Word: bonding
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...foods other than Japanese have the advantage of appearing both diet-friendly and trendy. Hipness rather than fitness was on Jonathan Moore's mind when he conceived of Bond Street, a superchic restaurant downtown. "Nobu has great food, but it's not a happening ambiance," says the Israeli-born Moore, with a dismissive air. "There was no Japanese restaurant that was really downtown cool...
...Bond Street, rail-thin servers dressed in black glide around the three-story space, carrying lacquered trays of fanciful sushi combinations no Japanese diner would recognize. The sushi chefs, young Japanese expats, add to the din by shouting orders in unison. A Hispanic chef creates the hot entrées - like soba risotto in smoked-trout butter under a mountain of shaved bonito flakes. "You see," says Moore proudly, "it's nothing like those places in midtown...
...tuna melt, but some innovations are surprisingly good. Still, at times it feels that messing with sushi - the crown jewel of Japanese cuisine - is the equivalent of tarting up the Mona Lisa in mascara and a dye job. "It may not be traditional," agrees Jonathan Moore, owner of the Bond Street eatery, "but you gotta admit...
...White's office has even talked with some who were not so lucky in Clinton's final days, including Michael Milken, the junk-bond pioneer of the high-flying '80s. Milken's patron on the pardon front was Ron Burkle, a generous Democratic donor, but as soon as it became known that Milken, who served nearly two years in prison and paid more than $1 billion in connection with his conviction on six counts of securities fraud, was on the list of potential clemency recipients, loud protests from securities regulators and others apparently doomed the effort. White is presumably trying...
...Atwater and her lawyer that the policeman in this situation went overboard - cuffing a soccer mom seems somewhat beyond normal procedure - but the majority maintained the officer acted within the letter of the law. (Atwater was handcuffed and a friend was called to pick up her children. She posted bond later that day and paid the $50 fine for the seat belt violation...