Comment by Jonathan Schell. The time has come to say something nice about Gerald Rafshoon. The ceremony that he and others devised for the signing on national television of the Camp David accords was a straightforward, dignified proceeding, which both reflected and magnified the meaning of the events. Rafshoon, of course, is Assistant to...

U. S. Journal WAY OF LIFE by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL: ON THE ROAD about the Wally Byam Caravan Club which offers owners of Airstream trailers more than a convenient way to travel: for retired people in their 60's and 70's, it offers a way of life. The late Wally Byam, founder of Airstream company, is said...

The Theatre JUSTICE AND JUSTESS by Brendan Gill.

Dance The Roses of Queens by Claire Nicolas White. Among the topless dancers...

The Talk of the Town Cleaning Madness by Mark Singer. Talk story about Virginia Habeeb, home economist and expert on home management, who spoke at the Plaza on the topic "New Methods to Old Cleaning Madness." Mrs. Habeeb has 4 basic steps for running your home. First Get Organized--make a list. Then Prioritize--arrange the items on your list...

The Current Cinema by Pauline Kael.

Fiction Too Good Is Unhealthy by Lou Myers. Story about the summer the narrator's mother spent in the Catskills at an old age hotel. The narrator drove her there with her friend, Mrs. Elkin. Both women were in their seventies. Ma wanted to stay at Segal's Hilltop Hotel, where lots of Yiddish actors stayed, but Mrs. Elkin refused...

Books by Helen Vendler.

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. At Bowie the Governor's Cup Handicap was won by Nasty and Bold, ridden by Jean-Luc Samyn, a 22-year-old from France...

Fiction Marriage by George Booth. Nine captioned drawings about marriage...

Comment by Suzannah Lessard. Like the bridegroom who gets mixed up and says "CONGRATULATIONS!" to a guest in the receiving line... the New York "Post" roared "WELCOME BACK!" in a banner headline on the first issue of the paper to come out since the strike began. The "Post" must have been feeling very tense...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Profiles CINEMATOGRAPHER by James Stevenson. PROFILE of Gordon Willis, cinematographer. Willis, who is in his forties, has worked on films such as "Interiors," "All the President's Men," "The Godfather," and "The Godfather, Part II." The cinematographer, or director of photography, does hot operate a camera. He designs every frame in a movie, making complex preparations...

The Talk of the Town Historian by Philip Hamburger. Talk story about interview with Barbara V. Tuchman, historian, whose new book "A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century," is destined for great success. The book focusses on Enguerrand de Coucy VII, whose experience spanned the age. Tuchman describes writing the book at her home in Cos Cob, and researching...

Letter from Moscow by Joseph Kraft. Agriculture shapes foreign policy. Four of the past six harvests in Russia have yielded less grain than the country consumes, forcing large imports, mostly from the U.S., which have to be bought with hard currency... The demand for hard currency is intensified by the slowdown of Soviet industry & its...

Fiction Concerning the Bodyguard by Donald Barthelme. Writer creates an atmosphere of conspiracy and violence by asking a series of questions about a bodyguard attached to a high government official in an unidentified country. In every part of the country, bottles of champagne have been put aside for a special day, evidently to celebrate the assassination of...

Poetry Museum of Cruel Days by Richard Hugo. It's not you, this dead long moan from the past...