NOTEBOOK.

Presents news briefs related to current political events involving the U.S. as of November 17, 1997. Information on the China policy of the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton; Decision of "Washington Post" ombudsman Geneva Overholser to castigate her own paper for putting an unflattering photograph of the 15-year old African American girl Kyisha Whitico on the front page; Publication of new works by members of the "New Republic," including "Real Politics: At the Center of Everyday Life," by Jean Bethke Elshtain.