Word: stillnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more than 500 whites to predominantly black schools and guaranteed that no minority-area school would be less than 70% white. The plan was less than satisfactory to the Rev. Jesse R. Wagner, co-chairman of a black-white group called Citizens for One Community that wanted fuller integration. Still, he worked hard for the bussing scheme-in contrast to Denver's black separatists, who told Wagner, in effect: "Do your thing...
...more appalled at the cruelties of the war than fascinated by its glory-yet few have asked for release from service. One potential dropout, Army Captain Philip Seeker, recently returned to his unit after a week-long retreat in Tokyo, and explained why. The war, he was convinced, was still "unwise" -but not evil enough to keep him away from...
Military chaplains themselves answer that in practice they are freer than many civilian ministers, who must often answer to hostile congregations if they take a radical stand on a matter of theology or politics. Navy Chaplain John A. Rohr argues that in a world where peace is still unattainable the fact of war's existence "must be borne even as we strive to abolish it." Christianity, he says, needs both kinds of ministers-the civilian picketing for peace and the chaplain serving "those brave young men who bear so disproportionate a burden of the sins of the world...
Court tennis is still being played, and mostly by modern-day royalty. Of the 3,000 or so aficionados who play the game today, most are straight out of the social register-with one notable exception. Last week the world open court-tennis championship, held in Manchester, England, pitted George ("Pete") Bostwick Jr., 34, Wall Street stockbroker, topflight amateur golfer and son of a polo player, against John Willis, 25, ex-boxer and son of a Manchester factory worker. Bostwick developed his game at New York's Racquet and Tennis Club; Willis picked up his skills as an apprentice...
Devilishly Complicated. In the end, it was not surprising that Blueblood Bostwick won. But it is a wonder to all concerned that the ancient game is still being played at all. The forerunner of lawn tennis, pingpong, squash and badminton, court tennis is one of the most devilishly complicated sports ever devised by man -or monk. It takes hours just to understand the rules and years of playing to master the rudiments. The court itself, a stylized version of the old monastery courtyard, costs up to $250,000 to construct. There are only 27 courts in use today...