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...pain is spreading well beyond the Big Apple. According to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, these days only 21% of all so-called Wall Street jobs are based in New York City, down from 38% three decades ago. Stamford, Conn., mayor Dannel Malloy says his city is sure to suffer from Wall Street's swoon. In the past few years, a number of large financial firms, including UBS, have moved thousands of investment-banking and trading jobs to the city. Already, a proposed Ritz-Carlton hotel and convention center has been put on hold, and city officials...
...Spin City: The Complete First Season Deceiving the media was never more delightful than in this 1996 sitcom set in New York's city hall. As Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty, tap-dancing for the press while managing a gaffe-machine mayor (Barry Bostwick), Michael J. Fox is a breath of fresh...
...years, Plimpton--the Wasp bohemian who quarterbacked the Detroit Lions, danced at Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, set off more fireworks than a thousand juvenile delinquents and edited America's greatest literary journal for 50 years before his death in 2003--was educated society's unofficial mayor of good times. Who else could box a few rounds with Archie Moore, trade stanzas with Marianne Moore and make a living by pointing out his inadequacy at both...
Before his conviction, Stevens was locked in a tight re-election race with Anchorage mayor Mark Begich; after the jury returned a verdict, Stevens' poll numbers dipped. But even if Stevens does eke out a victory, he is already facing calls from across his party to resign soon afterward. Both John McCain and Sarah Palin called on Stevens to step down after the election. Under Alaska law, a resignation would set in motion a chain of events leading to a special election to replace him 60 to 90 days later. If he chooses not to resign and his appeals fail...
...Former Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 even made an appearance as a model for Eastern Mountain Sports...