Word: manhattanization
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Mott Street in Little Italy, Manhattan's newest locus of hip, is where modish factions of the young professional class gather in cafes to talk about movies starring Steve Buscemi and to chain-smoke as though it were Milan or 1956. Mott Street is, in other words, a place you might envision as fashion's capital of spartan black. On a northern tip, though, sits a tiny 1 1/2-year-old shop named Calypso, where, on any given weekend, stylish young shoppers slither past one another to get at a collection of near-sheer pastel sweaters, lacy skirts, candy-colored coats...
...immediately attracted me," he explains. "Not everything goes through the brain; some things go straight through the heart." Elbaz's clothes--pink and white dresses of layered tulle with dainty streams of sequins, billowy-sleeved jackets and Capri pantsuits--are so achingly beautiful that when the designer came to Manhattan to launch the line at a small show for select shoppers and members of the fashion press, at least one enraptured audience member actually began to tear...
...Manhattan in the 1920s had the Algonquin RoundTable, where members of the literati gathered toswap witty epigrams and drink martinis at theAlgonquin Hotel...
...overseers also received a letter from the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan asking them not to question a key witness about "any matters involving the Democratic National Committee [or] the Clinton/Gore Election Committee...because it could harm the active, ongoing criminal investigation." Investigators say the letter shows that the New York grand jury has targeted an alleged scheme in which Democrats would direct campaign contributions to Carey in return for contributions to state Democratic parties out of Teamster union funds...
...have seen Titanic even once? While some young women have gone back six or eight times to watch their heartthrob shiver his last shiver, Ms. Lewinsky has been a virtual prisoner in the Watergate. At a time when New Yorkers routinely spot Leonardo DiCaprio in person at Manhattan's trendiest nightspots, Ms. Lewinsky's reported social life does not extend beyond a quick handshake with William Safire at the Cosmos Club--a scene that will presumably be accompanied in the movie by background music from Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians...