What if a bell rang each time you got new mail?

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Her big-screen films included a pair directed by Nora Ephron: the 1998 Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan romance "You've Got Mail" and 1996's "Michael" starring John Travolta.

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Ephron, who died in June 2012 at the age of 71, is best known for such films as When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail.

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Ephron, who died of leukemia last summer at age 71, gained fame as the writer of films such as "You've Got Mail" and "Sleepless in Seattle, " which both also starred Hanks.

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"You've Got Mail" and "Sleepless in Seattle, " her romantic comedies starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, were among her movies that featured a lot of the city's iconic buildings as a backdrop.

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Those who came of age in the "You've got mail" era can reminisce fondly about arriving home from school and checking their AOL accounts to see if anyone sent them an electronic message.

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No one is predicting a return to the company's heyday in the 1990s, when its blue triangle logo was everywhere and its chirpy "You've Got Mail" greeting inspired the title of a hit Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan romantic comedy.

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Well today, as we mentioned, the Mail on Sunday have got the Rich Report, and Richard, you have rocketed from number five to number four.

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If you buy a hybrid, you're kind of making a statement, which is that you're supporting the development of a new kind of technology, and I got a lot of reader e-mail suggesting that that was an important point, that they want to put their money where their mouth is, so to speak, and support this kind of technology.

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