Word: manhattans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These are the basic forecasts of TIME'S ten-member Board of Economists, which met for a day in Manhattan last week. Each member acknowledged that predictions are particularly chancy in these mercurial tunes, and that any seemingly logical forecast could be thrown off by a severe oil crisis or some unforeseen event...
Though most apartments are being converted to condominiums, cooperatives traditionally have been much more popular in New York City. In a fairly typical example for that city, a couple bought a seven-room co-op on Manhattan's Upper West Side for $16,000 when the building was converted five years ago; last summer they sold it for $75,000. From 1974 to 1978, the average price per room in New York City luxury buildings jumped from $11,000 to $19,000. In that four-year period, the number of applications filed with New York officials to convert apartment...
...system installed last May at the Manhattan headquarters of the Girl Scouts of America has officials earning their merit badges just figuring out how the computer phones work. Says Mary Burke, business operations director of the Girl Scouts: "You've got to play with the phones for about two weeks to get the hang of them. Some of the lines don't always work as effectively as they should in the beginning...
Even when operating smoothly, the phones' increased capabilities can create headaches. One Manhattan office worker who had called his wife at home later tried to get through to a secretary in his office. Accidentally pressing the code that redials the previously called outside number, he was again connected with his wife. Not realizing whom he was talking to, he called her by the secretary's name. Before he became aware of the situation, his wife recognized his voice. A rather strained round of apologies and explanations followed...
...came to this sport to avoid commercialization," says Jonathan Baum, a Manhattan lawyer. "It was an unpleasant shock for me when I first skied on a groomed trail. I said, 'Hey, I'm not the first person to be here...