Word: manhattanization
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...watched as Iraqi Scuds hurtled down on Israeli and Saudi Arabian cities. American Patriot antiballistic missiles foiled many of those strikes. Now a standard feature on the TV evening news is the cat-and- mouse game that Saddam Hussein is playing with international inspectors looking for evidence of his Manhattan Project...
...Freddy's Song of Singapore Cafe. 2) At Steve McGraw's, munch on Jinx's '50s-style Rice Krispie Treats. You'll go snap crackle doo-wop! 3) The barbecued chicken is tangy at the Blue Angel, a stone's throw from Times Square. 4) Sip an oversize Manhattan -- the cocktail of choice for sophisticated Gothamites -- at Theater East. 5) Adam's Apple offers salad, shrimp, chicken and ice cream -- cafeteria food at its most authentic! 6) At the Village Gate, savor the gooey goodness of the Fluffernutter sandwiches, just like Mom used to make -- in a brown paper...
...come to New York. It's in venues around the country. Tamara, the Canadian play that leads audiences on a chase through a villa in pursuit of sex and intrigue, is the longest-running show in Los Angeles history (seven years); it also did a 2 1/2-year stint in Manhattan. Shear Madness, a mystery comedy in which audience members give suspects the third degree, has run in Boston for 11 years, Chicago for nine and Washington for three. San Diego, Houston, Miami and Philadelphia all boast dine-and-deduce thrillers. In Tony n' Tina's Wedding, revelers trek from...
...York State grand jury indicted B.C.C.I. and its two principal officers for fraud, bribery, grand larceny and money laundering after a two- year investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. B.C.C.I., said Morgenthau, had looted depositors of more than $5 billion in "the largest bank fraud in world history." Named as defendants were Agha Hasan Abedi, the Pakistani founder of B.C.C.I., and countryman Swaleh Naqvi, who had been the bank's chief operating officer. But bringing the pair to trial could prove impossible. Pakistan said last week it will refuse to extradite the ailing Abedi...
...remarkably similar stories about meeting Smith at a party, then being offered an escort home and a spare room at his parents' place; none of the women suspected that any harm could come to them. "He was quite charming," recalls one witness, who met Smith at a party in Manhattan in 1983. "I felt completely comfortable with him." In each case there was some drinking, some chitchat, but no sexual overtures until the sudden attack...