Profiles DER ORDINARE by Harvey Sachs. PROFILE of Hans Deichmann, 82, a German industrialist, who was anti-Nazi. Writer begins by relating that in Mar., 1942 Hans was on his way to Rome as the new representative in Italy of the Armaments Ministry's chemical division. He had to make a detour to Auschwitz to arrange for...

Letter from Washington by Elizabeth Drew. The consequences of a reckless, if effective campaign pledge are now coming home to President Bush, the Republican Party, and the country. Bush's pledge not to raise taxes went from a salvation device in New Hampshire to the most memorable line in his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention--perhaps...

The Talk of the Town Miss Connecticut by Jane Stern. Talk story about Marlena Marshall, 25, Miss Connecticut 1989. Marshall is engaged by the Y.M.C.A. in Wilton, Conn., to appear at an antique show held in their parking lot. Marshall signs autographs while wearing her sash and crown. She points out that her position requires skills, such as knowing what...

Fiction Philostorgy, Now Obscure by Allen Barnett. Preston has been diagnosed with cytomegalovirus. He had knowns that he had AIDS for several years. He cleans junk out of his apartment, gives things away, sifts through memorabilia, and goes to Chicago to visit his old college friends, Roxy and Lorna. He tells them of his illness and they...

Comment by Nina Tumarkin. Comment about the celebrations surrounding the 45th anniversary of the Red Army's triumph over Nazi Germany. Writer arrived in Moscow a few days before the holiday and saw no signs of a propaganda extravaganza such as she had witnessed 5 years earlier at the May 9 40th anniversary. Nowadays, everyone...

Comment by Nina Tumarkin. A comment about Victory Day in Moscow. Writer heard a new text on the television service that every year mourns the war dead and celebrates the Party: "Let us free our hearts of anger and spite. Before their common grave, let us forgive one another. Everyone is equal in war...

Our Local Correspondents THE GIGLIO by Guy Trebay. OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS about the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Greenpoint's Italian North Side in Brooklyn, which involves moving a giglio through the streets. The giglio is a two-ton, six-story tower of wood and aluminum and plaster which is carried through the streets of Greenpoint's...

The Talk of the Town One-Wall by George Kalogerakis. Talk story about the national championships for one-wall handball, held on courts behind the New York Aquarium and between Surf Ave. and Coney Island beach. One-wall handball, as opposed to four-wall, is peculiar to Brooklyn and the Bronx. Gil Hendler has organized the championships for the past...

The Current Cinema SALESMANSHIP by Terrence Rafferty.

Books by John Updike.

The Talk of the Town Horowitz by Daniel David. Talk story about a posthumous Grammy Award being issued to Vladimir Horowitz. Last May, the board of trustees of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences voted to honor Vladimir Horowitz with its Grammy Lifetime Achievment Award. Naturally, the trustees hoped that Horowitz would be able to accept his...

Poetry Now That I Am Never Alone by Tess Gallagher. In the bath I look up and see the brown moth...

Poetry Crystal Ice Company by Karl Kirchwey. These grow beneath rusty plates, with brine...

Poetry Caterpillars by Emily Rechnitz. They are there the whole time...