Word: manhattan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...financial experts across the country to change their minds about a federal rescue of New York. When members of the American Bankers Association arrived in Manhattan for a convention last week, a New York Times poll found heavy opposition to a federal bailout. But the bankers' resistance softened after speeches on the city's crisis from, among others, Mayor Beame, Carey, Rohatyn and Brenton Harries, president of Standard & Poor's Corp., the investment-research firm. Harries warned that civil disorder might follow a default and added: "As unpalatable as the specter of federal intervention is, the social and economic consequences...
...return to the White House left him with a case of the intellectual bends. As a friend of David Kennedy, the President's ubiquitous young photographer, Jack met Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger, and made his way onto the New York City pop-celebrity circuit. On one Manhattan jaunt, Jack, Bianca and Kennerly dropped in at Le Jardin, a discotheque frequented by gays and in-crowd types. Jack later told friends: "I was dancing with Bianca and a fellow came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'May I dance?' I thought...
Disneyland was only one of several stops on the eclectic imperial itinerary, which last week extended-in mood and manner as well as geography-from the canyons of New York City to the quiet beaches of Honolulu. The week began with a helicopter ride out of Manhattan for a sedate visit with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and his wife Happy at the handsome Japanese-style house they have built on their Pocantico Hills estate. Rockefeller, playing tourist in his own home, snapped souvenir photos of his distinguished visitors...
Died. Joan Whitney Payson, 72, jolly, spirited centimillionaire and lifelong sports fanatic who owned racing stables and, since its inception, the New York Mets baseball team; following hospitalization for a stroke; in Manhattan...
...first spring and summer fashion shows in Manhattan have featured jumpsuits by other top designers in jersey, Liberty prints, slinky evening models and versions with Kabuki sleeves and toggles. Kenzo's wide-wale corduroy in slate gray has banded trouser bottoms and goes well with construction boots...