Articles Written by:    ANTHONY RAMIREZ     

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To Promote New York, Handlers Take Steps to Reclaim ‘I ♥ NY’

In business, as in romance, familiarity often breeds, if not contempt, then indifference. Consider, for example, the Playboy logo, symbol of a certain kind of male sophistication in the 1950s, yet today, owing to promiscuous licensing, it seems ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  11 May 2008

For airport workers, a course in turbulence

NEW YORK: At Fordham University, students can take courses in "personal branding" and "sales management." But what could a course called Resiliency Edge mean? A revolutionary razor blade, perhaps? Or practical ways to survive in the woods? Maybe the ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, International Herald Tribune,  7 May 2008
Related Topics: Thomas Murphy,  Delta Air Lines

At the Airport, Training for Heightened Diplomacy

At Fordham University, students can take courses in “personal branding” and “sales management.” But what could a course called Resiliency Edge mean? A revolutionary razor blade, perhaps? Or practical ways to survive in the woods? Maybe the latest in ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  7 May 2008
Related Topics: Delta Air Lines

For Physician Assistant, Empathy Goes Two Ways

This is a story about health care that is not universal. There is a name attached: John C. Welton, from the Bronx, father of two and husband to Vivian. Mr. Welton is a physician assistant. Because of his job and what he has lived through, Mr. Welton is ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  4 May 2008

Card Readers in Cabs, and the Battle Behind the Scenes

Six months after the city required yellow cabs to start taking credit cards, the chairman of the City Council’s transportation committee, John C. Liu, questioned the abilities of the Taxi and Limousine Commission during an oversight hearing on Thursday. ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  1 May 2008

Aspiring Filmmakers Rub Elbows at Festival

Aerial shot of Manhattan. Camera pans down to office building. Dissolve. Behind a desk, a movie producer reads a script for “Northanger Abbey.” Smash cut to close-up of producer’s lips as we hear: “Jane, honestly. Bath, in England, really? Why not ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  26 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Jane Austen,  Maggie Gyllenhaal,  James Spader,  Sean Connery,  James Bond

For 1,000 Solo Dancers, a Soundtrack of Silence

Union Square the soapbox, front porch and crunchy granola bar of New York City has been witness to many curious things. Once, under a hot sun in 2005, a soft drink maker tried to stand upright a frozen Popsicle the size of an ICBM. It melted into ooze. ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  19 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Pope Benedict XVI,  Facebook Inc.

High-Rise Approved in Error Before Crash

The high-rise building under construction on the East Side where a crane collapse last month killed seven people did not conform with zoning regulations and was approved in error, the city’s buildings commissioner said on Thursday at a City Council ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  17 Apr 2008

Judge Rules for Inmate Long Denied Parole, Saying 2006 Hearing Was Unfair

Jack South, Prisoner No. 90T1984, has endured the kind of life foster homes, post-traumatic stress from his time in the Army, drug abuse that may or may not have led to his history of crime, including bank robbery and escape from a federal prison. What ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  17 Apr 2008
Related Topics: George E. Pataki,  Eliot Spitzer,  Andrew Cuomo

Backstage With Six Rabbis, Six Imams and No ‘Kumbaya’

Marc Schneier, 3 years old and not yet a rabbi, had a knack for getting the attention of adults. The story is told that he liked to wander. One night he was nowhere to be found in the synagogue during Yom Kippur services. His frantic mother searched. ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  12 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Roman Catholic Church,  Osama bin Laden

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