Word: kingstone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kingston Falls, U.S.A., the setting for Gremlins, is itself a dreamscape confected from congenial old slices of apple-pie Americana. Norman Rockwell might have painted the town's Main Street and the faces of the folks who stroll down it on this peaceful Christmas Eve. Frank Capra, Hollywood's master of sweet-and-sour sentimentality, could smile at the plight of Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan), the all-American boy who supports his family with a job at the Kingston Falls Bank and wins respect by standing up to the filthy-rich Mrs. Deagle (Polly Holliday). Preston Sturges...
...machinist, a manicurist and a hospital maid-are understandably elated: each will receive $263,095 a year, minus the 20% federal tax bite, for the next 21 years. Shortly after hearing that she had won, Weonta Fitzgerald, 64, quit her job as a cleaning woman at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, N.Y. "I was broke, now I'm rich!" she exulted. But the biggest winner by far did not have to wait in line: New York State, which stands to reap an estimated $11 million in education funds from that one giant jackpot alone. In fact, ticket sales...
Marlou Crisp West Kingston...
Carey McDonald Kingston, Jamaica...
CFIA visiting fellow John D. Forbes, the counselor for political affairs at the United States embassy in Kingston, Jamaica encouraged Harvard to invite Seaga to speak. The prime minister was "delighted to accept," according to CFIA staff assistant Jean McVeigh. "He treats this as a homecoming...