Word: manhattans
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...Highlight Reel:1. On walking through downtown Manhattan on 9/11 after years of reporting in Afghanistan: "Walking in, watching the flames shoot upward, the first thing I thought was that I was back in the Third World. My countrymen were going to think that this was the worst thing that had ever happened, the end of civilization. In the Third World, this sort of thing happened every day: earthquakes, famines, plagues ... All those street vendors who worked near the World Trade Center, from all those different countries, selling falafel and schwarma. When they heard the planes and watched the towers...
...have been more direct than others - and more misguided, since the president can't technically fire the SEC head - but McCain's sentiment was nothing new. For months, calls for the SEC to do something more in the financial markets has been heard all over, from Congress, a midtown Manhattan law firm, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cable TV business news and former SEC commissioners. But is all the criticism being hurled at Cox, a corporate lawyer who served in the Reagan White House and as a Congressman from Orange Co., Calif. for 17 years before being plucked...
...disturbing (and so it was), I nonetheless read your article on Hirst, since I'd had the misfortune some months back of seeing in the flesh one of his grotesque works (a slaughterhouse on display to the public, really) at the base of Lever House, on the streets of Manhattan. Like Hirst, I'm amused by the affluent morons who feel compelled to throw their money at him for the monstrosities that his production lines seemingly roll out in copious quantities. Hirst himself appears to be a thoroughly tortured individual. He deserves that state, for the posthumous indignity to which...
...recent New York-area flux of bigger festivals, which are much more popular in the western part of the country, Hogan answered simply, “It’s probably just about time.” ATP NY is being held in Monticello, NY, about two hours from Manhattan, from September 19th through the 21st.In addition to performing, My Bloody Valentine is curating the third night of the three-day festival. Each ATP is curated by one or more bands or celebrities, who are asked by Hogan to select all the bands, musicians, and films they want...
...just for the poor renters who will need government help to find places to live. Building owners hope to attract wealthier tenants to fill the vacancies. But there just might not be enough of these to go around. Says Howard Husock, vice president of policy research at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative New York-based think tank: "If you look at the location of many of the buildings that are discussed, there is not an unlimited supply of investment bankers who are going to move into lower-income areas. That's why the government must figure out how they will...