Cover artist: Charles Saxon Publication Date: November 27, 1971 Page Count: 188 pages In this issue:Comment by Jonathan Schell. The 1960s, a period that lasted from about 1962-1969, was a time of demonstrations. Above all, there was the Vietnam war itself. A couple of weeks ago, on Nov. 6th, we went to Central Park's Sheep Meadow to see the most recent anti-war demonstration. Not only was the crowd... The Theatre THE CRY by Brendan Gill. Fiction Game Plan by Don DeLillo. Writer describes a football game between his team and that of the West Centrex Biotechnical Institute. He describes the kickoff, several scenes of play, his team's defense, conversation between players during the game, a hurt player, and the scene in the showers after the game... Fiction The Wanderers by Robert Henderson. A man, who is nearly 50, loses his job and decides to leave home. His message to his wife merely says she must not worry but does not tell his destination He goes to London first, then to Paris, then to Rome. In each place he assumes a different name... Comment by Richard Harris. Sen. John L. McClellan, Dem. of Ark., recently used the Op-Ed page of the "Times" to express his approval of the nominations of Lewis F. Powell, Jr., & Wm. H. Rehnquist to the Supreme Court & to justify his own view of the Court's proper role in our society... A Reporter at Large NORTH COUNTRY LUCK by Burton Bernstein. REPORTER AT LARGE about Essex County, N.Y., in the Adirondacks. Describes the physical aspects of the area--mountains & lakes. Tells about the hisory: Indians used the area for hunting & fishing; the explorer Samuel de Champlain was in 1609 the first white man in the area; settlers farmed, cut... The Talk of the Town Meeting by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a Columbia Records Singles Meeting at the C.B.S. building. During this weekly meeting, copywriters, production managers, & executives listen to the single records that are about to be released, & report on the progress of the singles & albums that are already in the marketplace. Clive Davis... Musical Events by Winthrop Sargeant. Profiles BLUE CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK by E. J. Kahn. PROFILE of Stewart Rawlings Mott, 33-year-old philanthropist with an income of more than one million dollars a year. His father, Charles Stewart Mott, is the senior director of General Motors Corp., & owns stock worth over $300 million. Since 1966 Stewart has lived in N.Y.C. His two main... Books by L. E. Sissman. The Current Cinema Winging It by Pauline Kael. Review of "Billy Jack". Tom Laughlin plays the title role. He and his wife, Delores Taylor, made this picture together. They wrote it and produced it jointly; he was the director... The Race Track Autumn Haze by G. F. T. Ryall. At the Keeneland Sales, Elliott Burch, acting for the Rokeby Stable, gave $160,000 for a six-year-old mare by Ambiorix... Poetry Two Brazilian Poems by Vinicius DeMoraes. In the cemetery of Childhood... Poetry Aubade by Seamus Heaney. My children weep out the hot, foreign night... |