Valueless glass outline and plastic understand are too frequently passed off to unsuspecting customers as jade, as are certain types of dyed quartz, most notably Australian chrysoprase, which is naturally an apple green color with white and gray streaks, and is referred to as "new" or "Australian" jade How do you know the real stuff? Here are some guidelines. Building materials and colors, the gardens and the siting of the buildings were all selected with the Southern California setting in mind. With more than half the districts reporting, two centrist parties were leading in Sudan's first general elections in 18 years, the official Sudan News Agency said. Baffled by his behavior, they decided to take the man to Harbor General Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Construction is ready to begin and supporters of the project say the multiyear guarantee is needed to begin construction early next year. charging that the city and residents conspired to block development or sale of the property That suit has not been heard.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he went into the U. S Navy as a machinist's mate . Variety of Meat Pies Meat pies of various ethnic persuasions also were represented . It fills her Woodland Hills home with a special odor that lingers in the memory a lifetime-chicken soup with matzo balls, gefilte fish, brisket, turkey and Passover cakes and cookies for dessert . It was the second time in the past three weeks that expansion-minded Great American, based in San Diego, has announced its intention to acquire an unprofitable bank . The lanes were added following a study that concluded that ride-sharing vehicles and express buses could carry as many as 140,000 commuters a day, which would save travel time and ease traffic congestion for all motorists, not just those using the commuter lane. The prospective jurors didn't contact the court and ask to be excused.
In 1983, the board trimmed the curriculum slot as a cost-saving measure, but Mills said the curriculum needs of the 6,200-student district have grown so complex and varied that a specialist is needed to oversee the development and purchase of teaching materials and books . In either case, I anticipate that the creativity will continue to flow" According to Curry, the Chopin chapter has "bought" a chair at the Center, one of 110 available for $2,500 . To fill it, "more coffee is drunk here than anywhere in the world" Mellano said . For instance, he disputed the union's claim that Honda's assembly line is running at an abnormally high speed; Kinzer claimed that Honda's line is slower than those at almost all of General Motors' domestic assembly plants . The Costa Mesa-based house construction company reported nine-month net income of $12. 2 million compared with $7. 8 million for the same period of 1984 Sales were $174. 8 million compared with $136. 1 million. Necessary 'Trade-Off' "It will cost us about $1. 5 million to do this" he said, but the company viewed affordable housing as "a trade-off" necessary to get commission approval. Jordan, 20, who occasionally lived with his mother in a third, undamaged section of the building, was arrested and held without bail, charged with eight counts of murder, nine counts of arson, nine counts of risking a catastrophe and other charges, officials said Both fires began at about 2 a. m.
As such, they are symptomatic of the concern about oil prices that Vice President George Bush is expected to express during his current visit to Saudi Arabia . The Reagan Administration rejected the offer of an indefinite moratorium, saying it would not work The last U. S underground test was conducted March 22 . And it's the poor consumer who gets hurt" And Nancy Butler, vice president of communications for the National Assn . The appetizer invariably includes a small portion of caviar with egg and smoked fish, usually sturgeon . At the same time, potato consumption has dropped from 314 pounds a year per person to 242 pounds and bread from 360 pounds to 297 pounds-still a lot of bread and potatoes. Falling BodiesATHENS — A bomb planted in a piece of luggage exploded today on a TWA Boeing 727 flying at 11,000 feet over southern Greece, killing an American man, two women and a child who were blasted out of the plane, officials said.
Brian said he was not mistreated during his three-day ordeal "They showed kindness" he said "I had everything I needed-water, medicine . However, results of the six-week study from mid-July to mid-August found the highest levels of enterococcal bacteria occurring on Thursdays, rather than on Sundays, after relatively heavy use of the bay by recreational boaters . Doyle said that was not feasible because organizers raise nearly all operating funds through the sale of alcohol . To boost demand for commercial time, which since 1979 has nearly doubled in price to about $100,000 a half-minute, the networks began accepting individual 15-second spots, charging about $65,000 "It behooves us to try to add some more inventory . Ackerman, a sales representative for the California Lottery, had tried, not entirely successfully, to cover them with lottery posters and a box of promotional literature that were also in the back seat. Saturday, he told a black church breakfast in Torrance, "We are plagued with teen-age pregnancies that have risen to the point where it is devastating to our community" Later that day, he told a group of younger Democrats in Rialto, many of them supporters of Sen. The Filipino presence is especially strong in the community's churches.
Virginia in Doubt In addition, five more states are safe bets to join the bandwagon, Traeger said . Several corporate executives who turned down the county's request for money said in interviews that they found the project worthy but that their companies were already committed to other programs . He refused to budge even after company officials agreed to pay any fines that might be leveled at him and other non-honking delivery drivers . Peshawar has also been racked by a series of bombings, including one last week that destroyed a restaurant favored by rebels . 'Unanimity' About Action "At the end there was a unanimity as to our course of action" he said, although it was agreed that additional investigation was still necessary. Strobel, seeking a second term, has been running ads emphasizing her involvement in getting public restrooms built along Casino Way and rehabilitating others on the Pleasure Pier. Wilson would not disclose why the Los Angeles inquiry was launched, but said such inquiries usually focus on overcrowding and how that might hamper accessibility of inmates to their lawyers, relatives, law books and medical treatment Cats Keith Albee Theater .
Kochar's moniker is a bit much for teammates to handle-they call him K S or K-Man-but he has a firm handle on his golf game . Arcadia, on the basis of an initial environmental evaluation, decided that the project would not have a significant effect on the environment and an environmental impact report was not necessary . A Taiwanese cargo jet bound for Hong Kong landed in the southern Chinese city of Canton, and the pilot said he wanted to defect, the official New China News Agency reported . For want of a better name the people of Memphis dubbed the eyesore at their downtown doorstep Mud Island generations ago, a name that stuck It was always hoped flood waters would wash it downstream . 'It's an Unusual Ship' "It's an unusual ship" said Robert Smith, president of Pasadena-based Falcon Pacific Inc, which owns the Liberian-registered vessel. Consumer bills like Areias' measure tend to generate large campaign contributions from influential special interests that want to see the status quo maintained. One evening last week the Amen Wardy boutique in Newport Beach was filled with women who-like Nancy Reagan and Diana Ross-have been known to pay four-digit or even five-digit prices for perhaps the closest thing to haute couture that America has to offer: designs by James Galanos.
In a recent interview, Tom Evans, president of the Saddleback Faculty Assn, denied that the union's overall goal is to oust Chancellor Stevens . "I thought I'd get rid of him" But Van Gorp took naturally to being a baker . This is better than San Francisco" She and many others were particularly taken with Canada's pavilion, which features huge space sculptures that seem to move magically about a cavernous display room . Slides, in the marketing of major office buildings, became popular in the early 1980s, according to Ortiz, though in the late 1960s, Arco Plaza may have set the tone for the more sophisticated marketing style now prevalent . It said it will join with Pan Am and Trans World Airlines in setting up a fund worth $30 million to compensate people who paid for tickets on any of the three airlines after Feb. Busily strengthening their neck and back muscles to don these headdresses are Las Floristas mannequins Sandy Wessel, Lisa Bailey, Mary Richardson, Nina Field, Shirley Renick, Beth Lane, Pamela Markovitz and Christine Walters Judi Becket is producing the parade. Public opinion polls indicated that most French accepted this thesis.
On the seventh day of their emergency meeting, ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut combined production by 17, to 14 million barrels a day, in an attempt to halt the slide in world oil prices, which have fallen below $14 a barrel in the last three months . Operation Independence, a new, government-inspired private organization of Israeli and international business leaders formed to promote new investment here, has one working group whose sole mission is to promote increased sales of stock in Israeli companies on foreign markets . The fossil consists of a dinosaur-like skeleton that is basically reptilian, with teeth, a long bony tail, abdominal ribs and three digits on each hand . Laurel registered as a candidate for the presidency today, rejecting an offer by Corazon Aquino that he join her in a "grand coalition" against President Ferdinand E Marcos Laurel became the first major candidate to file for the Feb 7, 1986, election . Gay said the value of the library's entire collection was estimated at $69 million four years ago, but she, Southern California scholars and library patrons emphasized that the loss ranged beyond dollars. As the core of the city's 62-branch public library system, the Central Library housed a myriad of historical material as eclectic as old telephone books and as vital as a detailed index to books about the history of Los Angeles. "I think it was a very important and valuable piece of evidence" Massport attorney Robert Brintz said.
But if we get that kind of help, it would be great. SACRAMENTO — To Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, protecting the Democrats' majority in the Legislature's lower house in this year's elections is primarily a matter of money . Cook's specific findings are not expected to be released by city officials for another two weeks . Rice, 45, has been with the Electro-Mechanical Division for five years and is in charge of Advanced Systems . He said that because of the injunction in Huntington Park it "is doubtful if (seven-card poker) could be declared illegal at this time" adding that if it is permitted, "it only be authorized until a verdict is rendered" on its legality . Family walks are conducted by docent naturalists each Saturday at 9 a. m. While Beck liked to shoot from outside, he also treated himself to at least one slam-dunk a game.
The plan was enacted in early 1985 by the Hughes Aircraft board and approved by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, until now the sole owner of the aircraft company . On the other hand, the Iraqis have been able to convince public opinion that, whoever began the war, it is definitely the Iranians who insist on keeping it going . Kochar's moniker is a bit much for teammates to handle-they call him K S or K-Man-but he has a firm handle on his golf game . About 5,200 employees of the Ford Motor Co's Lorain, Ohio, assembly plant went on strike, protesting unsettled health and safety grievances . "The concentrated American barbaric air strike is continuing against populated and civilian quarters of Tripoli. Those who prefer to conserve their travel funds for Hong Kong's justly famous shopping and dining would do well to look into accommodations available at three YMCA-YWCA facilities.
In addition, voters will cast ballots for governor, other statewide officers, ballot propositions, the U. S . That agreement allowed the council to limit the hotel bed tax increase to 11, thereby winning the hotel operators' support of the expansion. . Although some of the toxins may have been spilled around the recycling plant site, it appears that most were harmlessly combined with other waste materials . Fording said that the only difference between seven-card poker and "the standard stud poker game is that in this game, all cards are dealt face down" Stud poker is also banned under state law. Rebuffing the California Bell Club's bid to up the ante in the lucrative gambling wars among casinos in Southeast area cities, the Bell City Council on Monday refused to permit two new card games to be played there . "People told us that they didn't want to hear about health because 'it nags you' So our goal became giving people a positive message instead. 23, 1982, crash that killed two people and destroyed the plane Massport claimed that pilot error contributed to the crash.