Word: finches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...story by Lawrence Durrell, it is set in Palestine in 1948, just before the departure of the British gives the go sign to encircling Arab armies. A tireless sound track thumps music to feel humane by (folk themes, mostly), and Director Daniel Mann brings on the folks: Peter Finch, whose kibbutz is a hotbed of nationalist fervor; Jack Hawkins, as a British major who enforces the rules with leathery compassion; and a full quota of illegal immigrants who wade ashore and scoop up handfuls of soil...
...adjunct to the Center is a reference library and study, also open to the public, located on the mezzanine. Here the student or out-of-town visitor may consult reference books and read U.S. and foreign newspapers and magazines. These days the library also houses one elusive yellow-breasted finch, a dropout from last fall's live show on animal behavior. It stayed behind when the other Ijirds and bees were taken away, is living it up on the seed that the Center people set out every evening. Since no one has been able to lay a hand...
...fault Dorothy for her resourcefulness as a reporter. With the help of one of the most liberal expense accounts in the business and a smile that rarely came unstuck, she wangled stories that eluded others. By lining up a screen test for a stage-struck court official at the Finch-Tregoff murder trial in California in 1960, she got inside information on the jury's deliberations. Her chumminess with the judge at Sam Sheppard's trial earned her more than one scoop-besides bringing sharp criticism for the judge by a U.S. District Court when it heard...
Wednesday, September 8 WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.).* Elephant Walk (1954), with Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews and Peter Finch. Color...
...RALPH FINCH Detroit...