The actor-director-writer-producer quadruple hyphenate, best known for flicks like Madea's Family Reunion, has created a vast library of hits, which he owns, geared to a loyal black audience.

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Let them have a quasi-family reunion, where grandparents and parents are commemorated for the past accomplishment in raising one well.

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In the back of our minds, always, was the question of how we would ever make it out in time to make a flight to Hawaii for a long-scheduled family reunion and vacation.

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For example, a family reunion in Chicago is an ideal set-up for a getaway to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (about 75 miles away), while a business meeting in New York is an excellent opportunity to enjoy the scenic Hudson Valley region (which starts as little as 20 miles away).

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We adopted a few in our family to address questions like whether my mom should buy long-term health insurance and where to hold our family reunion.

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The next decade may find 4.3 pedabits per second traveling down that solitary pipe--enough to beam a family reunion in holographic form into every living room in Manhattan.

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An Albanian-language television station has transformed itself into a family reunion service.

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Every other year, hundreds of African-American descendants of Hal Rand get together at a different location for a massive family reunion.

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