A recent determines article in interprets the Stanford Law Review, analyzing the absence of Latinos in the law, noted that 34% of the Latinos and 20% of the blacks passed the July, 1985, California Bar exam, compared to 62% of the Anglos. SAN FRANCISCO — California's largest law firms have come under attack from a group led by former state Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso for failing to hire and promote more Latino lawyers. The Serra cause has benefited from adroit maneuvering by powerful ecclesiastical backers in Los Angeles and Rome, and by support from a diverse secular coalition that has developed in his favor over the last 50 years in California. Portion of the world's exports in 1984 that was imported by the United States: 1/5 Amount Bolivia earned on its exports in 1985: $1. 1 billion Amount of that accounted for by cocaine: $450 million Value of British government assets that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has sold since 1979: $20 billion Portion of El Salvador controlled by guerrillas in 1980: 1/4 Portion controlled by guerrillas today: 1/8 Percentage of white Americans who say peacetime military service is a "very important obligation: 31 Percentage of blacks who say this: 45 Percentage of Democrats in 1955 who were black: 10 Today: 20 Percentage of Republicans in 1955 who were white Southerners: 10 Today: 33 Pounds of redfish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico in 1982: 2. 4 million In 1985: 5. 7 million Rank of Tenderpod Bush Snap beans among all seeds sold by Burpee: 1 Amount the average household spends on fresh vegetables each week: $1. 74 Percentage of Americans who say they don't know anyone who doesn't like Jell-O: 55 Rank of "The Cosby Show" in popularity among all programs on South African television: 1 Total amount NBC's four Thursday night sitcoms are expected to earn in syndication: $1 billion Number of pencils David Letterman tosses over his shoulder during an average show: 4 Percentage of households whose television sets have remote control: 51. 3 Number of spacecraft launched by the United States in 1985: 17 By the Soviet Union: 98 Number of seats on an American Airlines Boeing 727-200 before deregulation in 1978: 129 Number today: 150 Percentage change in the number of FAA-certified airlines since deregulation: plus 150 Percentage change in the number of FAA inspectors since then: plus 2 Portion of the top 250 industrial companies that had "golden parachute" plans for their executives in 1982: 1/5 Portion that have them today: 1/3 Percentage of Fortune 500 chief executive officers who say they "lose sleep over the competition: 13. 7 Hours the average American worked each week in 1973: 40. 6 In 1985: 47. 3 Amount the IRS claims John Walker Jr. The American Academy of Sciences advised the State Department on how to build and safeguard foreign diplomatic missions, and architects, thinking "blast resistance" rushed to drawing boards. GABORONE, Botswana — Even the Americans imported to look at it for a living admit that it is not a pretty sight-or site.

The 108-square-mile district provides schools for the city of Orange, Villa Park, and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana. . The story concerns a 14-year-old boy (Jerry O'Connell) whose family sets out in search of the perfect vacation . Europeans who remember history understand better than most that there is no security, no safety in the appeasement of evil . The other looked out on the crowded hills above Chinatown. I sat at the back of a class the other day at Evans Community Adult School, where 8,000 students-mostly from Asia and the Latin countries-are learning English . Four of the victims met reporters earlier this month in an event organized by the Iranian mission to the United Nations, the arena for a bitter propaganda war between Iran and Iraq. Later in the day, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it had recovered another burned section of the aft joint on Challenger's faulty right solid rocket booster. The company has also been developing similar techniques to grow fetal brain cells for the treatment of Parkinson's and are now testing them in animals.

Clifford is 6-feet-5 and Madeline is a graceful, long-legged lady, and they can both reach over the fence and trip the latch. Remember me kindly . Two Pakistanis among the crew of 33-pumpman Rasheed Mohammed, 34, and second steward Shams Deen, 29-were also killed in the attack in the Persian Gulf about 75 miles north of Abu Dhabi The crew included 23 Pakistanis and 10 Britons . Before the Saturday morning talks, the group studied Bible verses and sang Methodist hymns dating back centuries . In addition, the council has drawn fire for its decision to fund a civic center that is expected to cost upwards of $80 million. A Culver City councilman's ties to fireworks magnate W . "The symptoms surface in the child not developing normally, growing properly, not cooing, not sitting properly" Gompers said.

But the FTC alleges in a pending court case that American National Cellular had misled investors about the risks involved in the scheme . Some signed away their rights to royalties and others were victims of 'creative bookkeeping' Many are in need as they approach their retirement age" A television movie of several years ago was set in the year 2027, or something close to that, and there was a scene in which it showed a rock 'n' roll group performing for aged survivors of the rock 'n' roll age . "I've always been a pretty strong Catholic, but after I was ordained, I just became more and more involved in the church" he said . I loved Maid Marion and thought what a wonderful life she had, living in the forest with all those gallant men .

"Why should we watch Philippine television" asked one Filipino banker who asked not to be named "All we get is ancient, recycled American junk With the antenna, we can get the state-of-the-art junk" . Backers of that proposal said it would have made government more open and responsive to the public by putting more administrative authority in the hands of elected officials . That city spent $87,019 on council expenses, but has 89,113 residents. COMMERCE — The political season had just begun last February when the coffers of this tiny industrial city received some money from unusual sources-two councilmen handed over personal checks totaling $3,612 The money was received only a few days after Ruth R . Both Woodrome and Sanders say their science education has not suffered because of attending a smaller school, although Woodrome said he is considering attending Bellflower High School next year "because they have a bigger science department" But, they said, the public schools do not reconcile science and religion, particularly when it comes to evolution . The documents warn that budget reductions in fiscal 1986 and 1987 could seriously affect the FAA's plans to modernize the nation's air traffic system and could jeopardize "maintenance of the national airspace system" No Technicians Present Continued maintenance of the air traffic system "at current mandated levels and quality will soon be impossible" the documents said, noting that some facilities already operate late-night watches with no technicians present to handle equipment problems and breakdowns. On Wednesday in Cochabamba, another major nucleus in the Bolivian cocaine business, he called drug abuse and trafficking "seductions that threaten to destroy the person and the society" Bolivian President Victor Paz Estenssoro has pledged full cooperation with the United States in fighting cocaine traffic, but the main Bolivian police unit for drug enforcement is rife with corruption, according to U. S.

The justices reversed a New York state court ruling that said the Constitution required special proof for seizing such things as books and movies . He also said the sharply lower dollar was also a factor keeping Americans from traveling to Europe. . But Nelson was careful to point out that the Virage Cup was designed to be a moneymaking venture . If I had, the letter said, it would be necessary to reimburse the government, although a monthly repayment schedule could be worked out . "No arena for action is more compelling than the needs of pregnant women and their young children" Assemblyman Burt Margolin (D-Los Angeles) has introduced a bill that would implement Baby-Cal. Franco, now retired and studying theater and political science at Rio Hondo College, is a World War II veteran who ran unsuccessfully for the City Council eight years ago.

A task force said portions of radioactivity located Wednesday morning off the northwestern coast of Norway "should continue to disperse with possible movement toward the east in the next several days" while other radioactivity "may move eastward through the Soviet Union and through the polar regions over the coming week" No Significant Effects -Harold Denton, director of nuclear reactor regulation at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ordered a review of the threat of a fire at the Fort St Vrain nuclear power plant in Colorado, the only U. S . "This has been my greatest dream" said the 63-year-old retired factory worker, collecting souvenirs in the shops along famous Music Row Dee Dee Bridgewater Tickets . In its heyday, the Mogul ran on a Southern Pacific track stretching from Oregon to Texas and passing through the Santa Clarita Valley Mogul No 1629 went out of service in 1957 . However, he added, he continues to hope that modern society can reform itself, although "it's going to take many, many generations-and I'm not sure we're going to make it" . He averaged 22. 3 points and was MVP of the Torrance Tournament.

Since the exhibit opened before the Olympic Games in 1984, about 5 million museum visitors have tested and evaluated their health at interactive computer testing stations, expressed their opinions on community health issues, explored how hospitals operate, learned about nutrition, and walked out the door holding a personal health profile . " She's 60 today, and Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd's handsome illustrated volume commemorates that fact, as well as the triumph of a monarchy that seems permanent, unchanging, totally safe, even as the Commonwealth it rules over continues gently to unravel . $55-Million Claim The IRS claims PTL owes more than $55 million in taxes from June, 1983, to June, 1987, the month PTL filed for protection from creditors because of $72 million in debts, not counting the IRS claim . Gore and his advisers say they are fighting a rear-guard action, buying time as they ready organization and finances to take on Jackson and Dukakis in the major Northern industrial states . The winner was Hanford High, a school of 2,000 students 35 miles south of Fresno. Weinberger, who promoted Nicholson posthumously to lieutenant colonel, had demanded an apology and compensation for his family. But one small corner of the state has departed significantly from that pattern: a pocket of neighborhoods that, according to a Times survey, account for roughly 40% of all the money Jackson's California campaign committee has raised statewide.

I must say that people have acted and are continuing to act heroically, selflessly The most serious consequences have been averted Of course, the end is not yet It is not the time to rest Extensive and long work still lies ahead . MANAMA, Bahrain — The U. S Navy frigate Samuel B . Brady, was disabled by a bullet aimed at Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt . King, who serves as the panel's vice-chairman, is seeking reappointment, but his efforts are being opposed by a coalition of environmental groups who complain that he has a poor voting record on environmental issues .