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Are Arcades Archaic? Business down, owners add zip and zap to lure players
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Space Invaders, Frogger and Quebert are almost obsolete. The
Incredible Hulk pinball machine is gone, replaced by Bart Simpson and
The Addams Family. And Ms. Pac Man, she's about as rare as an
eight-track tape player.
Arcades just aren't the same anymore.
These days they are a lot quieter.
In the heyday of Ms. Pac Man in 1981, close to $7 billion worth of
quarters were spent playing arcade video games, double the amount
made by the music and movie industries combined, according to Mary
Fujihara, marketing director for Atari Games Corp. Now the arcade
games are making less than either ...
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New guard comes out for William Allen
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News
; ...2000 New guard comes out for William Allen Friends, supporters, political...converged on the home of newly elected William Allen, Democratic district leader of...always been controversy concerning William Allen. I first heard his name in 1996...
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OBIT - RIGNEY, WILLIAM ALLEN
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; William Allen Rigney, 44, of Boones Mill...great determination and faith. Allen has gone to Heaven to join his dad, William Claude Rigney (Junior), who...Rigney, Cecil and Ruth Fralin. Allen is survived by his mother, Mildred...
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John William Allen, exec in bakery industry
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; John William Allen, former chairman and chief executive officer of J.W...years. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Janice Allen; two sons, J. William and Douglas W. Allen; his sister, Laura Allen McCoy; and five grandchildren...
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WILLIAM ALLEN UNPLANNED DEPARTURE.(LOCAL)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; William B. Allen may have been unprepared for the political...consequence. Then in the grip of Gov. George Allen's political disdain for a system widely...process that resulted in the hiring of William Allen, a conservative scholar and former dean...
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RENOWNED PHOTOJOURNALIST GORDON PARKS TO RECEIVE 2006 WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE CITATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...10, as the recipient of the William Allen White Foundation's 2006 National...In addition to the video, the William Allen White Day program will include...award even more special. We think William Allen White would concur with the words...
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WILLIAM ALLEN, 64.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; Mayor William D. Allen, 64, of Riverledge Road died Monday at home after a long...and its vestry. Survivors include his wife, Dolly Hamm Allen; two sons, William D. Allen Jr. of Glens Falls and David J. Allen of Hudson; a daughter...
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William Allen White spoke eloquently for Kansas
Newspaper article from: The Topeka
; ...trademark)I became acquainted with William Allen White quite by accident. The...science requirements. Knowing William Allen White launched a career as national...England --- the "Autobiography of William Allen White" should be serialized in...
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TV star helps honor William Allen White award winners
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
; ...keynote speaker at the 50th annual William Allen White Children's Book Awards...Ruth Garver Gagliardo worked for William Allen White, the late publisher of...Emporia at Saturday's ceremony for William Allen White Children's Book Awards...
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William Allen
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
; BERRYTON -- William E. "Bill" Allen, 70, Berryton, died Monday...include a daughter, Susan L. Allen, Carbondale; a stepson, William L. Sanderson, Colony, Texas...a brother, Norman G. Allen, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a granddaughter...
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William Allen Tobin
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic
; ...Home SUNNYSIDE, WA - William Allen Tobin age 53, passed...Northwest Richland, WA. Allen enjoyed fishing, hunting...Tobin; brothers Edward, William James, Ronald, and Lawrence...the Mabton Cemetery. Allen's family would like...
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