Man plunges 22 stories to his death from Manhattan hotel

A 40-year-old man from Coral Gables, Fla., made his fatal leap just before 9 am today after trying to check in to the hotel, law enforcement sources said. A hotel employee told him that they did not have a room for him, so he gave them his credit card, then made his way up to […]

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Religion: Smart Syrian

Wearing a black gown and a black-veiled mitre, there arrived in Manhattan last autumn His Grace the Most Reverend Theodosios Abourjaily, Archbishop of Tyre & Sidon, Metropolitan of Judadeh and personal delegate of Alexander III, Patriarch of Antioch in the Syrian branch of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Church of North America, with 60,0000 members, had been without a head since 1934, when Archbishop Victor and his two immediate subordinates died.

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Tree Believer: Terrence Malick’s Cinematic Vision

In August 1973, a quiet young courier took a print of Terrence Malick’s debut feature Badlands from Los Angeles to Manhattan for submission to the New York Film Festival. After the screening, festival chief Richard Roud said to the messenger, “Would you please tell Mr

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