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...entire cast shines in their roles. Whitfield's piercing eyes and precise manner embody an unwavering perfection. As subtle variations on another set of Southern siblings, Good and Smollett recall the Finch children from To Kill a Mockingbird. Smollett, in particular, deftly handles Eve's gradual evolution. While gaining a grasp of her powers, she still remains a believable innocent...

Author: By Jeremy J. Ross, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eve's Bayou' Blends Mystery, Voodoo, Sex | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...desegregation to murder by extremist groups. He and his wife Elizabeth do not socialize much, and, apparently to avoid conflicts of interest, he often eats alone at law conventions. However, he is devoted to at least two things: his alma mater, the University of Michigan, and his hero, Atticus Finch, the small-town white lawyer assigned the unpopular task of defending a black man against rape charges in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Finch does so fervently but loses the case. Matsch describes Finch as "the opponent of oppression, the paradigm of propriety, the dean of decent citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DON'T MESS WITH RICHARD MATSCH | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...Yuba Country, Calif. Undersheriff Gary Finch yesterday reading from a note found near the dead body of Heaven's Gate cult member Robert L. Nichols, whose death was an apparent suicide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWSPEAK | 4/2/1997 | See Source »

OAKLAND, California: Flying a 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E, San Antonio businesswoman Linda Finch set off on a journey to retrace Amelia Earhart's doomed around-the-world route, sixty years to the day after Earhart took off. Finch, an accomplished pilot with 20 years of experience flying and restoring historic aircraft, will make 30 stops in 20 countries during her 2 1/2 month trip, including Egypt, Greece, Pakistan and Australia. While the plane's cabin will remain unpressurized without oxygen tanks, technology will provide a safety margin to help prevent a duplication of Earhart's failed 1937 journey. Flint will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pilot Retraces Earhart Flight | 3/18/1997 | See Source »

Despite a Boston Globe article indicating there is "no proof" that Kerry sought to aid real estate developer Wesley Finch, Weld claimed the allegations shed new light on Kerry's character...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Weld, Kerry Debate | 10/24/1996 | See Source »

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