Word: manhattanization
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...moment of silence. During that long day of remembrance, the President's only public engagement was at St. John's Church on Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. A year ago, Bush spent 14 hours visiting all three sites of destruction and death--downtown Manhattan, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. He ended that pilgrimage with a speech at Ellis Island--the Statue of Liberty and the wounded New York City skyline providing a backdrop both poignant and uplifting. This year, by contrast, a White House aide said before Sept. 11, "the message is low key." It could...
...hastily arranged "Save the WUSA" committee, headlined by Billy Jean King, will meet in King's Manhattan office for the first time on Tuesday. The committee has given itself a 45-day deadline to secure the necessary funds. "We've been kicked out of office," says Joe Cummings, general manager of the Boston Breakers and a committee member. "Now we've got a month-and-a-half to get re-elected...
...walk nine miles from Manhattan to my home in Brooklyn. So the milk turned sour, and the meat went bad. So I couldn't use my computer or watch TV, and I had to sleep outside because there was no air conditioning. But how often do I get to see the stars over New York City? CHAIM THEIL New York City...
...huge chunk of North America was without power—that I had not, in fact, shorted the fuse that forced “World News Tonight” from its usual New York studio. In a strange way, I was relieved to learn that the rest of Manhattan was also without power...
...ride on the roller coaster atop the Stratosphere tower--he was lucky there wasn't a maximum height limit to get on--and now he was gazing out over the gaudiest stretch of urban landscape in America. He marveled at the brightly illuminated replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the Manhattan skyline, the dazzling fountains of Rome. "Las Vegas is the most beautiful city in the world," he said, "especially at night." A red-faced American tourist broke the reverie. "Hey, Yao Ming!" the man shouted. "Yao Ming, you da man!" It was the last thing the Chinese athlete wanted...