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...Yorkers know that RUDY GIULIANI bows to no man. And now they have learned that even powerful women with scepters are out of luck. The former mayor of New York City visited London last week and received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth for his leadership on Sept. 11 and its aftermath. But U.S. citizens, unlike subjects of the Commonwealth, don't kneel before the monarch, and so Rudy stayed upright. Giuliani received a silver cross and a star pin, but despite being compared to Winston Churchill during the blitz, he is not entitled to affix an official "Sir" before...
DIED. DAVE VAN RONK, 65, erudite folk, blues and jazz musician known as the Mayor of Greenwich Village during the folk revival of the '50s and '60s; of colon cancer; in New York City. A mentor to the young Bob Dylan, Van Ronk offered his apartment as a gathering place for musicians like Dylan, Tom Paxton and Suzanne Vega...
...this new wave of incursion looks set to get even broader. New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg recently said he planned to pursue selling corporations more naming rights on areas in city parks. Could there be an “Amazon.com Central Park” in the near future? Could “Fleet Commons” be a reality someday...
...Hungarian in order to get cards. Despite its popularity, the law has drawn fire from officials in some neighboring countries, who argue that it violates their sovereignty and discriminates against non-ethnic Hungarians. "This law is part of an attempt to reclaim old territories," says Gheorghe Funar, the mayor of Cluj-Napoca, whose civic initiatives include banning bilingual signs and painting everything from park benches to flagpoles in Romanian red, blue and yellow. "They will be defeated if they...
Romania has also objected. In December, officials in Bucharest pledged to block the law unless some of the benefits, such as facilitated work permits, were extended to all Romanian citizens - a concession that Hungary, under pressure, agreed to make. Still, local officials like Mayor Funar have threatened to fire civil servants who apply for the cards. Ordinary residents of Cluj-Napoca are also also worried. "It's like a fence that is being put up between two neighbors," frets Marinella Oancea, 54, a travel agent. "It's a provocation...