Cover artist: R. O. Blechman Publication Date: January 2, 1978 Page Count: 64 pages In this issue:Profiles BIOLOGY WATCHER by Jeremy Bernstein. PROFILE of Dr. Lewis Thomas, 64, who for 37 years has done outstanding research in biomedicine. He is pres. & chief executive officer of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in N.Y., a hospital & important cancer-research laboratory. Since 1973 he has also been a prof. of medicine &... The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. Tells about an accident during the running of the Display Handicap. Cunning Trick, ridden by Cruguet, looked like the winner. In the stretch he stopped & then swung to the right, swerved and fell, throwing Cruguet. Three horses behind him fell too. Cunning Trick had snapped the cannon bone of... The Talk of the Town Speech by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a speech given by N.Y. Senator Daniel Moynihan in the Hayden Planetarium at the 106th annual meeting of the N.Y. Academy of Sciences. Dr. Alexander gave an address... The Talk of the Town Speech by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a recent visit to New York City by N.Y. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Tells about a speech given by him in the Sky Theatre of the Hayden Planetarium. The occasion was the 106th annual meeting of the N.Y. Academy of Sciences at which Dr. Charlotte Friend was... Letter from Washington by Richard H. Rovere. Pres. Carter hopes to slow down in this country and others the further spread of the technology for reprocessing spent uranium to yield plutonium, suitable for the fabrication of nuclear weapons. After his trip to Argentina and Brazil, Sec. of State Vance indicated that these two countries seem to be... Fiction Meanness Rising from the Suds by S. J. Perelman. Starting off with a reference to Rachel Gurney of Upstairs Downstairs, the author leads into the world of soap operas. After reading an article in American Film he is outraged by the realization that men in soap operas are all characterized in most unflattering terms. He decides to research the... The Talk of the Town Team by Jonathan Schell. Talk story about Neighborhood Police Teams. Tells about a testimonial dinner held by several block associations at the Maison Francaise of NYU for Sergeant Robert Crowley who is retiring from the New York City Police Dep't. For the past 6 1/2 years he has been commander for the 6th Precint... Comment by James Stevenson. Writer tells of watching a shabby old man on Columbus Ave. at 6 AM... The Theatre by Edith Oliver. The Talk of the Town Wien, Wien... by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a private party at the Cafe Fanny on the ground floor of the Biltmore Hotel the night before it opend. The Biltmore is a railway hotel in Grand Central Station. E.M. Frimbo, one of the guests, first reminisces about the old Men's Bar which until two years... Fiction Father's Last Escape by Bruno Schulz. The author tells a bizarre tale of his father's dying. It appears he had gone through the process several times already. In this particular death his father had turned into a crab or large scorpion. In his new state he begins to investigate the apartment anew by smell and touch... Poetry Incomplete And Disputed Sonatas by Howard Moss. After the plagues and the dispossessions... Poetry The Pain That Vision Cannot Heal by Jack Butler. Junk disappears by moonlight... Poetry Ice by William Logan. Men are walking on the harbor... |