In his apartment overlooking Manhattan's Central Park, Abraham Feller sat nervously one morning last week, chatting with his wife. For two weeks he had been acting strangely, had even mentioned suicide
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Matisse’s American Patrons
The traveling exhibition of gouache cutouts done by Henri Matisse in his last years has been admired lately in Manhattan and Chicago, but at San Francisco's Museum of Art last week the show had a unique and poignant meaning.
Roll Call: Who’s Who in L’Affaire Strauss-Kahn
It was good news/bad news on Thursday for Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The ex- Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund was indicted on seven counts stemming from his alleged assault of a hotel worker; but then he was granted bail of $1 million with a $5 million bond.
Business: Pas de Dough
The lights go low at Manhattan's garish Latin Quarter nightclub.
DSK Sex-Crime Case: Ex-Prosecutor Explains Charges
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has shocked both sides of the Atlantic and much of the world. The official charges filed against him in a New York City court include: two counts of criminal sexual act in the first degree; one count of attempted rape; and one count each of sexual abuse in the first degree, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, sexual abuse in the third degree and forcible touching.
RACES: The Black Supremacists
“Every white man knows his time is up,” snapped the frail-looking Negro in the embroidered pillbox to 5,500 Negroes packed into Manhattan's St. Nicholas Arena one hot afternoon last week
Food: Trompe I’Oeil Restaurant
Simply arriving at a Larry Ellman restaurant can be a challenge to belief. A diner bound for Manhattan's Orangerie, for instance, can be picked up and delivered at the restaurant by a customer-service Citron painted all over with orange blossoms
The Home: By the Numbers
For a businessman in Trenton who wants to call the Western Electric Co. in Manhattan—but doesn't know the number—it is about as easy as falling off a logarithm: first he dials 2125551212 , then 2125712345 for Western Electric
The Battle Over Gay Teens
In May, David Steward, a former president of TV Guide, and his partner Pierre Friedrichs, a caterer, hosted an uncomfortably crowded cocktail party at their Manhattan apartment. It was a typical gay fund raiser–there were lemony vodka drinks with mint sprigs; there were gift bags with Calvin Klein sunglasses; Friedrichs prepared little blackened-tuna-with-mango-chutney hors d’oeuvres that were served by uniformed waiters.
Medicine: Curable Disease?
What is homosexuality?