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...Third Stream," Blake said, is nothing new. The phrase was first used by Gunther Schuler in the '50s to describe any musical piece created by blending two or more distinctively different musical styles...
Burger and his closest ally, Rehnquist, now stand increasingly isolated on the right, while Justices Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan hang onto the Warren tradition on the left. "Fragmented moderation," Michigan Law Professor Vincent Blasi calls it. "Even when they get clear majorities," says Stanford Law Professor Gerald Gunther, "many different opinions come down. The Justices are tending to be loners, more isolated, less inclined to give and take...
...give the press any kind of special access. Stewart argued that the press could bring along its tools of the trade, including cameras, on public tours. "In theory, the press may not have any more access than the public in Stewart's view," said Stanford's Gunther. "But practically, it does." Three Justices (Stevens, Brennan and Powell) argued that both press and public should have greater access. The decision reflects the sensitivity of some Justices to the practical needs of the press. While carefully avoiding any doctrine of special privilege, Justices like Powell, Brennan and Marshall are trying...
...locked-eye gaze," she is told, "cats will transfer this reaction to humans, and when the stranger says 'Hi!' a cat will, according to its nature, back away or make a threatening gesture or merely ignore." At Ringling Brothers Circus, Animal Trainer Gunther Gebel-Williams soothes his tigers with a friendly "Wuzza, wuzza, wuzza." "I have this feeling," he says, "the animal knows how nice I am when he hears me; it's not the words but the sound of it." Gebel-Williams has little use for bears because they don't look...
...Wallenda, the patriarch, would not give up. "It is our pride," he said. "I feel better if I go up again. Down here on the ground I break all to pieces." Some of his partners were less determined. "I'm scared silly every time I go on," said Gunther Wallenda, a nephew. Karl's second wife Helen, who once performed in the act, refused even to watch it any longer. "I always sit in a back room and pray," she said. Wallenda was adamant. "The rest of life," he said, "is just time to fill in between doing...