International Style
Date: 19 November 2013
By PHILIP B. CORBETT
By coincidence, the timing of our stylebook revisions dovetailed with the rebranding of our global editions as The International New York Times. As part of that integration, our colleagues in Paris, London and Hong Kong have made a Herculean effort to adopt our stylebook and largely eliminate the variations and exceptions The Herald Tribune had maintained.
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The Engine of Her Community
Date: 20 November 2013
By KIRK SEMPLE
New York is city of unofficial mayors, with every block, industry, underworld and dog park having its one eminent personality; profile of Brenda Fryson, who has managed long list of community organizations, committees and revitalization and development projects from home office in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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Tireless Promoter of Local Talent
Date: 19 November 2013
By KIRK SEMPLE
New York is city of unofficial mayors, with every block, industry, underworld and dog park having its one eminent personality; profile of Aaron Adler, who hosts a monthly variety show with free admission in Kew Gardens, Queens.
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A Mover and Shaker for Youths’ Rights
Date: 19 November 2013
By EMILY S. RUEB
New York is city of unofficial mayors, with every block, industry, underworld and dog park having its one eminent personality; profile of Cheyanne Smith, student at the Bushwick School for Social Justice in Brooklyn; high school senior zigzags around the country to rallies and conferences advocating laws that prohibit racial profiling and that protect young people from being pushed into low-wage work or the criminal justice system.
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A Magnet for Pets in Central Park
Date: 20 November 2013
By EMILY S. RUEB
New York is city of unofficial mayors, with every block, industry, underworld and dog park having its one eminent personality; profile of Marta Sgubin, who, with her seemingly bottomless bag of treats, is hit among pets out on their walks in Central Park, where she draws their owners as well.
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Albuquerque Voters Defeat Anti-Abortion Measure
Date: 20 November 2013
By FERNANDA SANTOS
Voters in Albuquerque defeat a ballot question that sought to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, delivering a critical setback to an anti-abortion movement that had sought to use the progressive city to recalibrate the national debate about the issue; referendum is the first of its kind in the country for a municipality.
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