The Talk of the Town Names by William McKibben. Talk story about Anspach Grossman Portugal, who are in the business of advising other business companies how to upgrade their image and identity. The founder of the firm, Russell Anspach, explained that their distinctive decor was the result of careful conceptualization. More companies than in any other six-month periodN538Nchanged...

Comment by William McKibben. There have been years and years for "moral" arguments against U.S. involvement in Central America, but now that American troops and arms are making their way to the region, it seems that the time for moral arguments is past. Many in the Reagan Administration look as if they would like...

Fiction Lofty by Ann Beattie. Kate remembers back to her marriage to Philip, when they lived in a house that belonged to Philip's great-aunt. When they decided to part, they agreed that it was silly not to stay on until the lease was up at the end of the summer. Philip's young daughter Monica...

The Talk of the Town Postcard by William Franzen. Talk story about the Metropolitan Postcard Collectors monthly meeting at the Prince George Hotel on E. 28th Street the last Friday night in July...

A Reporter at Large II-THE LAW OF THE SEA by William Wertenbaker. REPORTER AT LARGE about the concluding sessions of the Third U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea, which ended last December. The treaty produced by the conference was sometimes called "a constitution for the oceans," and it covers all peaceful human uses of them. Among the new entities the...

The Talk of the Town Vacation Days by James Stevenson. Talk story giving an impressionistic view of vacation days, divided into six sections: En Route, Dawn, Family, Beach, Fog and A Harbor Full of Sailboats. Mentions three young soldiers, sleeping children & adults, brothers &sisters and a large young man with Down's syndrome...

Fiction The Red Girl by Jamaica Kincaid. Writer remembers her childhood on the island of Antigua in the West Indies. She stole objects and hid them under her house. One day, she was throwing stones at a tree to knock down a guava, when a girl climbed the tree to get one. The writer had never seen...

The Current Cinema ANYBODY HOME? by Pauline Kael.

Books Turgenev by V. S. Pritchett.

Our Far-Flung Correspondents by Anthony Hiss. Writer goes to the San Juan Mountains area of Colorado to help put up a plaque honoring New Yorker writer and railroad buff Rogers Whitaker. Writer and Rogers' brother take a train up Cumbres Pass to install the plaque and scatter Rogers' ashes. Tells about Rogers' interest in trains, and...

The Talk of the Town Preview by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about attending a preview before the opening of the new Rouse Company Fulton Market at the South Street Seaport. This preview was attended only by cabdrivers and bus-drivers. It was called the Transportation Preview Event. From 6:30-10:30, the writer walked up and down the Seaport blocks of...

Poetry The Return: Intensive Care by Sydney Lea. I felt for the button...

Poetry The Garden on the Campagna by Dana Gioia. NoonNand the shadows of the trees...