First-grader Aiden Licata, whose class was going to make the gingerbread house, thought it was the sound of hammers.

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Nick Licata who owns the Brigstow Cafe on Clare Street said he preferred the monthly plan to the original weekly idea.

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"If there was a theme to this year's Emmy campaign season, it would be small, " says Richard Licata, Showtime's executive vice president of communications and the godfather of Emmy campaigns.

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Through personal connections (Lanza and his brother, Aleramo, are counts, their partner, Antonio Licata di Baucina, a prince), his firm exclusively represents eight of the most beautiful private residences in the city, and the owners can be persuaded to move out for a stretch so a guest can move in.

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