Tidbits and Outrages
TIDBITS& OUTRAGES "WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT THE DEAL—WE DIDN'T HAVE TO STAND IN LINE FOR THE UNDERWEAR" In Manhattan, a man was arrested for scheming to steal more than $1 million...
...June 1993/The Washington Monthly 23...
...NEXT LAUNCH THEY'LL BE TESTING THE EFFECTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS ON LIQUID PRELL On its most recent flight, the space shuttle Columbia carried a tube of Beck's Beer ingredients for an experiment to determine if weightlessness and cosmic rays can improve the taste of beer...
...The problem with finding a place for the couple," the piece explained, "was that they would need the apartment for only four months beginning May1, and most sublets stipulate a minimum of six months...
...lb CELEBRATE...
...an era of avarice, excess, and reckless spending is finished...
...And then many luxury buildings allow owners to sublet only once...
...TIDBITS& OUTRAGES "WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT THE DEAL—WE DIDN'T HAVE TO STAND IN LINE FOR THE UNDERWEAR" In Manhattan, a man was arrested for scheming to steal more than $1 million with the Medicaid account numbers of Russian immigrants he obtained by offering them angora underwear...
...Temporarily swapping their Beverly Hills house for a New York apartment, which the Yorks would consider doing, would not be allowed by some buildings...
...AND TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE SEVENTIES, MAY WE SUGGEST PLAID SLACKS...
...The eighties are over...
...MAY WE SUGCFSTA $i50 SOTriE OFCHAMPAClhiE?] PART ONE IN A NEW SERIES—THE CELEBRITY HOUSING CRISIS 77?e A/en/ VM 7/mes ran a 34-column-inch story about the difficulties encountered by actor Michael York and his celebrity photographer wife Pat as they looked for an apartment in New York...
Vol. 25 • June 1993 • No. 6
