Word: manhattanization
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...going to become a better skier if all I did was go on 10k runs, or hop around on one leg through an obstacle course all summer (one of the dry-land drills I read about). The only answer was daily practice, and the shimmering hot streets of Manhattan were mocking me in a most unyielding fashion. The answer to this problem came in the form of Rollerskis - strange-looking Rollerblade-type units that, when used with special poles, can simulate the feeling of cross-country skis on any paved surface, snow or no snow...
...some of the big chains whenever I make such visits, but I also stop in at some of the rootsier, more underground places. You have to listen to a lot to find out what's really going on. After all, if you went into a record store in Manhattan and asked what was cool, there a good chance they might hand you crappy stuff like 'N Sync, Brian McKnight and Eminem. Or they might give you good stuff like Beck, D'Angelo and OutKast. So I usually buy a lot to maximize the chance I'll end up with...
...will soon bring in even more. His dream isn't DreamWorks, as rumored, but to save the Third World--to be Jimmy Carter, except for more money and without the carpenter's apron. A Washington lawyer will broker a book deal, and he may also talk to agents in Manhattan eager to package this most mediagenic figure into a brand: big-ticket speeches taped to become one-hour specials; missions to Africa turned into PBS series, to do for the starving masses in the sub-Sahara what Harvest of Shame did for migrant workers...
...stamp on my hand says "SCHOOL." I suppose the look on my face says "You gotta be kidding." Welcome to week three of skating school at Manhattan's Chelsea Piers. Every Monday for eight weeks, a different, seemingly younger instructor from Ice Theater of New York stands before a dozen women in their 30s and demands the impossible--literally...
...list of almost every billionaire's must-have list is a Gulfstream jet. The sleek, top-of-the line Gulfstream V can zip eight passengers from New York City to Tokyo at 87% of the speed of sound in a cabin that looks more like a Manhattan pied-a-terre than an airplane. At this time of year, airports in Aspen, Colo., Miami and Maui are so jammed with Gulfstreams and other jets that you'd have to call in advance to find room to park yours. The most luxe of these planes come crammed with the toys that keep...