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Twenty-four hours afterward, you could be forgiven for wondering whether Bombay's deadliest terrorist attack in a decade had really happened. The freshly scrubbed pavements around the Gateway to India were heaving once again with beggars, tourists and balloon sellers. Uptown in Zaveri Bazaar, the gold and silver traders had taken it upon themselves to bag up all the stray limbs, hair, teeth and fingers, boarded up their broken windows and opened for business. Commuters packed trains as usual, and the stock market soared to a 29-month high. The newspapers all but ignored the 52 people killed...
...FRESHDIRECT.COM Started by a co-founder of New York City's popular Fairway Uptown store, FreshDirect specializes in meat and produce. Prices were comparable to those at Fairway, and fruit was carefully packaged to avoid damage. The delivery guy arrived right on time (deliveries are in 2-hr. slots from 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends), but several eggs were broken, and the bread was frozen. First-time shoppers get $50 worth of free groceries, and the $3.95 delivery fee is waived for your first three orders...
...movie about early-'60s Baltimore), The Graduate, Marty, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? It even got choreographer Twyla Tharp, for Movin' Out, to become the first person to hold the phrases Billy Joel and dance number in her head simultaneously since whatever poor sap directed the video for Uptown Girl. In all, the best way to get onstage was by having been a movie or a pop song. Being theatrical helped, but being theater didn...
...sparked. His rock-star magnetism lives: everywhere he went, delegates mobbed him to get a handshake or an autograph, and just like old times, he charmed the locals on a late-night run to McDonald's. After warmup music that included (to sniggers from the audience) Kiss Me and Uptown Girl, his speech was a TelePrompter-free tour de force that gave crucial support to Blair on his other exposed flank - Iraq. All week delegates had been voicing unease about George W. Bush's push toward war and what Blair admitted was a "fear it's being done...
...with fellow boarding school grads. “We mostly went to private schools, but we’re not exclusive,” says one guy earnestly. Shortly after, a gaggle of Abercrombie-clad women make an entrance and Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” blares from the stereo. Captain Morgan flows freely and the conversation turns to the oversized Head of the Charles poster on the wall and the semi-illegal methods through which it was acquired. Discussion of covert nocturnal pole-climbing ensues, which, as the offending party explains...