Word: manhattanization
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...couple at an adjacent table--which, this being Manhattan, was a handsbreadth away--visibly stiffened, and the man groaned. The woman looked at Coulter with white-hot hatred, and Coulter ... blushed...
...backpacker in this sense is, apparently, a Johnny-come-lately, a front-runner, a fair-weather fan. They live in Swampscott and Matapan and Cheshire, Vermont, and Rumford, Maine, and Fairfield, Connecticut, and even, apparently, in the American South. From what I've seen on the streets of Manhattan in the last four months-unless the bright-red-B cap is some new fashion statement, they are proliferating in New York City, too-seriously beyond...
...didn't share all that with Stan on the morning Metro North commute to Manhattan after the first series ended. We're too prickly with one another about Yankees-Sox matters to wonder aloud whether Mo's getting skittish, or Wells is through for good. By and large, we're polite and considerate with one another as we share our baseball notions. In fact, I was surprised Stan went as far as he did. "Well, there you go," he said. "Season's started. All slates are clean...
...dumbest investment I ever made was to buy an apartment in Manhattan in the late '80s. Prices were soaring and it seemed like an effortless way to get rich, so my brother and I pooled our money and bought a place for $327,000. Within 18 months, the market had tanked and the apartment's value had plunged by a third. By then, our tenant?who turned out to be a coke-snorting stripper?had stopped paying rent. When I threatened to change the locks, she whacked me on the head with her handbag and warned: "I know people...
92nd Street Y Location: Manhattan...