Word: manhattanization
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...city back on its feet as quickly and as safely as possible? Absolutely not. We weren't going to let the terrorists win.' CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, on allegations that she misled New Yorkers about the safety of the air in lower Manhattan after 9/11...
...they've ever been. And in buildings by such marquee names as Richard Meier and Jean Nouvel, austere glass and steel have even regained cachet for homes, at least in the world of high-end condo construction. At the sleek but spartan Manhattan condo towers designed by Meier and completed in 2002, no less a traditionalist than Martha Stewart was among the first in line to buy space...
...veteran New York fire investigator was asked a few years ago to apply 21st century forensic science to the grim facts of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire, in which 146 young workers died in Manhattan. Ultimately, he found the inferno baffling. It just shouldn't have been so deadly...
...Tuesday to talk about the healthcare system, but, just a few questions in, found himself discussing the issues of online piracy instead. Last week, his new documentary found its way online, spurring his distributor to bump up the film's release to this weekend, opening on one screen in Manhattan and scheduling sneak previews in 27 markets. Moore was ready for the piracy questions. "Let's talk about that," he said, sporting his trademark hat, jeans and sport coat. "The film that leaked on the Internet is not taken in a movie theater with a home video camera...
...offer an atavistic promise of security, a nest egg embodied in Sheetrock that you can touch and dirt that can't be outsourced to Mumbai. Property fever is in our blood: this country made its fortune in sweet real estate deals--a Louisiana Purchase here, a few trinkets for Manhattan there--and these HGTV shows tap into something primal...