to Century City?\"")
Times Staff WriterMy e-mail to friends went like this: "What would you say if I proposed a weekend getaway to Century City?" The responses went like this: "Spending a weekend there would be like being trapped in the mall zombie movie 'Dawn of the Dead.' " And this:...Tags: Getaway Travel, Career and Workplace, California, University of California, Los Angeles, Employees
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That Westside college town
Special to The TimesThe basics Westwood was carved from the old Wolfskill Farm, a 3,000-plus-acre tract that was purchased in 1919 by wealthy retailer Arthur Letts. Letts' son-in-law, Harold Janss, was vice president of Janss Investment Co., which developed the area and...Tags: Santa Monica, Family, University of California, Los Angeles, Homes, Arts and Culture
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For Robinson, acting is a whole new ballgame
Sun StaffTonight at 8, Frank Robinson makes his national acting debut on "The Cosby Show" on Channel 2 (WMAR-TV) The episode was taped in New York two months ago. Sun reporter Mary Corey spent the afternoon on the set, interviewing and observing the budding...Tags: Television, All Stars, World Series, Cincinnati Reds, American League
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