Word: gunther
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...John Gunther once noted that in Hong Kong, the Chinese, after observing how the English groaned and sweated, how gruff and red they grew on the court, mildly inquired why they did not hire coolies to play their tennis for them. Much the same sort of observation might be made about the psychological stresses of mixed doubles for many couples. Indeed, the mystery is, in view of the possible pain, why so many people want to play mixed doubles at all. One reason, masquerading under the jargon of togetherness, is a persistent yearning for a shared skill, for a kind...
Some legal experts believe that the press's desire for a total ban on gags is unreasonable. Stanford Constitutionalist Gerald Gunther says the claim that press freedom "is the one absolute right in the Constitution is absolute nonsense." Former Solicitor General Erwin Griswold, who advised Nebraska officials for their Supreme Court appearance, argues with some persuasion that the mounting need for gags is an inevitable "albatross the press carries around its neck because of its steadily increasing visual impact and immediacy." New York Times Attorney Floyd Abrams sought to rebut this contention before the Justices by citing the trials...
...integration of Boston schools and the Chicago police force-they remain convinced that the judges have little choice about enforcing the law. "Judges like Johnson are reluctant to take on administrative activities because it involves them in detailed guidelines that require special expertise," says Stanford's Gerald Gunther. "But if Johnson is criticized for becoming an administrator, it is the lesson he was taught by a recalcitrant Governor Wallace in the school segregation cases." Where there is political reluctance to act, adds Yale's Thomas Emerson, "the court is the conscience of the community, enforcing its ideals." Prisons...
Butte has changed a lot since the late John Gunther described Montana's mineral capital in his 1946 book Inside U.S.A. The gambling joints and the whorehouses that once lined "Venus Alley" have disappeared. But the ugliness remains. In the years following World War II, Butte had a raw look because it was a boom town. Today it is shabby because it is dying. For the past two decades, the Anaconda Company's immense Berkeley pit has been slowly nibbling away one section of the hilltop city after another. Now the pit, a gaping, terraced ulcer...
...American opera. Treemonisha was composed by the ragtime genius Scott Joplin. Completed in 1911, it was never staged during his lifetime, nor at all until 1972, early on in the current Joplin revival. Last May it was presented by the Houston Grand Opera, with new orchestrations by Composer Gunther Schuller and choreography by Louis Johnson. So successful was the production, directed by Frank Corsaro, that it has been transported intact to Washing ton's Kennedy Center for a three-week run. Later this month it will open on Broadway at the Uris Theatre...