many lives, it is one of the most important issues ever to be faced. And one of the toughest to deal with.

So while the film is officially a comedy, it looks into the abyss - which is a good thing, since comedy without a dramatic foundation is merely fatuous, with no meaning. At the heart of the film are the three women: Jenna (Keri Russell), who drives the action, Becky (Cheryl Hines) and Dawn (the late Adrienne Shelley) -all of them unlucky in love. The pivotal event that propels change is Jenna's pregnancy - unwanted by her, unintended by her jealous, bigoted, brutish husband. All three women deliver terrific performances, and the pie making device is well used to add levity to the dark patches. Andy Griffith hascases were consolidated.  On March 21, 1997, Teitelbaum and Olczyk, joined by Pickup, filed a consolidated amended class action complaint (amended complaint) against Cerion, Nashua, the parent corporation of Cerion at the time of the offering and principal financial beneficiary of the offering, Blair, the lead underwriter of the offering, and five officers and directors of Cerion.  The amended complaint alleged that Cerion's registration statement and prospectus and the statements contained in these documents were materially false and misleading to investors in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 and other laws, because they failed to disclose that "StorMedia [, Cerion’s largest customer,] was experiencing trends and changes in its own business which placed its relationship with Cerion in jeopardy and *** result[ed] in a complete termination of