21.   LAUSD Superintendent Ruben Zacarias said he has a contingency plan ready if test results expected by midweek show dangerously elevated toxic levels or if state agencies order it closed.

22.   Painting, as you might by now expect, is not much of a presence here.

23.   OXFORD HEALTH REPORTS LOSS Oxford Health Plans reported an operating loss for the first quarter, though the numbers were better than expected by analysts.

24.   Quarterly earnings per share were a penny or two below levels expected by analysts, said Bette Massick, a New York analyst with S.G. Warburg.

25.   The administration said it expects by early fall to publish final rules and to finish the industry-by-industry examination to establish benchmarks for minority participation.

26.   The central bank and government are now discussing timing and details, with a decision expected by the end of June, said a Finance Ministry spokeswoman.

27.   The decision, though largely expected by antitrust lawyers, was a setback for Netscape Communications Corp.

28.   The enemy, as you might have expected by now, wore big blue stars on the side of their helmets.

29.   The company said it expects by Tuesday to file documents stating how many of the shares the executives actually sold.

30.   The earnings of both La Tondena and Petron were higher than expected by analysts.