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Austen time again: 'Emma' is standard romantic comedy

By Deborah Lee | August 20, 1996

Like the majority of the prospective viewers of "Emma," I have not read Jane Austen's book. I hope, however, that they, like me, will be keen to do so after seeing the film. A craze for Austen has recently afflicted closet Anglophiles, shameless romantics and English majors who just need to refresh their memories.

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Aaron Spelling's 'A Prime-Time Life' is a prime-time dud

By Shelly-Ann Scott | August 20, 1996

If anyone actually hoped to find out anything new about famed television producer Aaron Spelling from his recently published autobiography "A Prime Time Life," written with Jefferson Graham, then they would be better advised to wait for the unauthorized version. Spelling has produced a highly sanitized history of his years in television, with scattered tidbits of his personal life thrown in almost as an afterthought. No one is going to find any dirt in this biography, a departure from the usual fare of Hollywood tell-alls (remember "Mummy Dearest?"). Spelling seems to have decided not to ruffle any feathers in Hollywood, and to let bygones be bygones, because he has nothing bad to say about anyone or anything in this book.

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The Braxtons create musical identity without sister Toni: Tamar, Towanda and Trina Braxton are featured on their debut R&B album titled 'So Many Ways' from Atlantic

By Arika L. Easley | August 16, 1996

Just when you thought Toni Braxton could not sing "another sad love song," her three younger sisters, The Braxtons, have recently surfaced on the R&B scene with their debut album, "How Many Ways," released this Tuesday. It is certainly a bit of a coincidence that the title of the album and first release is strikingly close to Toni Braxton's hit "How Many Ways" from her self-titled debut album. Currently, "How Many Ways" is scaling the R&B charts and will appear on the soundtrack to a forthcoming film, entitled, "High School High." There is surely nothing sad about this tune, which manages to balance an upbeat tempo while maintaining a sultry allure. The notable producer, Jermaine Dupri, attempts to echo Sean "Puffy" Combs, in the way he rhythmically ad-libs throughout the song and Tamar (18), Trina (21) and Towanda (22) Braxton surge forth with unmitigated sex appeal. This album actually is not the first one to bear The Braxtons' name.

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Hanover-Hartford television station goes on-line

By Charles Davant | August 14, 1996

In an era when people shop on the Internet, conduct research on the Internet and communicate on the Internet, it makes sense that they would watch television on the Internet. Well, almost. The local NBC affiliate, WNNE-TV Hartford-Hanover has started a World Wide Web page, which includes local weather, television listings and links to other web sites. WNNE Account Executive Wally Caswell, who is in charge of the website, said the studio is promoting the site as "a link to a lot of other great places." "We are a place to start your browsing day," he said. On the page, station meteorologist Tom Hoyt's weather forecast is frequently updated and presented in an easy-to-read manner.

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Although unfinished, 'The Mineola Twins' entertains

By Debbie Lee | August 12, 1996

Be warned: do not ever go to see "The Mineola Twins" on the supposition that it has anything at all to do with "The Venetian Twins." It may prove the vast potential for humor in the "mistaken identity" gag, staple fare of the Dartmouth entertainment scene this summer, but there the similarity abruptly ends.

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Ms. Braxton's Opus: 'Secrets' may disappoint listeners: Fusion of spiritual and pop, 'Secrets' is a slower release for the R&B singer, lacks pizazz of debut

By Michael A> Posey | August 12, 1996

After a brief hiatus, R&B phenom Toni Braxton returns to the music scene with a work that improves upon her debut and gives new insight into the saucy R&B songstress. A dizzily rich, witty and satisfying release, "Secrets" is filled with the fodder which made Braxton's debut so popular -- an album equal parts heartache, independence, and fun. Braxton's self-titled debut saturated radio stations everywhere.

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Stormy weather puts damper on '96 summer

By Jeffrey Giuffrida | July 31, 1996

Unseasonably stormy skies this summer are hindering both student activities and some College maintenance efforts, as rainfall in New Hampshire approaches its highest total in five years. So far, the summer of 1996 is the wettest summer in New Hampshire since 1991, the year that Hurricane Bob rocked New England, National Weather Service hydrometeorologist Butch Roberts said. Although exact rainfall statistics for the Upper Valley are not recorded, he said, the nearest National Weather Service station, in Concord, has reported 5.13 inches of rain during the month of July, 1.9 inches more than the average. Concord has already received 28.24 inches of precipitation in 1996, only eight inches less than the yearly average, Roberts said. Roberts attributed the wet weather to a jet stream flowing more southerly than usual, creating a trough of low pressure which pushes storms from the Great Lakes and Northern Plains to New England. Weather Services Corporation operational meteorologist Mike Wagner explained, "Storms follow the upper-level and keep dropping on us.

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'A Time to Kill,' latest Grisham offering, entertains

By Jeffrey Beyer | July 29, 1996

Let me begin this review by saying the following: If you are looking for a comparison between the new movie "A Time to Kill" and the John Grisham novel on which it was based, you will not find it here. Not having read the book, I will be only commenting on the movie -- which was entertaining and well-acted, though a bit too long. "A Time to Kill" is essentially about the trial of Mississippi factory worker Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L.

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