Word: manhattanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Barro turned down from Columbia a very lucrative offer. The package reportedly consisted of a $300,000-per-year salary, plus a $55,000 post for his wife and a place for his son in a Manhattan private school...
Andrew Delbanco recalls Harvard fondly, but adds that he feels fortunate to be teaching in Manhattan...
Reality set in after my first visit to a real estate broker. The Manhattan real estate broker might be considered the lowest from of the many creatures that inhabit New York City. He or she will trick you, pressure you, lie to you and take your money. Once you've paid him everything you can, he'll lure you into his clutches and demand more. But you have nothing more to go on than his word, because he has a monopoly on the housing information in New York City. In fact, it's close to impossible to find an apartment...
...liked, that we decided to keep in mind, was snatched up in 15 minutes. On the other hand, the rest were not that great. We could wait. Perhaps a great apartment would become available. But, then we would have to go through the whole process of scurrying around Manhattan, gathering money and most likely not finding a place that would be as wonderful as the apartment we saw that day. From our limited experience, we decided we should take the apartment. We made the decision in 15 minutes...
...prominent neo-conservatives Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb, Kristol was raised in Manhattan's liberal Upper West Side. In 1965, at the age of 12, he passed out leaflets supporting the candidacy of future Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) for a seat on the city council...