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...Persuasion" encounters the inevitable fate of a movie based on an Austen novel: It is louder, more simplistic and garish than the original. When Anne and Wentworth kiss on the street in Bath, the whole social code which underlies Austen's world is simply tossed aside in the name of a satisfying climax. But although the film's tone is not perfect, it is close. And the acting, cinematography, even music, are as good as could be hoped for. Go see "Persuasion," but don't forget to stop at the bookstore on the way home...
...There may not be as many fans as we like," says Mattingly, "but the ones who come have been loud, knowledgeable and supportive." He has a point. At the game on Sept. 20, the crowd cheered louder and louder for starter Sterling Hitchcock as he dazzled the Blue Jays inning after inning. In the upper deck, where a fan could stretch out, enjoy the game and catch a foul ball without much competition, two teenage girls serenaded Yankee batters by mellifluously calling out their names: "Mattingly ... Strawberry...Velarde..." In the Hitchcockian suspense of the ninth inning, the fans were...
...ORIOLES CONTINUED TO struggle, and Ripken's consecutive-game string grew longer and longer, the talk about resting him grew louder and louder. "I never understood the reasoning behind it," he says. "O.K., my statistics weren't as good as they were in '83, but sitting down would only be running away from the problem. You don't get out of a slump by not playing. And if I wasn't hitting, I could help the team in other ways." Indeed, in 1990 Ripken set a major league record for fewest errors by a shortstop in a season, an amazingly...
...another understatement from a man who wouldprefer his actions to speak louder than his words.He may or may not make it to the NHL, but as theVermont coach learned five years ago, it is seldomprofitable to bet against Steve Martins.CrimsonE. Houston WuSenior STEVE MARTINS waits for the pass...
...hunting." A large number of those mainstream folks are now ex-members. Currently, four of every 10 members drop out when it comes time to renew their $35 annual membership. "All the smaller voices like mine," says hunter Ray Guzman, "aren't being heard." Speaking with a louder, shriller voice clearly works within the n.r.a. The question is whether America's other citizens, including responsible gun owners, will make themselves heard as well...