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...Cologne Opera's Istvan Kertesz, 38, an unspectacular Hungarian, restricts himself to beating a steady rhythm with his right hand while flicking unobtrusive signals with his left-yet he radiates authority. His solid reputation as a traditionalist does not diminish the currents of conviction and warmth that he stirs into a composition. Armed with a wide repertory, he is equally effective in music as dissimilar as Mozart and Bartok...
...Oklahoma five-man alignment through the years, even while other Ivy teams moved to other systems. It is also a reason why you won't find sophomores-in the starting lineup. "It takes more than one year to learn our defense," says Captain Don Chiofaro, who likes the unspectacular Harvard system the more he is used...
...that is Bonnie and Clyde's landscape. Times are hard, but it is the place rather than the time which shapes the society Penn portrays. His view of the depression is closer to that of Walker Evans than Dorothea Lange, and he has peopled his film with faces of unspectacular emptiness. Everyone is dispossessed: those who hold jobs are as desperate and restless as those who roam the territory in broken-down trucks. The desolation of the environment shapes the lethargy and fustration of its population...
...Mickey Wright, looking for her fifth Open title, shot an 80 in the second round; Louise Suggs, a two-time winner, pulled to within one stroke of Catherine-only to overshoot the green on the par-five, 534-yd. 16th hole and take a double-bogey seven. Playing methodical, unspectacular golf from tee to green and putting superbly, Catherine opened up a seven-stroke lead that put the tournament safely out of reach, despite a case of last-round jitters-six bogeys in seven holes. Finishing with a ten-over-par 294 and a two-stroke victory, she dashed...
When the Supreme Court began its 177th term last October, most court watchers predicted an important but unspectacular session of setting earlier milestones more firmly in place. Last week, as the term closed in a heavy flurry of decisions (see following stories), it turned out they were right...