CITY EDITION IN MAJOR FINDING, DRUG CURBS H.I.V. INFECTION IN NEWBORNS by Lawrence K. Altman "WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- A federally financed study has found that the drug AZT drastically reduces transmission of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, from infected mothers to their newborns, Government health officials said today." (p. A1,12) THE GOLD IN OUR HILLS by Robert Redford "SUNDANCE, Utah -- The West has always existed in the American imagination as part myth, a pure and unspoiled 'frontier.' Yet the unspoiled frontier is indeed a myth, merely a romantic notion, and hasn't existed for a long time. It has been savaged by mining, logging, grazing and the newest shovel on the block, real estate development." (OP ED p. A17) BOOKS OF THE TIMES: ONE MAN'S INFATUATION WITH THINGS JAPANESE by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt "On Familiar Terms: A Journey Across Cultures" by Donald Keene Illustrated. 292 pages. Kodansha International. $23 "A Westerner who is accepted by Japan's literary elite." (p. C17) COMPUTERS AND TELEPHONES PAVE A NEW PATH TO A COLLEGE DEGREE by Jon Nordheimer "TRENTON, Feb. 17 -- ...The computer at Edison runs a network that allows any student with a home computer, modem and telephone line, in this country or abroad, to enroll in classes, communicate with instructors and classmates, receive assignments, gain access to study materials and even pay fees." (p. B1,5) OBITS (p. D8) VITTORIO RIETI, PROLIFIC COMPOSER IN NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE, DIES AT 96 DEREK JARMAN, 52, OUTSPOKEN BRITISH FILM MAKER MARGARET LANE, 86, BRITISH WRITER ON BEATRIX POTTER AND THE BRONTES That's it. Robbin Murphy [log in to unmask]