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...Angeles suburb of Glendora, entrepreneur Keith Porchia cheerfully dons a hard hat to check on the progress of the 51-unit apartment complex he is developing. In Winter Springs, Fla., Sheelah Ryan, a retired real estate agent, meets with the board of the Ryan Foundation to map programs for what she calls "the new poor." Somewhere in southern Atlantic waters, Anthony Palermo, formerly of the U.S. Navy, cruises with his family aboard his own yacht, joyfully named Picked...
Nonetheless, more and more rainbows continue to end on American doorsteps. Double-digit millions falling into your lap can have a wonderfully life- altering effect, but not necessarily the self-indulgent changes that lottery promotions lead customers to fantasize. Sheelah Ryan, for example: her $55.5 million Florida jackpot in 1988 is the biggest single win yet. She immediately set up a foundation, named in honor of her parents, "to help the new poor: single mothers and senior citizens who must live on Social Security and cannot. They need help." In addition, she gives small scholarships to young people because "they...
...cast follows: Eily O'Connor, the Colleen Bawn, Miss Clara Lane; Mrs. Cregan, Miss Kate Davis; Sheelah, Miss Cora Deane; Miss Ann Chute, the heiress, Miss Edith Mason; Hardress Cregan, Mr. Thomas H. Persse; Myles na Coppaleen, Mr. J. K. Murray; Mr. Corrigan, Mr. John Read; Father Tom, Mr. Arthur Wooley; Donny Mann, Mr. William Wolff...
...cast follows: Eily O'Connor, the Colleen Bawn, Miss Clara Lane; Mrs. Cregan, Miss Kate Davis; Sheelah, Miss Cora Deane; Miss Ann Chute, the heiress, Miss Edith Mason; Hardress Cregan, Mr. Thomas H. Persse; Myles na Coppaleen, Mr. J. K. Murray; Mr. Corrigan, Mr. John Read; Father Tom, Mr. Arthur Wooley; Donny Mann, Mr. William Wolff...
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