Fiction Love Child by Edna O'Brien. Hickey works for a poor Irish family, he steals cabbages for them, he has drinking companions, is scandalized in the local paper, tends to the farm duties, and is paid little. He paid special attention to the writer, the family's youngest daughter, whose birth- he attended. He left Ireland, just...

Dancing Joffrey Jazz by Arlene Croce.

The Talk of the Town Rafael Kubelik by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about Rafael Kubelik, with whom the writer had a three-part chat. He is a fifty-nine-year-old Czech, and the first Music Director in the history of the Metropolitan Opera. He is a composer of operas and symphonies, has made innumerable recordings, and has conducted opera...

Annals of Industry CASUALTIES OF THE WORKPLACE I-SOME NONSERIOUS VIOLATIONS by Paul Brodeur. ANNALS OF INDUSTRY about asbestos as an occupational health hazard, as one of the major industrial causes of cancer. Tells about the shutdown & complete cleanup of Pittsburgh Corning Corp.'s Tyler, Texas, asbestos plant in spring, 1972. Quotes Anthony Mazzocchi, Legislative Dept. director of the Oil, Chemical, & Atomic...

The Talk of the Town Headquarters by Fred C. Shapiro. Talk story about the opening day ceremonies for the new Police Dept. headquarters at 1 Police Plaza - east of the Municipal Building. It served as an occasion for a revival of the city's annual Police Day and parade, which were abandoned, for some reason not now remembered, in 1931. Tells...

The Theatre A Black Rose by Edith Oliver.

Fiction Razzle-Dazzle In The Rib Room by S. J. Perelman. Parody of California-style detective story, inspired by a Beverly Wilshire Hotel advertisement in "The New Yorker" which mentioned the suede walls of their El Padrino Room. Story about Manny Tremayne, private investigator, who was hired by Sam Forthright, a hotel owner in Beverly Hills. Forthright complained that pieces of...

The Current Cinema UN-PEOPLE by Pauline Kael.

The Race Track Viva Riva Ridge by G. F. T. Ryall. The experiment to see if a lower tax on betting would bring relief to the strained financial condition of the New York Racing Association tracks began with Aqueduct's fall opening, the State Legislature having authorized a rollback of the take from the pari-mutuel pools from 17% to 14% until...

A Reporter at Large ON THE OLDPARK ROAD, BELFAST by Anthony Bailey. REPORTER AT LARGE about the Finiston Primary School on Oldpark Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is attended by Protestant lower-class children: 133 boys & 90 girls. Since the resurgence of fighting in 1969, Principal David Russell has been concerned about the shrinking student population; the brighter children--generally...

The Talk of the Town "Hold It!" by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about Professor Chen Man-ching, 72, the most celebrated instructor of Tai Chi Chuan in this country ( where he has been since 1964), and the practice of Tai Chi Chuan, itself. It is an ancient Chinese exercise, dating back to the late Sung Dynasty-- with its roots in...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. For nearly a decade, a question has been haunting our national life. It is whether the Republic will live or die... The Pres. has dismissed the man charged by Congress & the Att. Gen. with discovering any wrong-doing in the White House. The potential defendant fired the prosecutor and...

Poetry The Nine by Greg Kuzma. Of the senses there are nine...

Poetry Travel: A Window by Howard Moss. I think it's possible...