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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kingston city (1991 pop. 97,424), capital and largest city of Jamaica, SE Jamaica. The country's chief port, it has one of the finest harbors in the West Indies and exports sugar, rum, molasses, and bananas. The city's industries include tourism, food processing, and oil refining. Kingston was founded in 1693 on a deep, landlocked harbor. The former capital, Port Royal, at the tip of the long, narrow peninsula forming the harbor, was inundated after an earthquake in 1692; the capital was then ...

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Maxine Hong Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940) is one of the first Asian American writers in the...September 29, 1997, President Bill Clinton awarded Maxine Hong Kingston a National Humanities Medal for her work as a writer and a supporter... Read more

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Kingston, a common name, usually ‘the king's manor or estate’, OE cyning + tūn ; examples include: Kingston Hants. Kingeston 1194. Kingston Bagpuize Oxon. Cyngestun c. 976, Chingestune 1086 ( DB ), Kingeston Bagepuz 1284. Manorial affix from... Read more

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	Kingston Technology Ranked as the World's Top Memory Maker in 2007 by iSuppli ; Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader...a recent report from the independent research company, Kingston Technology had over $2.2 billion (U.S.) in sales, representing...the strength of this company," said John Tu, co-founder, Kingston Technology. "It is their commitment and hard ... Read more
	Kingston BMX: First Annual Kingston Bike Festival Set to Kick Off This Weekend ; KINGSTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 27, 2008) - The world's best BMX riders are coming to Kingston Aug. 30 - Sept. 7, 2008 to participate in the first annual Kingston Bike Festival. X-Games and Dew Tour champs and recently-minted Olympic athletes returning... Read more
	Kingston BMX Announces Dates and Schedule for the First Annual Kingston Bike Festival ; KINGSTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 5, 2008) - The world's best BMX riders are coming to Kingston August 30 - September 7, 2008 to participate in the first annual Kingston Bike Festival. X-Games and Dew Tour champs and recently-minted Olympic athletes returning... Read more
	$12MM Kingston Care Center of Sylvania to open in November 2004 ; Kingston HealthCare Company recently broke ground for Kingston Care Center of Sylvania. This state-of-the-art, 127bed skilled nursing facility will be adjacent to Kingston's existing assisted living community, Kingston Residence... Read more
	Kingston, Intel Team Up for Flash Memory Drives ; Kingston Technology Co. has teamed up with Intel Corp. to market flash memory-based drives to top...laptops and servers. The pact with chipmaker Intel is a shift for Fountain Valley-based Kingston, the leading maker of memory modules for computers. Kingston traditionally has taken a "wait and see" approach ... Read more
	Kingston Technology Introduces to the Middle East First High- Performance Low-Latency DDR2 Notebook Memory ; Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today...kits in 2GB and 4GB capacities are the first in a new line of memory innovations Kingston plans to release over the next few months to the notebook market. "Kingston customers asked about higher performance memory ... Read more
	PAULETTE KINGSTON SENTENCED TO 18-MONTH TERM ; Paulette Kingston, wife of former Oklahoma Sen. Leo Kingston, R-Oklahoma City, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in...whose government-backed mortgage loans were in default. Kingston was also ordered by U.S. District Judge David Russell... Read more
	Robert R. Barbieri, former Kingston town official ; KINGSTON - Robert R. "Bob" Barbieri, 82, of Kingston, retired owner of Kingston Aluminum Foundry and a former Kingston town official, died Tuesday at home. A native of Kingston, Mr. Barbieri... Read more
	PAULETTE KINGSTON GIVES TESTIMONY DURING FRAUD TRIAL ; As Paulette Kingston Tuesday took the stand in her and her husband's real...9 a.m. today in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City. Kingston and her husband, State Sen. Leo Kingston, R-Oklahoma City, are accused of conspiracy to defraud... Read more
	Loren A. Frost Jr., veteran Kingston officer, helped with DARE ; KINGSTON -; Loren A. Frost Jr., 44, of Kingston, a police officer, died Sunday at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth. Mr. Frost, a Kingston police officer for 15 years, was remembered by his fellow officers for his devotion to his job. ";He was a hard worker... Read more

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	KINGSTON LAUNCHES 667-MHZ DDR2 SO-DIMM MEMORY FOR NOTEBOOKS.
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