What was going on when I was born?

The Pac-10 Conference, created 21 years ago from a nine-college league that bickered about and broke up over how to resolve a scandal involving payoffs to athletes, is trying to handle its latest scandal in a united and harmonious fashion.

A metal mirror, about two feet square, was stuck in white sand in gin-clear Caribbean water 30 feet from the surface. As I watched through my mask, a queen angelfish, a large, graceful swimmer of indescent blue and gold and orange and violet, glided past its reflection, slowly circled...

HIS third novel by Erica Jong is a literary prodigy. It reaches back to an earlier century for its very life: language, spirit and shape. "Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones" is over two centuries old.

A study examining possible discrimination by lenders in granting mortgages asserts that there is widespread discrimination against members of minority groups, but that discrimination against property because of its location, a practice known as redlining, is not as pervasive as community groups frequently allege it to be.

NEW DELHI, Aug. 16--New arson attacks, sniper fire and stabbings were reported overnight in the northern city of Moradabad as communal rioting continued in several widely separated Indian cities.

AFTER a long dry spell, venture capital is booming again, with funds now flowing steadily into old and new partnerships, fueling a spate of business startups and giving a shot in the arm to undernourished growth companies.

OCEANPORT, N.J., Aug. 16--Spectacular Bid, bigger in appearance, bankroll and stature than ever, made his first appearance in the East in 10 months a successful one today. He pulled away under mild urging from Bill Shoemaker in the final furlongs and won the $255,692 Amory L. Haskell Handicap at Monmouth Park.

MOUNT PLEASANT SUPERVISOR Michael L. Ro vello may not be able to see forever on a clear day from his office at Town Hall Plaza, but he can see down Columbus Avenue to Pepsico Inc. and up the avenue to the Inter...

WE sit around a table that is decked with wild flowers and candles, eight women in long skirts, sipping wine from coffee mugs. I have not known the others very long--we are summer...

GDANSK, Poland, Aug. 16--Shipyard workers whose walkout has paralyzed Gdansk, Poland's major northern industrial center, settled their strike today, their leaders reported. But they vowed to continue to occupy the Lenin shipyard here until Monday to support tens of thousands of other workers who are still off their jobs.

Mexico is a time machine. The Yucatan takes you back 1,500 years; the state of Morelos transports you to 1910 and the battles of Emiliano Zapata. Similarly, a two-day trip to the region called El Bajio, northwest of Mexico City, can transport you through the four centuries between the Spanish conquest and the Revolution.