Word: floorings
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...York City's Tribeca district. By investing in everything from its dining scene (Nobu) to its arts industry (the Tribeca Film Festival), De Niro has helped establish the 'hood as one of Manhattan's hippest. And his latest debut could be his most ambitious yet: the eight-floor, 88-room Greenwich Hotel...
...young Denver delegates will also be busy keeping their networks linked in. Jason Rae, 21, of Rice Lake, Wis.--the party's youngest superdelegate, a co-chairman of the DNC Youth Council and a political-science student at Marquette University--says he has promised to call friends from the floor to "keep them in the process." It's the young wonk's version of holding up a cell phone at a rock concert so a far-away fan can listen...
...many vote on culture. Obama's academic style is much of his problem. For many, Obama reminds them of the Ivy League whiz kids they've dealt with at work during the latest downsizing. They look at him and see another bloodless young achiever coming down from the top floor to fix the ailing machine-tool company. They listen to his polished pitch in the employee cafeteria, and he wins some converts. But after he is finished, a few old-timers exchange knowing glances and mutter to one another about how young this hotshot is. Somebody makes a cynical...
...health-care reform, juvenile justice, poverty - aren't the easiest. They tell the story of his artful arm-twisting and cajolery in the Illinois senate on behalf of bills to reform campaign-finance laws and require police to videotape interrogations. Obama worked his colleagues one by one, on the floor, on the basketball court, at the poker table, and managed to pass some difficult legislation. "He's unique in his ability to deal with extremely complex issues, to reach across the aisle and to deal with diverse people" one Republican colleague, McCain supporter Kirk Dillard, told the Wall Street Journal...
...three to start the second half, the U.S. came out of the locker room smoking. Carmelo Anthony followed with another three, Bryant then scored on a drive after a diving save on a ball headed out of bounds by LeBron James, before Jason Kidd drove the length of the floor for a lay up. Just two and half minutes had gone by and suddenly it was 64-43. The game was effectively over. "Our biggest strength is our depth," Bryant said after the game, asked if the U.S. was concerned by how competitive the first half had been. "We will...