February 11, 1988

LEAD: WHEN people who now have children were children, there was no Terminator and no Dead Kennedys, no mention of condoms on sitcoms and no video cassettes. On ''The Ed Sullivan Show,'' the Rolling Stones had to change the words of ''Let's Spend the Night Together.'' Roman Catholics over 30 can remember when the Legion of

LEAD: The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Olympia & York Developments Ltd., two major real estate developers, yesterday joined the Campeau Corporation's bid for Federated Department Stores Inc., agreeing to provide a total of $660 million for the deal.

LEAD: Jennifer Levin's neck was compressed by a ''considerable force'' lasting at least 20 to 30 seconds and perhaps a minute or more, a pathologist testified yesterday.

LEAD: Commerce Secretary C. William Verity Jr. today declared Japan in violation of a moratorium on commercial whaling. A spokesman for Mr. Verity said the Secretary might recommend an embargo on imports of fish from Japan.

LEAD: Writing off the cost of a leisurely lunch at the Four Seasons in Manhattan or a night on the town as a business expense is still possible under the new tax law. So is the cost of hunting for a new job, going to night school or traveling to a midwinter convention in balmy Palm Beach, Fla. - provided a good business connection can be shown.