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Under the bold, sensitive direction of Jonathan Demme, Winfrey's Sethe is a creature as stern as she is strong--as much oak as flesh and blood. She moves with the heaviness of someone dragging large and fatal memories behind her like a full steamer trunk. She is, as the book puts it, "iron-eyed"; her gaze is an Old Testament judgment, her love a demon that can crush those it enfolds. The actress and the character share intelligence and passion, but in many particulars Sethe is the anti-Oprah. If Sethe were a talk-show host, she would stare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bewitching Beloved | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Seat. (Moyer 13-9) at Oak. (Candiotti...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL | 9/17/1998 | See Source »

Over 200 friends and University affiliates attended a memorial service for the Oak Ridge, Tenn., native on August 24 in Dudley House, at which participants sang, read poetry and delivered remarks about Altom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chemistry Grad Student Dies | 9/11/1998 | See Source »

Altom is survived by his parents, Donald andDianna Altom of Oak Ridge, Tenn., his sisterKatherine Altom of Washington, D.C., as well ashis maternal and paternal grand parents

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chemistry Grad Student Dies | 9/11/1998 | See Source »

...Rating: [4 umbrellas] Byron Pitt no doubt realizes the drama and good sense in holding on to a large, sturdy oak. Take heart, Byron. In his early years, Dan Rather was sent on these missions. The sturdy anchor desk awaits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 7, 1998 | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

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