Word: midtown
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Though the British army has increased its patrols in midtown Belfast, shoppers laden with packages pose a serious problem: the holiday wrapping paper could hide gelignite. Merchants have boarded up store windows but keep their shops open, hoping that some buyers will continue to venture into the city's center...
...moved into Manhattan in style. They rented chauffeur-driven Cadillacs to get around town (at $12 an hour) and took over the entire 72-room 14th floor of the Roosevelt Hotel-except for one room occupied for 25 years by an elderly widow who refused to move out. The midtown pad cost the People's Republic at least $2,160 per night. The hotel responded nimbly to every request from the Chinese. Color television sets and hot plates were added to every room, a Chinese chef was hired, extra-large teacups were bought and the red flag of China...
...down from its U.N. flagpole. At about the same time, a boy and a girl, both aged 15, slipped into the lobby of the Soviet mission on Manhattan's East 67th Street, broke a glass door and sprayed the area with an aerosol can of red paint. The midtown Manhattan office of Aeroflot, the Soviet airline, got similar treatment...
...Pimp Squad. In retaliation two weeks ago, a judge in the city's criminal court took the unprecedented action of holding two alleged hookers without bail, explaining that "the midtown area was inundated with prostitution." The girls received some unexpected support: Women's Liberationists quickly picketed the courthouse, protesting female exploitation. But the resultant publicity could not have been better for Mayor John Lindsay, who was at the same time launching the city's ritual annual crackdown on the sidewalk sirens...
Company spokesmen are eager to note that G.E. is not "fleeing the city." They prefer to see the move as part of a "longterm evolving plan" for realigning company facilities. As part of the plan, G.E. will continue to occupy its 50-story office building in midtown Manhattan, turning it into the headquarters for international operations...