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...wedding party sat glumly ignoring the ruckus, as the street theater proceeded outside. "We felt bad about disrupting the wedding," said Kamaria Finch, a Sarah Lawrence activist. "But when we saw the waiters giving us thumbs up, it was worth it." Union Summer was learning to kick butt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR'S YOUTH BRIGADE | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...long ago for "Silence of the Lambs." Massimo Troisi? He was good but a little annoying, and everyone knows that he was nominated solely because he died the day after filming for "The Postman" concluded. The last time an actor received a posthumous nomination was when Peter Finch won for "Network" in 1976. Sean Penn received excellent reviews, but if the Academy votes for a depressing role, it will be Cage...

Author: By Nicole Columbus, | Title: Oscar Preview: "You Like Me! You Really Like Me!" | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

...Finch also disagrees with those who say laws banning the sale of cigarettes to minors are not properly enforced, saying, "It's a known fact that it's easier to buy drugs than it is to buy cigarettes...

Author: By Brant K. Wong, | Title: Burning Out at Harvard | 12/13/1995 | See Source »

...adults. Advertisements don't make people buy things. I see a lot of cereal advertisements, and that doesn't make me buy cereal. I think that it is peer pressure that leads more teens to smoke, and the regulation of that is something best left to the parents," says Finch...

Author: By Brant K. Wong, | Title: Burning Out at Harvard | 12/13/1995 | See Source »

Others, such as Charles C. Finch, executive director of America's Golden Leaf Tobacco Growers Information Committee, argue that peer pressure rather than tobacco advertising drivers teenagers to smoke...

Author: By Brant K. Wong, | Title: Burning Out at Harvard | 12/13/1995 | See Source »

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