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...Justice Harry Blackmun. The Old liberal, activist Warren majority has now shrunk to three: Justices William Brennan Jr., 65: Thurgood Marshall, 63; and William O. Douglas, 73. Holding four seats, the conservative Nixon Justices will also be a minority, with the balance of power exercised in the middle by Potter Stewart, 56, and Byron White, 54. But the bench will have been heavily tipped to the right by the Nixon bloc. It is now virtually a Nixon Court...
...Indians have also been suffering some from injuries. Capt. Eric Potter competed yesterday for the first time all year and finished a disappointing 14th...
...Beatrix Potter grew up in the midst of such attitudes. Children were treated as miniature adults in her stifling Victorian home. Isolated on the third floor of a London mansion, she was taught to read from the early novels of Sir Walter Scott. It is not surprising that she filled her sterile existence with fantasy. She drew animals which she knew from vacations in the country, giving them clothes, names, and finally words. Though discouraged from such frivolity by her parents, Beatrix wrote and illustrated 21 animals-fairy tales in 20 years. When she married at 47, Beatrix Potter abandoned...
...from England comes another interpretation of a work for children: the movie "Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter." Instead of dissecting the stories of Beatrix Potter with words, choreographer Frederick Ashton and the Royal Ballet delve into them using the more eloquent medium of the dance. Five of Beatrix Potter's better known tales are recreated through mime and ballet, with the spirit and watercolor beauty of her books intact...
Unquestionably the older people in the audience appreciated clothed animals cavorting in the countryside more than the children did. Those over 30 are likely to be much more familiar with Beatrix Potter's small books than anyone younger. One afternoon a large group of white-haired ladies clapped and cheered at the movie's end (presumably for the movie...