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DIED. Barry Bingham Jr., 72, third-generation chief of a Kentucky media empire run by the liberal, philanthropic, much chronicled Bingham family, sometimes called the Kennedys of the South; of respiratory failure, after a battle with Hodgkin's disease; in Glenview, Ky. After two brothers died in freak accidents, Bingham took over the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times from his father in 1971. He set new ethics guidelines, pushed public-service journalism and led the papers to three Pulitzers before a battle among the siblings prompted patriarch Barry Bingham Sr. to sell the papers to Gannett...
...Greengrass staged this real-life, high-stakes death battle over and over--the whole ordeal, nonstop, in takes lasting from 20 to 55 min., as the reconstructed Boeing 757 would wobble and shudder, and the camera crew followed the action like nosy paparazzi. Says Cheyenne Jackson, who plays Mark Bingham, one of the stalwart passengers: "We spent so many hours throwing our trays around and bleeding and screaming and crying and praying, and throwing up and peeing ourselves, and trying to imagine every possibility of what these people were going through. It was an environment where we could...
...able to show the significance of the seemingly insignificant in their lives and that the door of history often swings on tiny hinges. Sidey brought the best of what the U.S. stands for to those of us who are not American. We shall miss him deeply. Derick Bingham Belfast, Northern Ireland...
...able to show the significance of the seemingly insignificant in their lives and that the door of history often swings on tiny hinges. Sidey brought the best of what the U.S. stands for to those of us who are not American. We shall miss him deeply. Derick Bingham Belfast, Northern Ireland You can read a selection of Sidey's columns at time.com/sidey. Balance of Power Simon Robinson's essay "Africa's Game of Follow the Leader" [Dec. 5] made the case that Africa needs strong institutions - parliament, the judicial system and the press - to hold leaders in check. African...
...have always found his writing inspiring. Somehow, as he commented on Presidents and the office they held, he was able to show the significance of the seemingly insignificant in their lives. Sidey brought the best of what the U.S. stands for to readers. We shall miss him. DERICK BINGHAM Belfast, Northern Ireland...