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...pair's catty and provocative banter heightens quickly into sneerful braying as Martha announces that, at daddy's request, she's invited a young couple over for a nightcap. The jocky, naively ambitious biology professor Nick (Roy Souza) and his cotton-candy wifelet Honey (Nicole Jesson) arrive amidst a jeering exchange of expletives. At first bubbling with apologies and awkwardness, they soon fall immediately into their hosts' manipulative and destructive games. Surrounded by a well-stocked bar and worn volumes on the shelves (including such too-apt titles as "The Possessed," "Illusions," "Gamesman" and "Father's Day"), the elder couple...

Author: By Lisa K. Pinsley, | Title: BCA's Woolf: Be Afraid; Be Very Afraid | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

Meals will be served outside, amidst a carnival of entertainment, including Boston and Harvard bands, local radio stations and the MTV "Choose or Lose...

Author: By Amita M. Shukla, | Title: HYPE Will Feature Bands, Carnival, Election | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

Chamberlin said that Radcliffe staffers were notified during a routine staff meeting as to the possibility of Nelson's departure, amidst rumors that she was leaving...

Author: By Justin D. Lerer, | Title: Radcliffe Vice President Will Resign From Post | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...Governor, you switch your positions faster than your friend Dick Morris," Kerry said, referring to the former Weld consultant who recently left the Clinton campaign amidst a sex scandal...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Kerry Dominates Weld in Debate | 9/17/1996 | See Source »

...their misdemeanors and kidnap a staid ex-nurse (Mary Kay Place) incongruously behind the counter at one of those sickeningly precious baby supplies stores. They then hole up at an abandoned country house. Barring some frenzied running around at the end, most of the film takes place there amidst woodsy surroundings (where, inexplicably, a seemingly tropical lizard lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Krueger Movie 'Manny & Lo' Is Slightly Grating | 8/13/1996 | See Source »

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