Word: manhattanize
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RESIGNED After authorizing the Air Force to buzz lower Manhattan for a photo op, Louis Caldera, 53, director of the White House Military Office, resigned...
...Leno. Prior to that moment, I could not imagine it was possible to capture in one picture the unique mirth that is Leno (that chin, the look in his eye) and at the same time depict the distinguished statesman of comedians he has become. Kudos to Buck. David Simon, MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF...
...fasted all day and decided that even though I was technically in the Bronx, I'd calculate the damage in estimated Manhattan prices. Sure enough, upon entering the Legends Suite with my ludicrously expensive ticket, I was immediately met by celebrity chef April Bloomfield of fancy Manhattan gastro-pub the Spotted Pig. The whole foyer is a massive buffet with countless stations, and April served up a pork-belly sandwich that was very moist - so moist that the bread fell apart. Really, April? I washed this down with a chateaubriand cheeseburger on a puffy little brioche that was completely perfect...
...Then the economic crisis set in, and as legal work across the country has dried up, many large and mid-sized firms have turned to a surprising cost-cutting strategy: paying incoming first-year associates - whose starting annual salaries at Manhattan firms is $160,000 - not to show up. So far this year, Marshall and hundreds of other third-year law students at prestigious schools have seen their job start dates pushed back anywhere from just a few months to a full year, leaving those affected scrambling to find other options to fill the time off. "To get my stipend...
...born in New Jersey to a Palestinian father and Italian-American mother, Obeidallah turned to comedy to fight the suspicion and ignorance he encountered in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In 2003 he co-founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, which runs this week in Manhattan. Obeidallah spoke with TIME about bridging cultures, the fading "siege" against Arab-Americans and taking stand-up to the Middle East. (See pictures of the history of stand-up comedy...