In 1928, the first all-talking feature film, "The Lights of New York, " was premiered in New York.

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Peter Breger, an entertainment attorney and president of the Off Broadway Alliance, points to Russell as one of the bright lights of the New York theater scene.

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The only lights I saw were the flashing lights of the New York Police Department, but other than that, it was very dark.

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That means New Jersey must compete with the brighter lights of New York for the dollars that attendees will shell out for everything from restaurant meals to theater tickets to souvenirs.

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The bright lights of New York and London will lure the world's wealthy until at least 2023, the report shows, but Asia and Latin America will spawn the highest number of ultra-rich individuals over the next decade.

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The unlikely pair met amid the neon lights of New York City's Times Square over the weekend and headed back to the squat brick home of 73-year-old Joseph Galfy Jr. on a quiet cul-de-sac in suburban Clark, N.

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Four years after 9-11, I was in an almost fatal taxi crash, sitting in the back of a taxi, as the driver purposefully careened through red lights in the middle of New York City.

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In his mid-20s Scott Harrison, by his own admission, was a feckless New York City party boy, a nightclub promoter who lived amidst the bright lights, booze and cocaine of his chosen scene.

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