Word: manhattanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wilson's script concerns itself with big themes like art, death, sex and love, and it addresses them in the lower Manhattan apartment of Anna (Nell Benjamin) and her friend Larry (Alan Krischer...
...today's 1 p.m. semifinal, Connecticut (2-1) faces the Jaspers of Manhattan (3-1). The Huskies have beaten Penn State, 93-84, in overtime and Holy Cross, 73-71, while losing to nationally-ranked Iowa, 81-49, in theHawkeye Classic. Junior Kerry Bascom (21 pointsand 9.3 rebounds per game) and senior Co-CaptainKris Lamb (11.7 p.p.g. and 7.3 r.p.g.) are themain threats for UConn. Both are close to scoringtheir 1000th career point--Bascom has 945 pointsand Lamb...
...caused her the greatest unease was photographer Alfred Stieglitz. His relationship began with a passionate interest in O'Keeffe's drawings; it progressed to a passionate interest in O'Keeffe. Twenty-three years separated them. She was on leave from a teaching job in Texas; he was tied to Manhattan. She was single and unknown; he was married and prominent...
...black hair piled high in a ponytail that makes her look like Pebbles Flintstone. She used to sing in a + new-wave rock band and now studies art history at Columbia University. But starting this week, she will be spending her evenings curled up on a sofa in a Manhattan TV studio, making wisecracks about the single life in New York City. Typical bit: Rachel charts the differences between a guy she dated named David Sims and former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. "Has fancy cigarette holder. F.D.R.: yes. Sims: no. Tried to pack the Supreme Court. F.D.R.: yes. Sims...
...domestic-partnership movement, says David Blankenhorn of the Institute for American Values, a Manhattan-based group that studies family issues, "just misses the whole point of why we confer privileges on family relationships." As Archbishop Quinn argues, "The permanent commitment of husband and wife in marriage is intrinsically tied to the procreation and raising of children." Despite the emergence of women in the workplace and changes in the traditional structure of family dependency, it is still necessary for most families to share rights and benefits in order to raise children and remain financially secure...