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Neither man seemed destined or even inclined to star in a national morality play. Gunn grew up in Benton (pop. 3,800), Kentucky, where his family was active in the Church of Christ. Old classmates remember him as funny, convivial, not at all self-pitying about the brace on his withered right leg, and smart. Beverly Beasley, now an insurance agent in Benton, says, "I remember once when we were in the fifth grade, the history teacher started talking about the Constitution. David stood up and said he could recite the Bill of Rights from memory, and he proceeded...
...course, he never backs down from a challenge. Stop Vermont's Eddie Benton, who averages 20 points per game and shoots over 50 percent from long range? No sweat--mentally, at least...
Harvard lost that game, 73-65, but Campbell held Benton to 15 points and harassed him into committing five turnovers while scoring 12 points...
Known by students and colleagues as an outstanding lecturer to both graduate and undergraduate classes, Deutsch was awarded the William Benton Prize of the Yale Political Union in 1965 for stimulating and maintaining political interest on campus...
...real issue is family breakdown," says Benton Samana, a Buddhist monk. "Don't believe that snow job about the kids joining gangs to protect themselves." In Southeast Asia, parents take wayward children to monks for counseling. In providing that service here, Samana constantly encounters war- related emotional problems, such as withdrawn or hysterical parents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. "Their children think they are wacky," he explains. "They don't want to be around them...