Reflections AFTER THE COLD WAR by Richard J. Barnet. REFLECTIONS about the end of the cold war. Japan has become the world's most successful trading nation, the world's greatest exporter of capital, the leading supplier of foreign aid, and the financier of the US budget deficit. A shift in resources from the military to invigorate education and to encourage...

The Theatre A CHRISTMAS MEMORY by Mimi Kramer.

Comment by William Finnegan. Writer tells how many politicians and public officials find it hard to conceive of a world without the Cold War. But they have found a new enemy to fill the void: drugs...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Prosperity by Alec Wilkinson. Talk story about a ceremony held in Queens the other morning to celebrate the opening of the new Citicorp building, the tallest building between Jackson Avenue and Boston. The event, which was attended by Mayor Koch and Mayor-elect Dinkins, took place on the 50th floor. Tells about the room...

Fiction Lantern Slides by Edna O'Brien. A birthday party in Dublin, Ireland for Betty, the jilted wife of a prominent man from the horse racing world, is full of celebrities and important people from many different fields. Miss Lawless, a more common type, is at the party by the invitation of her well-connected friend, Mr...

Letter from Washington by Elizabeth Drew. The most difficult question facing policymakers, in terms of all the sensibilities involved, is what is to become of Germany. Of course, the policymakers may end up having little to do with the answer to that question. The idea of a reunified Germany perturbs Gorbachev greatly--as he indicated in...

The Talk of the Town Diapers by Julie Salamon. Talk story about one of two diaper services left in Manhattan. It is run out of Piscataway, N.J. by Jack Mogavero whose company, the General Health Care Corp., delivers diapers in 13 states (the other, the Riteway Diaper Service, is based in Brooklyn. Writer accompanied deliveryman Tony Paratore who makes...

Letter from Europe by Jane Kramer. Writer tells about the vineyards of Burgundy, especially those of Armande Douhairet in the village of Montherlie. As she is single & has no relatives to whom she can leave her land there is much speculation about what will happen when the 83-year-old woman dies. Armande has 15...

The Talk of the Town Crocker by Guy Trebay. Talk story about Frankie Crocker, a black d.j. on radio station WBLS, whose local heyday was probably around 1975. He recently returned. Writer telephoned to congratulate him on his return and to ask what brought him back. He gave an elaborate reply making it seem like a holy mission. Writer...

Poetry The Triborough Bridge a Crown for his Head by Cynthia MacDonald. January day. Cold: bright vinegar rising clear...

Poetry Country Radio by Daniel Hall. It will be late (maybe too late, this worry...