Word: towns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people descended upon the tip of Manhattan island for the big show. Families from Wyoming and Kansas and Florida camped where yellow cabs usually scuffle; they picnicked where loafered stockbrokers, lawyers and city clerks scurry. New York was a time warp as thousands of white-suited sailors painted the town red. Ambling around Times Square, they transformed the city into a stage set from On the Town ("New York, New York, a helluva town./ The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down...
...free papers are usually distributed in carefully selected neighborhoods and shopping centers. Advertisers such as movie theaters, concert halls, groceries and restaurants use the free papers because they pay only for the type of circulation they want. New York City's Our Town, for example, goes to 121,000 well-to-do readers at all the best addresses in a 2.8-sq.-mi. area of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Thin on news content and partial to causes like raising funds for homeless pets, Our Town earned estimated revenues of $1 million last year and profits of about...
When the Belmont Town Democratic Committee scheduled a forum for only six candidates, James Spiegel sued them for leaving him out--and both Kennedy and King refused to participate unless all of the Democratic candidates joined them...
Chowing Down. Warmer traditions do survive. In the small Mississippi town of Indianola, there were plenty of home-cooked casseroles and ham and turkey platters at the rehearsal dinner before the May 24 wedding of Ann Delinda Thompson and Kenneth Orlando Thomas, both 25. The food was prepared by friends and neighbors and certified good enough to compete with any catered affair. Even the cake was made locally, although it was the kind of extravaganza that looks like an honors project at a baking school: three small cakes surrounded a central four-layer job, with stairways from level to level...
Capsules remain popular with consumers despite the poison scares. While these pills are no more effective than tablets, many people find capsules better tasting and easier to swallow. Judy Newbold, a resident of Auburn, is resigned about the discovery of poisoned medication in her town. Says she: "It's just one of those things you have to take in stride. There are kooks everywhere...