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km cm wmz ADIDAS AND THE SINGLE BOY To the company that handles its sportswear products in the U.S. LIBCO in Springfield, N.J. Adidas is named after its German founder, Adi Dassler. But my teenaged son Tom 3 mi somewhat sheepishly told me what Adidas mm means in the circles in which he travels: It is an acronym for "All Day I Dream About Sex." Edward A. Jardlm IS 1 dm THE EARS HAVE WALLS HEAVEN CAN WAIT On my regular ride on the train to Manhattan one Thursday morning, the conductor suddenly shrieked a panic-filled message over the public-address system.

Most of the words were lost in static, but the message was all too clean ahead loss of power. Motorman, please cut your speed." But instead of slowing down, the train picked up "What's this motorman trying to do?" I wondered. "Does he have a beef with the conductor? Is he playing the ultimate game of chicken?" My ride of terror seemed interminable. But the train pulled into Queens Plaza with no trouble. The public-address system sounded up again.

The conductor's voice, sardonic and doleful this time, announced: "Next stop is Heaven." I got out of the train. I wasn't prepared to make a The Westover, the apartment building in which I live on W.72d Street in Manhattan, is generally a fine place. But like many New York buildings, its walls are not -that effective in blocking out sound a fact brought home to me during an argument I was having with my ex-husband. "Will you lower your voice?" I hissed. "Lisa Collier next door is probably listening to every word of this." "I am not!" was the retort from the other side Of the wall.

Laura Shanahan CP? PROJECT: DESPAIR An essential element in the fun and games of office life has long been the unofficial memo, clandestinely reproduced and circulated among staffers. Here is one heavy with significance for middle-management types that is' making the rounds of city agencies: SIX PHASES nonscheduled stop. Heaven or no. Jrn 11. am.

a- OF A PROJECT 1. Enthusiasm 2. Disillusionment 3. Panic I saw the conductor's head peeping out the window, and I rushed up to him for an explanation. He had a good one.

Some kid had broken into the rear car and got his hands on the public-address system. Ida Haaron Campball problem bears from the park, officials hope to encourage shyness towards humans as a characteristic in park bears." I'll say! If you shot a few of my friends, friat would certainly make me act shy. But will it work for bears? Do you genuinely believe that this will have a deterrent value? What will happen will one bear say to another: "Better not damage that camp; thaf why they shot our pal I don't think you can defend a policy that relies on word-of-mouth among a bunch of bears! And what about due process? How do you know if you've shot the right bear? I read in the papers that rangers rely on "Descriptions of tourists." What a person going to say: "It was a bear!" Thaf not much to go on, if you ask me. Sure, it's going to keep you from pinning the rap on a moose or an elk, but it seems to me a lot of innocent bears are going to pay some heavy dues. I say you must at least observe minimal standards of jurisprudence.

Couldn't you arrange some sort of a line-up? You know have four or five innocent bears -along with the suspect bear. Make that tourist pick out the guilty bear or the suspect goes free. This all seemed rather shocking to me. I would very much like to have some clarification from you about our new bear policy. I would certainly appreciate your answers to the above questions.

Sincerely yours, Randy Cohen 5. Punishment of the Innocent 6. Praise and Honors for the Non-Participants Owtn FttzgaraM IWINEf The Magazine welcomes items for this column anecdotes, vignettes and scraps of dialogue that reflect the quality of city life. Readers whose items are published will receive a copy of CHAIN REACTION I was talking to cashier Toni Drestel at Wainright's furniture store on Kissena Boulevard in Rushing, Queens, when a tall, heavy-set woman rushed in, a hand clasped to her neck, her eyes wide with panic. "A man just snatched my chain!" she gasped.

"I grabbed him, but he broke away and ran down the street" Toni dashed out the door in search of the thief, while a customer helped the woman to a chair. "Call the police," someone called. "Nor the victim said. "No police. My chain was just costume jewelry.

But," she added, her free hand opened to show a thick rope-chain of gold, "his feels like it must be 18 carat!" Allan J. McGIII BUT IT'S HARDER TO SAVE Seen on the attache case of a minister in Long Island City, Queens: The wages of sin are still the same in spite of inflation." Elsie Sablik Pocket Guide to Wine" by Daily News columnist Barbara Ensrud. Write: "Only in New York-New York Daily News P.O. Box 300 New York. N.Y.

10163. No items acknowledged or returned. Williams answered with a form letter Cohen for writing. SUNDAY NEWS MAGAZINE NEW YORK NOV. 8, 1981,.