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June 23

The Terminal (film) - Viktor living in the airport

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In the film The Terminal, how long did Viktor Navorski from Krakozhia stay at John F. Kennedy International Airport, why did he stay there and why did he leave there? 81.104.74.28 (talk) 22:38, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Did you read the article about the movie that you linked to? --76.71.5.208 (talk) 23:15, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Name of resident: Viktor Navorski. Nationality: Krakozhian. Location: John F. Kennedy International Airport. Period: What date, month & year of staying? - What date, month & year of leaving? Reason for staying: Why did he stay? Reason for leaving: Why did he leave? List of people who have lived in airports 81.104.74.28 (talk) 00:52, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Did you read the article about the film?  --Lambiam 01:38, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Just answer my questions, please. 81.104.74.28 (talk) 15:54, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

If the film itself doesn't answer your questions, then there are no answers because this is a work of fiction. It is unlikely that a volunteer will spend 128 minutes watching the film in order to find answers for you. 107.15.157.44 (talk) 17:36, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

All the answers are in the article. If you can't be bothered to read it, that's your problem. --Khajidha (talk) 21:21, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Period: What date, month & year of staying? - What date, month & year of leaving? Reason for staying: Why did he stay? Reason for leaving: Why did he leave? 81.104.74.28 (talk) 23:18, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Please see previous replies to similar questions. —Tamfang (talk) 00:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Viktor Navorski is a name used by Thomas Jeffrey Hanks, who does not actually have Krakozhian nationality but is an American citizen. Also, other than the film suggests, he did not actually stay at JFK in New York City but in a hangar at Palmdale Regional Airport in California, near Los Angeles. The reason for his stay was to be available for the shooting of a film; overnights he stayed in a hotel. The reason for his leaving was that the shooting wrapped up and he had other projects to do. The time period was from October 1, 2003 to December 12, 2003.  --Lambiam 06:21, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

WP:DYOH may be relevant here.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:58, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

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Elections in the United States

Hi, I know that the Presidential elections cannot be repeated, but can local elections such as Municipal, ones be repeated? Thank you.

I'm not really sure what you are asking about. Sometimes very close elections will go to a run-off, but that's not really a repeat. --Khajidha (talk) 15:32, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

I'll be more precise: I was reading an NYT article about the 1993 New York municipal elections. Rudy Giuliani won with a minimum margin, so much so that during the night the staff of the outgoing Mayor David Dinkins, suggested to the latter to contest the results, even if this did not materialize. Now, all right so far; hypothetically there could also be a recount without the need for repetition, because in the USA I do not think that electoral consltations can repeat themselves, but at the time in New York there were lever machines, a very old system to express the vote and a machine lever cannot produce recounts, so if they cannot be repeated and the machine cannot recalculate the votes, if there are, for example, irregularities, what do you do in that specific case? It does not seem to me that there are solutions in this sense; I am referring only to mechanical lever systems of course. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 15:56, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Politico has an interesting article about historical "do-overs", which are pretty rare. WhinyTheYounger (talk) 13:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

"Interesting" ... to say the least. Thanks for the link. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:46, 26 June 2020 (UTC)