Word: manhattanization
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...going?" the driver asked with a heavy foreign accent. When I told him, the cab driver flashed a grim smile. "It will take you a while." I suddenly realized that 5 p.m. Friday was not the best time to try to get to the airport from the heart of Manhattan. "Get me there as fast as you can," I said anxiously...
...true that what the Serengeti Plain is to lions, the poshest private grade schools in Manhattan are to head lice. In recent years the head-lice problem at private schools has increased at almost the same rate as tuition, leading to the theory, not yet proved, that some of these places must be charging...
When I'm on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and I see a child who seems particularly pampered--fabulously expensive clothing, state-of-the-art toys, an attentive nanny or two--my first thought is, "That poor kid's head must itch like crazy...
...ministers. He is introduced--by his own advance man--as "an instrument of God's hand, like Rosa Parks." Never mind that this is a 42-year-old multimillionaire preppie known to ski in boxer shorts and throw Frisbees at conferences, who even dressed as Batman to inaugurate a Manhattan office. Today, Draper tells the assembled pastors, he is ready to spend at least $20 million of his fortune to "fix education." Moreover, he adds, "it won't cut into my lifestyle...
From Hoefler Type Foundry, their studio in Manhattan's SoHo district, the duo (they're both 29 years old and began designing in their teens) create fonts that stand out with the clarity, elegance and durability of a well-cut diamond. Though no two designs are alike, a Hoefler typeface--very few right angles, very few straight lines--is always exquisitely legible without sacrificing high style, somehow managing to synthesize classical elements with the churning pop culture. "Typefaces have a viral quality," says Hoefler. "It's always amazing to see where they wind up and how they transform the things...