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...ulein Furor...
...Your critic's enthusiasm about the acoustics at the new State Theater compared with those in Philharmonic Hall underscores the subjective nature of listening and the absurdity of the whole recent furor about acoustics. For all his esthetic sensitivity, he apparently did not note that, as opposed to Philharmonic Hall, the State Theater uses amplified sound, and that the metal grille ceiling conceals a whole battery of speakers...
...coincidence, as the furor mounted, a royal commission was beginning a thorough review of British sentencing, punishment methods and prisons-the first in nearly 70 years...
...Engel v. Vitale (1962), which struck down the use of a school prayer composed by the New York State Board of Regents. Despite the public furor, says Craig, "no other decision would have been consistent with the dictates of the First Amendment." Far from being hostile to religion, the court simply sustained the long-held U.S. belief that "a union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion." >Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), which overturned a 1942 ruling that indigent defendants in state criminal trials are not necessarily entitled to court-appointed counsel. By its long-held...
...Right to Know." At State, Rowan continued to speak out. At the height of a furor over management of news by Government officials, Rowan urged newsmen to keep "responsible pressure" on those bureaucrats who are "scared to death of the press." But at the same time, said Rowan, too many newsmen are "scoop conscious" and "far more concerned about their reputations than about how well informed the American public is." When the House Subcommittee on Government Information criticized Rowan as "an official with an admitted distrust for the people's right to know," Rowan called the committee report "maliciously...