Comment by Suzannah Lessard. One morning recently at the N.Y.P.D. Midtown South Precinct we attended a OBig Apple BriefingO; to wit, a pep talk to police officers on the importance of tourists to New York. Mr. Charles Gillett, the president of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. spoke about the packaging and...

Fiction At Fumicaro by Cynthia Ozick. Frank Castle, a 35-year-old Catholic journalist, left N.Y. on an Italian liner and went to the Villa Garibaldi, in Fumicaro, Italy. He was attending a four-day religious conference called "The Church and How It Works." In his free time he planned to visit Rome and Florence, but...

Our Footloose Correspondents THE M&J SANITARY TORTILLA FACTORY by Gwyneth Cravens. OUR FOOTLOOSE CORRESPONDENTS about the M&J Sanitary Tortilla factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The M&J Sanitary Tortilla factory is the home of the Five-Hongo Burrito and winner of the PM Magazine TV show Ultra Supremo Burrito Rating for the State of New Mexico. Writer went...

The Talk of the Town Who Is Logan Evans? by William McKibben. Talk story about Logan Evans, a 23-year-old man of concepts, nicknamed King Trivia. One of his ideas involves a T.V. game show dealing with trivia questions. None of the networks have agreed to produce the show, so Logan Evans has taken his concept to Fifth Avenue, at Rockefeller...

Letter from Europe by Jane Kramer. When French President Francois Mitterrand decided to nationalize the banks in France, the biggest independent bank on the list was the Compagnie Financiere de Paris et des Pays-Bas, or Paribas. Using an astonishing "sleight-of-hand," Pierre Moussa, who ran Paribas, liberated the bank's subsidiaries so that they would...

Books by Naomi Bliven.

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Sweet by William McKibben. Talk story about G.D. Searle and Company, of Skokie, Illinois, which produces NutraSweet, the non-sugar sweetener that isn't saccharin...

The Talk of the Town Pothole by Kennedy Fraser. Talk story about potholing, or exploring antique mine workings and prehistoric caverns, which honeycomb the limestone in Yorkshire Dales. Chris Simpson and his friend Simon are often part of potholing teams. On the Continent it is called caving. Writer joined them and describes the land and villages they travel through...

The Current Cinema THE WOMAN QUESTION by Pauline Kael.

Fiction Recapitulation by Janet Nichols. Amelia is the chairwoman of Californians Against Nuclear Power. She organizes a demonstration to quietly express the group's disapproval of a nuclear power plant's operation. Her boyfriend Stephen, however, locks the main gate, preventing workers from entering. A riot ensues. Amelia's best friend, Spring, gets violent with a policeman. Stephen...

Poetry Before Nightfall by Kathryn J. Burt. Rain, and before nightfall/the first creek waters will wash...

Poetry The Spruce Has No Taproots Four Poems From Maine by Amy Clampitt. Cats, as a rule, don't take to travel/any better than the lobed...