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McConaughey's lawyer wins his case before a series of judges and succeeds in having the slaves declared not the legal property of Spain and instead free. But President Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne) intervenes so as to appease the pro-slavery South, and the case eventually goes to the...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Long, Soggy, Overwrought 'Amistad' Plays Heavily on White liberal Guilt | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

LONDON: Back in 1991, the IRA tried to shell 10 Downing Street. Now their political representative is using a more conventional method to gain access: Walking in the front door. Following their controversial handshake in Belfast two months ago, Tony Blair invited Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to pop round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Adams Goes to Downing Street | 12/11/1997 | See Source »

But soon after she joined Wilmington's Design Review Board, Chamberlain discovered that the town's "good-ole-buddy network" of businessmen and politicians isn't always grateful for fresh perspectives. Teaming up with a preservationist group led by two other outsiders--John Baskin, 56, a ruminative writer from South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT ESCAPE | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

A riverboat cruise out of Hannibal, Mo.; a bluegrass band picking in a park in Danville, Ky.; a turreted 1898 Victorian near Nappanee, Ind., that just sold for $136,500--these are the warm enticements that draw suburbanites to small towns. But before such lures can work their magic, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A SMALL-TOWN SAMPLER | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

Reasons to Move There: Rolling Shenandoah Valley farmland surrounds the village--and fast-food chains are barred from the historic downtown. Students and townies get their sugar fix at the Cocoa Mill Chocolate Co., founded by transplanted New Englanders, that ships nationwide.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A SMALL-TOWN SAMPLER | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

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