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...name Madame Cheva. He does not deny that he can be "deliberately unusual." The spelling of his first name comes from an attempt to trace the origin of his junk mail. He is prone to disconcertingly lengthy pauses in the midst of even the simplest sentences. His tiny Manhattan apartment is crammed with more than 90 musical instruments, all of which he can play. He rarely socializes. "I'm not a party type," says Merritt. "I go to cafes and bars and nightclubs and sit in the corner and write songs. It is unthinkable for me to go more than...
...nomadic schedule of a flourishing choreographer leaves Wheeldon little time in his apartment a block from Manhattan's Lincoln Center ("dangerously close to work") or in the house he recently bought overlooking the sea on Spain's Costa Brava. Next year alone, he has projects in Denver, Los Angeles, Melbourne, London and, of course, New York. But first he has another big premiere coming up on June 4, for Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Ballet, and it's a daunting one: a new version of Swan Lake. The production sounds like typical Wheeldon. The traditionalist in him is embracing the work...
...Ambition has a bad name," says Manhattan psychiatrist Anna Fels, author of Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives (Pantheon). The drive to excel and achieve is universal, says Fels, 55, but women often become conflicted about it. Her extensive research documents the reasons. TIME spoke with...
...world's largest ocean liner, the QUEEN MARY 2, made its first crossing from Southampton, England, to New York City last week amid much fanfare--and gale-force winds. Equipped with 10 restaurants, five pools and a planetarium, the 21-story vessel looked right at home amid Manhattan's skyscrapers. Even Donald Trump must have envied the publicity...
...There really is a crisis in the industry," says Gary Giblen, head analyst at boutique Manhattan research firm CL King & Associates. The sky started falling--along with same-store sales--in 2001, as alienated shoppers began steering their grocery carts not only toward Wal-Mart's food-laden Supercenters but also toward warehouse clubs, discount chains, drugstores, dollar stores and, on the high end, trendy salutes to organic produce. "Conventional supermarkets really have no reason to exist anymore," says Giblen. "They're basically becoming convenience stores...