The Sporting Scene THE PASSING YEARS by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about the 1978 Masters Golf Tournament, played at the Augusta National Golf Club. It was won by Gary Player. Writer begins by paying tribut to Bing Crosby, who died of a heart attack last Oct. 14th at 73. Describes his long association with golf; he founded the...

Fiction Eyes of a Blue Dog by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A man and woman meet every night in their dreams where they say to one another "Eyes of a blue dog." In this dream, the woman is warming her hands over a candle because the room is cold. The man can see what she is doing even when he is...

The Talk of the Town Million-Dollar Lunch by E. J. Kahn. Talk story about press lunch at the Four Seasons to announce that Toyota Motor Sales will give one million dollars to the U.S. Olympic Committee. They will also provide a fleet of Toyotas for American team officials at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. F. Don Miller and E. Newbold...

Comment by Suzannah Lessard. Comment about cultural differences between the South and the Northeast. A woman born and bred in the Northeast writes: Ever since Jimmy Carter's entry upon the national scene, I have been struggling with an uncanny sense of disorientation. I have no sense of him as a person; I don't know...

Fiction Wooden Nickels by Jane Mankiewicz. Anne goes to college in Madison, Wisconsin, during the late 60's and early 70's. Her father, back in New York, is a gambler and neglects the family. He and Anne's mother separate during her first year at school Anne meets Ben Davis in a health food restaurant. Ben...

Affairs of State by Richard H. Rovere. Special-interest groups dominate politics today. They are concerned with specific issues: equal-rights amendment, arms reduction, the environment, and so on. And, unlike the past, these groups are not protecting the rich & powerful, but are addressing themselves to timely issues. Often, the groups are concerned with a single...

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. Louis Wolfson's Affirmed, who was last year's best two-year-old, will race in the Kentucky Derby...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

Books by George Steiner.

The Current Cinema by Penelope Gilliatt. Review of "F.I.S.T.", a Norman Jewison film...

The Talk of the Town Show Biz by Mark Singer. Talk story about rehearsal for production of "Fiddler on the Roof" at Xavier High School, a boys' Catholic institution on West 16th St. Fr. William Lundy, assistant headmaster and moderator of dramatics, sees nothing unusual about a Catholic production of "Fiddler." Writer enjoys a recitation of names of chorus members...

The Talk of the Town David Sassoon's Coat by Kennedy Fraser. Talk story about theft of English Fashion designer David Sassoon's latest collection of clothes at the New York Hilton Hotel. Writer attends fashion show which should have included Sassoon where 14 British designers showed their garments. After announcing Sassoon's misfortune, there was a burst of music for the one garment...

A Reporter at Large MATTHEW AND MARIE by Anthony Bailey. REPORTER AT LARGE about problems faced by an engaged couple in Northern Ireland; she is Catholic and he is Protestant. Both work at a hospital in Belfast. The indications and effects of violence are ever present; headlines of assassination and terrorism; patrolling Land-Rovers manned by flak-jacketed soldiers, weapons...

Poetry Elegy for My Sister by Howard Moss. 1 Getting out of bed one day, you broke Your leg simply...

Poetry Piazza S. Egidio, 9 by Brian Swann. Signer Ferrenti is deaf and therefore whispers...

Poetry Young Owls by Brendan Galvin. Now crows mill blackly above them...