Archive for the 'New York' Category
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Grim Moments in Marketing…
The 2007 New York Auto Show
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Images: (original NY auto show vehicles’ photos) c. C.NET.Networks.com; (Bugatti) edge-inc.net;(Swiss Army knife) (cereals) newquebec.blogspot.com; (dairy) bushrefrigeratin.com; (Basic Instinct still) hiring-revolution.com; (metal grocery cart) retaildesigndiva.blogs.com; (lava lamp) simply70s.com; (radio flyer) ace.imageg.net;
This entry was posted on Monday, May 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm and is filed under […]
Posted in Business, New York, Automobiles, Industrial Design |
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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NEW YORK POST, AUGUST 3, 2009
Regional News
Washed Up! Ipod Guard Whistled
Aug. 4, 2009
Now he’s in deep. The city yesterday suspended the lifeguard photographed by The Post Sunday as he relaxed in his chair listening to his iPod through a headset on Rockaway Beach. The nine-year veteran, whose name was withheld, faces charges…
Regional News
Lifeguard Caught Wearing […]
Posted in New York, Society, Swimming |
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
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Calvin Klein billboard in SoHo.
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Could this have been the original concept?
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J. C. Penney catalogue–The Man About Cleveland Collection
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Image: (Penney) via double3.com (Klein) via thegenderbenderblog.files.wordpress.com; (Klein plus)–(ad) images.teamsugar.com via fabsugar.com(Invaders from Mars Jar) via ihousephilly.org;(goat) animals.nationalgeograhic.com; (Beetlejuice characters) via iwatchstuff.com
Posted in Business, New York, Advertising, Fashion, S-E-X |
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Photographs and column are here.
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Did you know that the largest attendance to see a Major League team
was not at a venue in the United States?
On October 18, 1936 Nuremberg Stadium recorded an attendance of 322,463 to watch the St. Louis Browns take on the Cologne Atomizers of the Hanseatic League. Baseball Commissioner Keenesaw Mountain […]
Posted in Business, New York, Germany, World War II, Baseball, Italy, Third Reich, Greed |
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
January 27, 2009
The New York Times
New York Says Health Chief Abused Power
By DANNY HAKIM
ALBANY — Gov. George E. Pataki’s appointment of Antonia C. Novello, a former surgeon general, as state health commissioner in 1999 was seen as something of a coup for New York.
An appointee of President George H. W. Bush who was the first […]
Posted in New York, Labor, Antonia Novello |
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
It seems as if Governor Paterson and his minions made a serious mistake when they ham-handedly hinted that Caroline Kennedy was not what she had seemed.
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Updated: 01/25/09 07:17 AM
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Paterson may feel backlash from angry Democrats
The governor’s handling of the appointment to New York’sU. S. Senate seat has political insiders scratching their heads.
By Tom […]
Posted in New York, Movies, Democrats, Cong-SENATE, David Paterson, Caroline Kennedy |
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
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Image: (machine) sent as photo by my son; (Dempsey’s) via farm2.static.flickr.com; (pope) (symbols) wikipedia.org
Posted in New York, Personal Products, Pope Benedict XVI |
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
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Alf. P. Lane: From the Bain News Service- Library of Congress
Posted in New York, Weapons, 1900-1919, Police |
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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THE NY JULES DASSIN PROWLER-CLASS; PC-18
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“NAKED CITY”
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Images: (harbor) Steven J. Weber, USN via wikimedia.org (police car model) firstgearmodels.com; (16-inch guns & superstructure) picou.org; (wake) ih6.ggpht.com via picasweb.com (explosions) J. David Rogers via web.mst.edu;
Posted in New York, Terrorism, Weapons |
Monday, June 16th, 2008
I use a cobra-snake for a necktie,
I got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made from rattlesnake hide,
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of a human skull,
Now come on take a walk with me, Mikey,
And tell me, who do you love?
Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) –1956
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GOV BLASTS ‘NASTY’ MIKE
By FREDRIC U. […]
Posted in New York, Music, Horse Racing, Mayor Bloomberg, Paterson-NY Gov. |
Monday, April 21st, 2008
The Holy Father stayed at the East 72nd street residence of
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the papal nuncio to the United Nations.
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Archbishop Migliore snarled to the assembled press,
“I won’t make that mistake again!”
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While he had heard rumors about the pope’s destructive tendencies,
Archbishop Migliore was at a loss when confronted by
a two-year old hyena fresh […]
Posted in New York, Pope Benedict XVI |
Monday, April 21st, 2008
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Image: (main photo) AP; (gloves) home2rome.wordpress.com via buyfitnessonline.com;
Posted in New York, Pope Benedict XVI, Prize-Fighting, Roman Catholics |
