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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States Saturday, March 21, 1998   Nixon's press paranoia Former President Richard Nixon was so paranoid about newsleaks that he once ordered one of his aides to "implement a theft" at the liberal Washington think-tank Brookings which, he believed, was holding some papers that could potentially show him in bad light.   The richest Russian Russia's media mogul, oil and automobile tycoon and former deputy secretary of the all-powered Russian Security Council Boris Berezovsky has, for the first time, publicly admitted that he is worth billions of dollars more than what he told the federal tax authorities. Last year, Berezovsky had declared that he earned $435,000 in 1996 and was worth only $38,521. Not about baseball The bitter personal battle between media moguls Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner for the soul of America's national sport ended in a resounding victory for Murdoch when fellow owners allowed him to take control of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. Charles and Camilla in public A new biography of Prince Charles to be published in time for his 50th birthday in November will focus on his extra-marital affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. The Daily Mail said Charles had given "tacit permission" for his friends to cooperate with the book's author Penny Junor, who is also a friend.   Dry law violators optimistic about reprieve For those languishing in prison after being arrested for violating the "dry laws", freedom was a far-fetched yearning. But there is a ray of hope, with news that Haryana will go "wet" next month. And the government is now keen on taking a lenient view of these undertrial "excise" cases. World Vignettes Titanic may be a block-buster to beat all, but the American Lung Association complains the Oscar-nominated movie sets a bad example for youth because leading lady Kate Winslet lights a cigarette as a sign of rebellion.     Simply, A Cut Above The Rest