Word: astoria
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Price of a night in a deluxe room at the nearby Waldorf-Astoria...
...Grandma June know she'd have a star on her hands? "I had no idea," says June of the little girl she raised in the Astoria section of Queens in New York City. "But I did think it was strange that she could throw the ball all the way from one end of the court to another in 8th grade. And she was so skinny!" Says Vincent Cannizzaro, Holdsclaw's high school coach: "June's backing keeps her on an even keel...
Luciano also led the trend in gangster chic. He lived large, in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria. Expensive and elegant suits, silk shirts, handmade shoes, cashmere topcoats and fedoras enhanced his executive image. There was always a beautiful woman, a showgirl or a nightclub singer on his arm. Sinatra and actor George Raft were pals...
...week they were scheduled to attend a dinner on Tuesday at the home of investment banker Steve Rattner; on Sunday Kofi phoned Nane from Baghdad, telling her to assure the hosts he would make it back in time. Holbrooke recalls attending a bash with the Annans at the Waldorf-Astoria last year. "There was a dance band, and most people wandered out at the end," he says. "But he and Nane were out there on the floor all alone, dancing." From now on, that might be a rare sight. World-renowned statesmen don't usually get so much space...
...then, that those constituencies which seem so eager to accept the liberal logic have been among the primary beneficiaries of the Mayor's programs. Who benefits from the revitalization of Jamaica, Harlem, Astoria, Prospect Park and so many other neighborhoods? Who benefits from businesses and jobs returning to the City after decades of economic hemorrhaging? Who are the thousands of New Yorkers alive today who would have been dead had status quo remained in place? I guarantee that Donald Trump is not among them...