91.   Alas, they were telling me in French.

92.   All of this is told in robust style, with plenty of amusing comic characters thrown into the mix.

93.   All are told in her high, lilting voice, interspersed with her wild, cascading laugh.

94.   All this, by the way, was told in a very public format, or at least public on West Coast radio.

95.   All of this is told in lackluster fashion by first-time director Herb Beigel, who wrote the script based on his own summer experiences.

96.   Brudnoy tells in considerable detail of his discussions and negotiations, while in the hospital, with Boston Globe editors and writers who had got wind of his disease.

97.   But a top Harvard official and potential donors were told in a letter in April that the university would be the first in North America with the documents.

98.   But analysts said he had told them in a conference call that the bank would now forgo acquisitions because they no longer made economic sense.

99.   But at its center is a beautiful story full of woe and depth, told in that accomplished swoon that is simply Updike at his finest.

100.   But between these two acts, both told in the present tense, is an Intermission that might as easily be called a credo.