Word: manhattanization
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...there’s one thing I love to see, it’s a huge fuckin’ SUV tooling through midtown Manhattan with an American flag flying half-mast on its antenna! What could be less French...
...Wannabe rapper Casey B. Weinstein ’03 asserted last Friday morning that “Chase Manhattan endorse[s] my mic checks.” This claim was directly contradicted by the events of Friday afternoon, during which representatives of Chase Manhattan, Fleet Bank, Cambridge Trust, Felipe’s Fresh Pond Check-Cashing Service and Supreme Liquors of Central Square refused to endorse Weinstein mic checks. “That kid’s got flow like molasses going uphill,” commented Felipe...
...past five years American companies such as Starbucks, Old Navy and Disney have opened busy stores in Harlem--the historic African-American neighborhood in upper Manhattan that is enjoying a rebirth following a decades-long economic slump. Last month H&M (Hennes & Mauritz), the Swedish chain that specializes in reasonably priced but trendy fashions, became the first foreign apparel retailer to join the migration north from midtown. Says Karen Belva, an H&M spokeswoman: "We're new to the U.S., and to be part of something that's up-and-coming is good for us, imagewise. And our prices...
...DIED. ADOLPH GREEN, 87, lyricist, librettist, playwright and performer who co-wrote hit Broadway musicals such as On the Town and the screenplay for Singin' in the Rain during a 60-year partnership with Betty Comden; in Manhattan. The couple was artistically inseparable and gave postwar America its most memorable Manhattan geography lesson?"The Bronx is up and the Battery down"?in the lyrics to New York, New York (A Hell of a Town...
...After Manhattan is nuked by Muslims, then should we give an extra look to swarthy Middle Eastern men?” she asked...