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...Norwegian had obviously never visited Northbrook, III. (see box, page 51), which produced Dianne Holum, 20, Anne Henning, 16, and three other members of the U.S.'s 16-mem-ber speed-skating team. Dianne turned U.S. fortunes around in short order. The smoothly striding brunette put on a strong closing drive in the 1.500-meter race to win the U.S.'s first gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 2:20.85. Then it was Anne's turn. Matched with Canada's Sylvia Burka in the 500 meters, she lost at least a full second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Olympics: Citius, Altius, Fortius | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

Presidential Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler was bound to be criticized no matter how he selected the 87-mem-ber press party to accompany Richard Nixon to China. After all, there had been 2,000 applications. But when the list was announced last week,* correspondents complained that Ziegler had violated his pledge that preference would be given to news organizations that regularly cover the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Peking Protest | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

Howard Shirley, the principal character of One Hand, has little to recommend him except a photographic mem ory, which he uses to store the minutiae of literary history. He spews back information for prize money on a TV quiz show and then parlays the winnings into a fortune at the races...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Clockwork Kumquat | 2/14/1972 | See Source »

With any concert involving organ in Mem Church there are serious problems for the audience. The Fisk instrument has two entirely separate characters. In Appleton Chapel, it is a magnificently powerful baroque organ. But for the majority of listeners in the nave of the Churc, the top-heavy registrations are not backed with sufficient fundamental tones to carry through sucha a large structure. The result is exactly what happened last Wednesday: the small group in Appleton is far more satisfied with the playing than the bulk of the audience who are listening, essentially, to a scaled-down version. The performers...

Author: By Kenneth Hoffman, | Title: Baroque Music | 11/19/1971 | See Source »

...Mem Hall and baroque opera have one thing in common: both are absurd. Plodding, unsubtle, ridiculous plots in unvaried da capo musical structure keep works like Handel's Acis and Galatea out of the usual repertoire. But given a performance (even in concert form) of last Monday's quality, many of the better points of the genre can be exploited...

Author: By Kenneth Hoffman, | Title: Handel: Acis and Galatea | 10/20/1971 | See Source »

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