Dancing The Return of the Shades by Arlene Croce.

Comment by Lillian Ross. Many kinds of signs were carried by the seven hundred and fifty thousand demonstrators for nuclear disarmament last week, and many kinds of groups got into the act. Lists signs and decades they were the echo of; eg., 1970s: "All We Are Saying is Give Peace a Chance," 1960s: "We...

Fiction A Figure of Speech by Tess Gallagher. An unnamed woman, who tells the story, is married to Leonard, a reformed alcoholic. They live in a house in Tucson, Arizona, but are soon moving to Dallas, because Leonard has been promoted. Dan, a local city park worker, is helping the couple get their house in shape. A year...

Fiction After a Fall by Garrison Keillor. Humor piece about writer's experiences with falling. Recounts falling down his front steps in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the ensuing embarrassment he felt because a woman jogger saw it happen. Explains the hardships he and his son endure because they are both tall. Walking through a crowded room becomes a...

A Reporter at Large A SPORTY GAME / II-TURBULENT by John Newhouse. REPORTER AT LARGE about the marketing, use, and safety of commercial aircraft. From the mid-1960s until the late 70s, when Europe's Airbus Consortium became a force, only 6 companies--5 of them American--were judged to be bona-fide competitors in the world market. These were Boeing, Douglas (now...

The Theatre Off Broadway by Edith Oliver.

Musical Events Serious Matters by Andrew Porter.

Books Thomas Mann by V. S. Pritchett.

The Talk of the Town Alex and the Awards by Lillian Ross. Stanley Talk story about the 36th annual Antoinette Perry ("Tony") Awards produced by Alexander H. Cohen. Describes the activity at the Imperial Theatre, site of the televised Tonys, a few hours before the ceremony. The theme of the show was the History of the Imperial. Describes dress rehearsal. Cohen's wife...

Sketchbook by Elizabeth Drew. A REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. about the Reagan Administration's preoccupation with public-opinion polls and appearances, and about the defeat by the House of the budget resolutions. Reagan's aides talked openely about the theatrical possibilities of Reagan's trip to Europe. Reagan has shown up poorly on polls about his nuclear...

The Talk of the Town Unexpected by Mark Singer. Talk story about Drew Klotz's red, twelve-foot sculpture of welded steel in the plaza in front of the Cooper Union. Writer discusses the showing of student work covering seven floors of the school. Talks to Kyna Leski, a student, about her architecture project...

Poetry Police Sift New Clues in Search for Beauty by Vickie Karp. Outside the precinct, the continents sway...