Word: devitt
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Nonetheless the music had its bright spots. Sensitive playing from violinist Richard Hamm and cellist Steven Gates sparked an otherwise lack-lustre orchestra. Sopranos Jane Devitt and Made-laine Rembock displayed powerful but well-controlled voices, while alto Gail Feinberg sang everything with a pubescent, lower-class tone that was instant comic relief. Tenor Larry Bakst, looking more embarrassed than most in his sparse neo-Athenian garb, nonetheless gave out a pure, well-modulated Russell Oberlin-like sound that was the surprise joy of the evening. The chorus acquitted itself energetically, though its acting and stage deportment matched the sophistication...
...deportment: "He should accept this change [from lawyer to judge] modestly, graciously and with dignity. He is not required to be a jolly good fellow nor to depreciate himself over his new lot." Judges old and new also study the ten judicial commandments composed by Chief Judge Edward J. Devitt of Minnesota's U.S. District Court, which range from the cautionary "Remember there are no Unimportant Cases" to the evangelical "Pray for Divine Guidance...
...Hunter's competitors will be Lance Larson of Southern California. Larson and Hunter swam the 100-meter event in the 1960 Olympics; Hunter finished fourth, and Larson was declared second in a controversial finish with Australia's John Devitt...
...sprints are sprints, and Hunter came in fourth. He concentrated so hard on Devitt and Larson he missed seeing Dos Santos, and also missed a medal...
...final timings of the race showed Devitt and Larson at 55.2, Dos Santos 55.4, and Hunter 55.6. The winning time broke the former Olympic mark of 55.4, set in 1956 by Jon Henricks of Australia, but not the world mark of 54.6, which Devitt himself set three months after the '56 games...