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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...movie preserves the book's plot and the setting, as we are supposed to tell from the print ads where Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow) elegantly raises a cup as if in a coffee ad. As all you Austen fans know, Emma tries to mastermind a match between Harriet Smith (Toni Collette) and the clergyman Mr. Elton (Alan Cumming), but then gets somewhat of a surprise herself. Mr. Knightley (Jeremy Northam), Emma's governess (Greta Scacchi), Mrs. Elton (Juliet Stevenson), and so on--all take their respective places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Limited Rendering of Emma | 8/6/1996 | See Source »

...case. "We tend to think terrorists are invincible, that they're smart as hell, and often they're not." Just lucky. "All you need is a clock and an explosive that's powerful enough," says Ronay. On Pan Am Flight 103, the bomb was the size of a coffee cup, but it happened to be placed near the skin of the plane, where it broke through the fuselage and weakened the frame of the aircraft, causing the plane to break up. "If it had been inboard," says Ronay, "it might not have done that kind of damage. Luggage makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERROR ON FLIGHT 800: TERROR ON FLIGHT 800 | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

...division, Pakistan, Australia and Germany will be the teams to beat. The U.S. men are there only because they're, well, there. The American women, on the other hand, should challenge 1994 World Cup champion Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIEWER'S GUIDE | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...that you guys know about each other, I don't even know that stuff about your father.' We're like sisters now, and we all trust each other implicitly about everything." Fuller, who in 1995 sailed on the Mighty Mary, the all-female boat competing in the America's Cup, agrees: "I've never been with a group of people so willing to put everything on the line to make the boat go fast. I love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROWING: 8 LIVE CREW | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

Storey, who was drafted by the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche, was a major contributor to Harvard's upset of St. Lawrence in the ECAC quarterfinals. A native of Ottawa, Storey rounds out Harvard's Canadian contribution...

Author: By R. ALAN Leo, | Title: Five Harvard Varsity Standouts Are Drafted by Pro Hockey Squads | 6/25/1996 | See Source »

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