The Talk of the Town Commencement 1973 by Francine du Plessix Gray. Talk story about the commencement address by Father Daniel Berrigan, to the 127th graduating class of Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. One reporter later asked, "Watergate? When a govt. has seized power so firmly, isn't it hard for the people to recapture it?" Father Berrigan answered, "Sure, and sometimes...

Fiction Lost by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The author at one time counselled readers for a Yiddish newspaper. Late one Friday, a man in his eighties, named Sam Opal, came to tell the author, who often writes of mysterious powers, about certain strange occurrences in his life. The man had studied in a yeshiva and left Russia...

Annals of Finance I-THE GO-GO YEARS by John Brooks. ANNALS OF FINANCE About the stock market in the 1960s Tells about the panic of 1970 & compares & contrasts it with the 1929 crash. Tells about the record losses incurred by Henry. Boss Perot, head of the Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems Corp., on Apr. 22, 1970, which amounted...

The Talk of the Town Secretariat by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a visit to Belmont Park last Saturday to watch Secretariat win the Triple Crown. A lady we know told of her day at the track. Three hours after the race she was at Gage & Tollner, the old Brooklyn restaurant having champagne cocktails & crabmeat Virginia. Despite...

Comment LETTER FROM MILAN by William Murray. Mention. Commenting on the swift disintegration of Milan's most famous & venerated monument, the cathedral, Colombo described the building as "seriously ill," and added, "Without the Duomo, Milan is no longer Milan. Any sacrifice (to save it) would seem tolerable." This emotional appeal was echoed in subsequent newspaper accounts of...

The Race Track Far Miss by G. F. T. Ryall. Magazine won the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park last Saturday. Magazine is owned by Max Gluck who races in the name of Elmendorf, his farm in Kentucky...

Fiction The Five Black Swans by Sylvia Townsend Warner. For several weeks five black swans had circled incessantly above the castle of Elfhame. It was nearly 2000 years since their last appearance: they were awaiting the death of fairy queen Tiphaine. In Elfin the succession is determined by the dying ruler, and the Head Archivist sat by the death...

Comment by Richard Harris. Comment about Pres. Nixon and Watergate. In the printed statement the Pres. released to the press a couple of weeks ago about Watergate, he said that in 1970 he recommended the creation of a central command, under White House supervision, to control all intelligence activities conducted by the federal govt...

The Current Cinema HOT AND COLD, GETTING COLDER by Penelope Gilliatt.

Poetry Postcard by John Fandel. The lightning lizards flicker...