Word: finches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rapidly deteriorated. In 1914, Bror, a notorious womanizer, infected Karen with syphilis. In the future it would affect her spine and cause her incalculable agonies. Initially, though, it was sexual jealousy that provided the sorrow. After the divorce, there seemed little to hold the baroness in Africa-except Denys Finch Hatton. A romantic British figure out of a silent movie, he was a World War I veteran, pilot, expatriate and gentleman farmer. She became pregnant by him and miscarried. Four years later the lovers quarreled ferociously. A few days afterward, Denys died in a plane accident near Nairobi. There seemed...
...million U.S. Pavilion suffers from similar mediocrity. It is a six-story structure, designed by Atlanta Architects Finch Alexander Barnes Rothschild & Paschal Inc., that vaguely resembles the Pompidou Center in Paris-with a fig leaf. Pompidou's daringly exposed ducts and pipes are coyly muted. This federal contribution houses energy exhibits. One possible post-fair use for the pavilion is as a University of Tennessee energy research center. But now that acute energy concerns are drowned in the oil glut, other uses also are under discussion...
Sugar Ray Leonard battered Bruce Finch to the canvas three times and stopped him in the third round last night to retain the undisputed welterweight boxing championship of the world...
...Muppets and Men (Knopf; 180 pages; $27.50) by Christopher Finch shows, in text and pictures, how that bizarre band of aliens, the Muppets, and their syndicated TV show are put together. No fan need worry that such behind-the-scenes scrutiny will spoil the fun. Knowing that a favorite character is composed largely of polyurethane foam, synthetic-pile fabrics and a couple of Ping Pong balls only seems part of the fun that these creatures and the inspired Muppeteers generate...
Seen through these photographs, the staging of The Muppet Show looks complex, sophisticated and just as zany as what appears on the screen. People strain to make their Muppets look comfortable; it is not easy being Gonzo. Author Finch devotes a little too much space to the human guests who have appeared on the program. Those singers, movie stars, comedians and classical artists are all well and good, but the book belongs to Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf...