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...Then, last year, the happiness shattered. There had already been an ugly split from his Indian record label a few months earlier, and his only release since 2000 had been poorly received. But that was nothing compared with the scandal that broke in October 2003. The Indian police accused Mehndi of human trafficking by taking large entourages of staff on his tours of Europe and the U.S., then returning to India without them. The police claimed to have statements from 30 would-be illegal immigrants alleging that Mehndi and his brother were charging tens of thousands of dollars per person...
Sophomore Peter Mullen broke through in the meet by taking sixth place with a time of 25:20.73. The time was about a minute off his previous personal record from last season, a noticeable jump heading into his second season on the team...
...This year, for the first time since the towers crumbled, New York City's economy outperformed the nation's. The average price for a Manhattan condo or co-op broke the $1 million mark, a new record. Norma's, a midtown restaurant, introduced a $1,000 omelet. (Hardly anyone ate it, but it hearkened back to the '90s in an oddly comforting way.) And the tourists returned, God bless them...
...broke out on 9/11 and George W. Bush understood its meaning immediately. He understood that the old cops-and-robbers approach--bringing perpetrators "to justice"--was not only wrong but also dangerous. Up till then, it had lulled us into believing we were doing something about terrorism...
This year, for the first time since the towers crumbled, New York City's economy outperformed the nation's. The average price for a Manhattan condo or co-op broke the $1 million mark, a new record. Norma's, a midtown restaurant, introduced a $1,000 omelet. (Hardly anyone ate it, but it hearkened back to the '90s in an oddly comforting way.) And the tourists returned, God bless them...