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Focuses on the role of the press in influencing public opinion in the U.S. Opinion that the great influence of the press on public opinion concerning the principal issues of foreign and domestic postwar planning was shown in a study recently undertaken in New York City; Formation of newspapers to influence their readers not only by the attitudes expressed on various questions, but also by the amount of information released on different aspects of postwar planning; Argument pertaining to the ideological differences of various newspapers in the U.S.; treatment of headlines by several newspapers and their influencing role on public; Display of a chart, which shows the attitudes of New Yorkers toward different domestic and international postwar problems, by newspapers read and by the percentage of readers expressing an opinion.

The author comments on the antipathy of the New York Times newspaper towards the New York Yankees baseball team. After New York Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone hit one of the most memorable home runs in the storied history of the franchise, the editors of the New York Post made an embarrassing mistake. The Post's printers accidentally received an editorial written for publication in the event of a Yankee loss to the Boston Red Sox in this year's American League Championship Series. The New York Times, a perennial target of the conservative Post, highlighted the error under the smug headline "Memo to the post's editorial page: it isn't over till it's over." That was a brazen move on the part of the Times. The Times had deliberately published an editorial ten days earlier rooting against the home team in favor of its most hated rival. I understand that the Times is a national newspaper and has aggressively cultivated a readership outside of the tri-state area, where Yankee hatred is practically a religion. But, if the Times' newfound enthusiasm for the Red Sox was simply a craven pander, expect it to backfire. I suspect the paper's antipathy to the Yankees is due to the Yanks being rich and powerful. The Times, with its tradition of skepticism toward money and power, is naturally repulsed.

In this article the author discusses the emergence of sections of newspapers devoted to fashion and the consumption of luxury goods in newspapers, focussing on the "Thursday Styles" section of "The New York Times." The author profiles and criticizes the most prominent writer of that section, Alex Kuczynski. The "Thursday Styles" section over-emphasizes extremely expensive merchandise and the author argues that the section is a vehicle designed to carry advertising aimed at the very wealthy.

Presents reflections on the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Details about an emergency center set up by Cantor Fitzgerald LP for families of its employees; Description of how people were searching for persons missing in the collapse of the World Trade Center; Hope of families that loved ones who were missing were still alive; Reaction of Howard W. Lutnick, chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, to the deaths of his employees.

If Richard Grasso was the obvious villain in last month's upheaval at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair William Donaldson was the unsung hero. After all, Grasso's obscene compensation package might never have come to light if Donaldson had not requested in March that the heads of the country's stock exchanges review their management structures.Early this year, almost immediately after taking the reins from Harvey Pitt--whom the press had roundly vilified for taking a soft approach on Enron and WorldCom--Donaldson began quietly but forcefully reforming the agency and going after a whole range of hitherto-ignored industries. When Bush announced in December that Donaldson would be taking over the SEC, the country's papers and industry observers were almost uniformly skeptical. With Congress's support secure, Donaldson has proceeded to focus on issues that Pitt had largely ignored: corporate governance, stock exchanges, executive compensation, and hedge funds. And, while many saw April's $1.4 billion settlement between the SEC and ten investment banks as insufficient (Senator Charles Grassley called it "half a loaf"), Donaldson made it clear that the deal was only the beginning of reform in the investment community and that more enforcement actions would be forthcoming if the banks didn't imbibe his reform message.

The article discusses the treatment of low-income families of color by the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS). Topics include the confusion of poverty with child neglect, the history of child welfare administration in relation to child protection and family preservation, and the placement of children into foster care.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Criticism of the U.S. foreign policy with reference to articles by Robert W. Tucker; Insight into the contradiction in the analysis of the Central American turmoil by Robert W. Tucker; Justification regarding the reconstruction of the Beaumont Theater in New York City.

Focuses on the results of special Congressional election held in Bronx, New York City. Information on the number of votes obtained by candidates of different political parties; Role of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in the election; Discussion of different political parties in context of the election; Information on the standing of the American Labor Party (ALP) in the election; Comment that things that worry American people are inflation and war.

The article discusses the role that derivatives played in the U.S. financial crisis and the failure of the U.S. Congress to regulate derivatives. The insurance corporation American International Group (AIG) lost billions of dollars by using a type of derivative referred to as a credit default swap (CDS). Wall Street corporations have blocked meaningful financial regulations that would protect the U.S. market from major losses due to unregulated transactions involving derivatives.

Reflects on the grief of Americans following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Information on the relief work which is in full swing in the U.S.; Ways in which people in Israel mourn, including declaring a day of mourning after the attacks; Information on how grief was expressed by people in Europe; Description of the trauma experienced by Americans; Details about offering of prayers for the deceased.

The article presents the author's assessment of renovations made to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. The re-opening of the Museum of Modern Art is exhilarating and dismaying in almost equal proportions. The museum, which has spent more than $400 million on a renovation and expansion so vast that it amounts to a whole new building, has surely found the right man for the job. Yoshio Taniguchi, MoMA's architect, brings an opulent delicacy to this daunting project. The artists and the museum-goers whom I know want this renovation to work--they want MoMA to shimmer--precisely because so many of them grew up in the Museum of Modern Art and there discovered what excellence was, and now they know how desperate is the need for a place where a new generation can go and grapple with questions of quality. The disjunction between the museum's classic collections and the business that it does in contemporary art is now more pronounced than ever before. With his subtle re-imagining of the Museum of Modern Art, Yoshio Taniguchi has shown us what the monument can look like, but his makeover has also given a new lease on life to the museum's by-now-inveterate status as an aging hipster with some life left in it yet.

Offers a look at journalist Michael Wolff, formerly the author of the "This Media Life" column for "New York" magazine. Role of Wolff as a reporter who exposes the gossip and corruption in New York mass media companies; Report that Wolff won a National Magazine Award in 2002 and 2004 for commentary; Focus of Wolff on national politics from a liberal standpoint; Reference to the book "Autumn of the moguls : my misadventures with the titans, poseurs, and money guys who mastered and messed up big media," by Wolff; Discussion of Wolff's personality; Role of Wolff as a reporter at "Vanity Fair" magazine.

Reviews the art exhibition 'Art of the First Cities,' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Discusses an exhibit of Leonardo Da Vinci's artwork at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Details on 'Leonardo Da Vinci: Master Draftsman' which is at the museum until March 30, 2003; Other paintings which appear at the exhibit.

The 'Matisse Picasso' exhibition has now arrived at the United States Museum of Modern Art after packing in the crowds at Tate Modern in London, England and the Grand Palais in Paris, France. You can see that John Elderfield and Kirk Varnedoe, curators with the Museum of Modern Art, and the four other curators from England and France who collaborated on 'Matisse Picasso' were delighted with their vision of psychodrama among artistic giants. Six curators in search of two artists, a multinational curatorial entity that was in some sense pre-empted by the art historian Yve-Alain Bois, who organized 'Matisse and Picasso,' a show with a very similar theme that made a sour impression at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas in 1999.

Focuses on the progress of an architectural competition for rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York City. The live television and radio coverage of the December press conference, which was held in the recently restored Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, across the street from Ground Zero, allowed the general public a rare opportunity to witness how architects make their pitch.Daniel Libeskind's intense, theatrical proffer quickly cut to the emotional heart of the matter, beginning with his tale of arriving by ship in New York harbor as the son of Holocaust survivors, awed by the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline like generations of grateful immigrants before him. Though all the new Ground Zero proposals in one way or another demarcate the footprints of the Twin Towers, Libeskind's design is by far the most dramatic evocation of the disaster. As could have been foreseen, Norman Foster's scheme was technologically proficient, environmentally sensitive, sleekly finished, structurally logical, and more than a bit cold, a deficiency that he effectively countered with his persuasive presentation. If one predominant theme emerged from the presentations, it was not gardens in the sky or footprints on the ground, but immense--not to say insane--height. Five of the schemes would be taller than the World Trade Center, and four of them, including Libeskind's and Foster's, would become the tallest buildings in the world. The alternative to a gargantuan approach was laid out in the concept advanced by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Other designs.

Presents information related to the political developments in the U.S. Comments on the electoral victory of Republican candidate Mario Cuomo in New York gubernatorial primary; Focus on Republican candidate Lewis Lehrman; Budget deficits in the U.S. during the tenure of President Ronald Reagan; Requirement of the deregulation of the labor market.

Looks at a 15-year experiment with public and private cooperation on economic development projects in New York City's Harlem in light of United States President Bill Clinton's proposals for so-called third way antipoverty programs. History of the idea, and impact of previous U.S. programs, including the Harlem Urban Development Corp.; Obstacles to development in Harlem; Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone and commercial development.

Reports that Starrett City is a federally subsidized housing project in New York City, which has achieved racial integration through a policy of discriminating against African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans. Comment on the occupancy policy of limiting African American and Hispanic tenants to 40 percent of the total; Dilemma associated with the future of Starrett City in context of the politics in New York.

Analyzes the decline of New York City as a vital arts center during the 1980s. Past glories of the city's arts community; Comparison with the decline of other major arts centers worldwide; Factors that have contributed to the decay of the fine-arts tradition in American schools; Negative impact of society's view of art as a commodity; Current art scene in New York.

This article presents news including rising property tax in the United States, efforts made by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to curb the use of New Yorkers using drugs in the city, and the system of wage and price controls, which has been largely dismantled by efforts made by United States President Richard Nixon.

Focuses on the socio-economic conditions in the world. Invalidation of the New York State Minimum Wage Law for women by the U.S. Supreme Court after Justice Owen J. Roberts casted his vote against it; Victory of Spanish Government over Italian divisions on the Guadalajara front, which sowed the seeds of international war; Development of the crisis between the Catholic Church and dictator Adolf Hitler regime in Germany; Chances for ratification of the child-labor amendment seem smaller than ever as it has been rejected by the legislatures of Nebraska and Connecticut; Decision of Indian nationalists to boycott the new Constitution by not undertaking the responsibility of setting up provincial governments; Eruption of problems as the United States granted independence to the Philippines; Criticism of the press as it greeted the activities of groups favoring the Spanish loyalists; Examination of an airplane accident that happened in the U.S.; Victory registered by prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey in his series of cases against New York City racketeers; Description of operas as uneconomical from the perspective of any nation's economy; Statistics charted out by the Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts showing a marked shift in the field of major interest of students.

Focuses on various socio-economic conditions in the world. Solution to control the wave of inflation sweeping the U.S. economy; Reduction of prices in industries like rail and railroad equipment in order to boost the capital expenditures; Description of special taxes on stock transfers, taxes on the gross profits of brokers, and other imposts directed against savings banks, insurance companies, public utilities and even taxicab riders by New York City; Repugnance shown by everyone except the students of Cuba against the present government headed by the Cuban President Grau San Martin; Account of Austria that has already reached that preparatory stage of fascism in which emergency decrees take the place of liberties and constitutional rights; Rescue of two African Americans from lynching by the Dallas, Texas police on Labor Day after their confession of murdering a white girl and seriously wounding her escort; Amelioration of agricultural and industrial production of the Soviet Union; Threat of the spread of unauthorized strike as the Frick coal mines, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel failed to sign the code and recognize the union; Analysis of various federal power project with emphasis on Muscle Shoals.

Focuses on the deterioration in the burgeoning art of architecture in the United States with emphasis on examples cited from various buildings. Accentuation of the vertical lines: bands of brown and black brick connecting the windows, alternating with bands of white brick, for the solid wall in the case of the Daily News Building in New York; Description of Boston, Massachusetts that will soon have the distinction of possessing two modern stations, for though the exterior of the South Station remains unchanged, the old smoke hall-- or train shed--has been supplanted by covered platforms which permit the smoke to escape and shelter only the passengers; Examination of the Bonwit Teller Building that reveals that modern architecture is no more dependent upon the skyscraper for its success than it is dependent on the subway; Footsteps left by the Squibb building in the sand of modernism in terms of color; Definition of modernism in the context of culture.

Examines Rudy Giuliani's activities since leaving the New York City mayor's office in 2002. Giuliani, who earned millions with a book, on the lecture circuit, and with his consulting practice favoring big companies facing serious public relations problems; Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which turned Giuliani into a beloved political celebrity; Purdue Pharma, maker of the painkiller OxyContin, which employed Giuliani Partners when facing stricter federal regulation after reports that its misuse as a narcotic had caused hundreds of deaths.

Reports on charges of perjury, abuse of power and hypocrisy against New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who is running for the Senate. Opinion of William Safire, writer from the newspaper, "The New York Times," that Giuliani should drop from the Senatorial race; Investigation of Giuliani's relationship with his former communications director, Cristyne Lategano; Attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy about Giuliani's political vulnerability.

Describes the youth and students of Brooklyn, New York City as of November 1962. Reason for asserting that Murray Kaufman, a disc jockey, is could become the school superintendent of New York; English language usage among students of New York; Knowledge of the students on current political issues.

Presents information on political campaign of Senator George McGovern in New York City. Information on security arrangements for his campaign; Problems in the campaign of McGovern; Overview of the popularity of McGovern among various communities in the city; Analysis of his chances of victory.

Focuses on a court trial of several communists that took place in the United States Court House in New York City, which was titled as Foley Square. Description of the court room where the famous trial took place; Altercation between the judge and the defense counsel, which has made the trial popular; Repetitions of objections raised by the defense counsel in the trial; Efforts of the defendant's counsel to prove their arguments which were rejected by the judge; Testimony of Celanese Corp.'s foreman Charles W. Niodemus and newspaper editor John Gates in the trial; Allegation on the communists that they sought maps of the Celanese Corp. plant for sabotage purposes.

Presents an account of the practice of racketeering that has become an inalienable part of the business in the U.S. Investigation into various labor policies revealed that business prefers racketeers; Use of racketeers in the times of labor strikes; Criticism of Jake Wellner, business agent of a Brooklyn painters' union, a practitioner in the profession of business unionism, and now under indictment for extorting $300 from a contractor to call off a strike; Illustration of racketeering phenomenon in a variety of New York industries, the retail clothing industry, with its large and small neighborhood stores, the enormously profitable restaurant and cafeteria industry; Plight of anti-racketeering clements in the International Union of Operating Engineers with a sinking feeling of almost complete hopelessness; Control of Patrick J. Comerford, Tammany lieutenant in the labor movement over the International Union of Operating Engineers; Dismissal of protesting members without trials by Comerford; Trial showed that in addition to his union salary of $200 a week and expenses, Comerford received $75 a week from one non-union hoisting company and sums ranging from $2,500 to $7,000 from contractors as the price of settling labor disputes; Account of the resolution that was passed at the Atlantic City, New Jersey convention that determined measures have to be taken to eradicate every sign of racketeering, corruption and gangsterism in the labor movement.

Presents various letters to the editor on articles and topics discussed in previous issues and on various political and social developments in New York City. Demonstrations of the White Guard émigrés in New York City against the recognition of the Soviet Union by the U.S.; Conduction of a one-man show in honor of painter Edward Hopper by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; Expectations from the writer of the article "We Do Our Part" that she would visit and write an article about the women who in these distressing times are bending every energy to do their part and keep their homes and their children together.

Responds to some students who have written to the author regarding the morality of Mark Van Doren's dismissal from the faculty of Columbia University in New York City. Belief that the students should not remain anonymous in their protestations against Van Doren's dismissal; Consideration of the arguments put forward by students in support of Van Doren; Condemnation of the students for not revealing their identity in their letters; Plight of teachers during their tenure in an educational establishment; Urge of the author to students to reconsider their arguments; Discussion of morality; Defense of the trustees of Columbia University.

Presents the socio-economic conditions of the world with emphasis on the U.S. economy. Effect of U.S. President Herbert C. Hoover's anti-depression plan on the international moratorium; Depiction of Hoover's plan as a plan used to stop the flooding of the market with securities and to give bank relief; Announcement of Indian leader of independence Mahatma Gandhi that he is willing to visit the United States, at the conclusion of the London, England round-table conferences on Indian independence; Account of anti-Gandhi campaigns that will follow on Gandhi's arrival in New York; Recommendations of U.S. adviser W. Cameron Forbes to the native government of Haiti on the issue of amelioration of Haiti's economy; Assessment of the U.S. policy meant for the welfare of Caribbean island, Porto Rico (Puerto Rico); End of the publishers' price war with beneficiary results on the U.S. economy.

Comments on various political development in the United States and other countries. Election prospects of Herbert Hoover; Hoover's speech on foreign trade; Description of the Anglo-French naval agreement in the English press; Selection of Chiang Kai-Shek, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army, as president of the Nationalist government of China; Illiteracy in China; Voyage of the Graf Zeppelin; Deaths from alcoholic poisoning in New York City; Platform of the Republican Party.

Presents reflections on terrorist attacks in New York City at the World Trade Center. Description of the attacks by tenants in an apartment building; Actions of the police during the attacks; Creation of an armed perimeter around the entire area by the police; Description of people escaping from the attack on foot; Loss of fire fighters and police officers in the destruction of the towers.

Presents reflections on the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Treatment of Arab-Americans by those who were angry about the attack; Description of the cityscape and the destruction of the Trade Center towers; View that the absence of the towers is a symbol of absolute evil.

Discusses the machines and waiting systems in the U.S. Information on a waiting system in banks; Benefits of the machines for people in the U.S.; Details on the waiting system in the New York Public Library; Argument that every day between clamoring and rushing people pour enormous amounts of energy into waiting, as the machines and systems demand.

Comments on the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center project in New York. Controversies which hounded the project over 14 years; Description of the completed convention center; Views on the convention center construction boom in the U.S.; Comments on the economic impact of convention centers; Estimate by the officials that the Javits Center will bring a billion new dollars to New York next year.

Examines socio-political conditions in the U.S. Focus on the bigwigs associated with the press as they assemble at the annual meetings of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, in New York; Inspiration drawn from Frank B. Noyes, the dominating head and factor of all Associated Press gatherings; Criticism of Charles G. Dawes who headed the Commission, which drew up the Dawes Plan for German reparation payments to Europe after World War I; Appointment of Thomas F. Woodlock to the Tariff Board by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.

Focuses on the mayoralty campaign in New York City. Importance of the election in the wake of the ongoing Second World War; Report that election is a part of the increasing war of the present times between a militant democracy on the one hand, and on the other the forces of hatred, of acquiescence in injustice, of political inefficiency and corruption, which play into, the hands of the Nazis; Major aspects of the election campaign; Hatred for Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, of groups such as: America Firsters, Lindberghites, Bundists and Christian Fronters, etc.; Proposition of German Dictator Adolf Hitler that the U.S. is so heterogeneous that its disintegration and conquest will be an easy inside job; View that New York City is the testing ground of this proposition; Dilemma of the Republican and Democratic Parties in New York; Issue of the efficiency of the local government; View that the people should see this battle in the democratic interests of the country.

Presents information on political conditions in the U.S. Discussion on sidetracking Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt and naming Owen D. Young as the new Democratic presidential candidate; Prediction that Roosevelt will get the nomination unless he will destroy himself by a false step in the Tammany business; Formation of a strategy to fight against the change in the party by various governors.

Presents the crisis shrouding the American theater because of defective legislation and the rise of other modes of mass entertainment, and the measures taken to sort out the solution. Trickery employed by managers as they reduce the output and expenses of the laborers, even cutting their wages; Competition waged by the moving picture houses that is chiefly responsible for diminishing public in the theater; Wave of hostility faced by the theater as legislation in many parts of the country censor the drama and make the production of plays unusually hazardous and unprofitable; Measures taken to safeguard the interest of the American theater as the authorities set up an organization called the American Theater Board (ATB); Enrollment of members for ATB from three groups--the producing managers, the actors and the playwrights; Inspiration gained from the success of the New York Theater Guild that succeeded in developing an income from subscriptions.

Presents quotes from various publications related to political and social events that took place around the world. Response of Francis E. McMahon, a liberal catholic internationalist, on the accusations made against him; Report from "The San Francisco Chronicle," states that British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill's statement in London, that he expects heavy fighting in, Europe next year caused a moderate rally in the New York stock market; Comments of Ronald A. McEachern, published in the newspaper "Financial Post,"the attitude of Canadians towards Americans.

Presents news items related to social and political developments in the U.S. Argument that Sidney Unger of New York City is the latest in an interminable line of hecklers who wonder why one does not devote more if not all of the magazine to consumer cooperation; Comment of Frank T. Wilson, a liberal Protestant of New York City on the virtues of Catholicism; Affirmation of Ernest Hemingway to become co-chairman of the Committee of 100 Sponsors for the conference to be held in Washington, March 2 and 3, by the Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born.