NEWS LITE : NAMES IN THE NEWS MAYOR UPBEAT AMID N.Y.'S CRUMBLE.First the walls came tumbling down. Then the bottom fell out. But even a month of real-life scenes from a disaster movie doesn't mean New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is falling apart, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Saturday. ``People who say that are being hysterical,'' Giuliani said as he stood at the edge of the 15-foot-deep crater that opened up Friday following a water main break. ``The city is in great shape, the city is in wonderful shape . . . it's probably doing better than ever before.'' Just behind him, generators whined and blow torches hissed as workmen cut apart the main, which flooded several city blocks. The break was the latest in a string of structural calamities: A ton of bricks showered down from the wall of an office building under renovation early last month, forcing officials to close three blocks of Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. at the peak of the Christmas season. Pieces of masonry fell from the facade of an upper Broadway building last week. Officials said heavy rains in the winter's first nor'easter might have weakened the concrete. The front of a six-story building in Times Square collapsed Dec. 30 - less than 48 hours before the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square a half-block away. On Saturday, residents and visitors were finding ways to skirt the yawning sinkhole sinkhole or sink or doline Depression formed as underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. Sinkholes vary greatly in area and depth and may be very large. on Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue and nearby streets were flooded within minutes when the 100-year-old main broke. The pavement collapsed from sidewalk to sidewalk, nearly swallowing a Buick and forcing people to vacate To annul, set aside, or render void; to surrender possession or occupancy. The term vacate has two common usages in the law. With respect to real property, to vacate the premises means to give up possession of the property and leave the area totally devoid of contents. workplaces and apartments. Some ousted residents watched as a gas line in the crater ruptured and sent flames two stories high. Thomas Leahy, 45, a New Jersey postal worker, said the crater ``looked like an asteroid hit the Earth.'' James Ingram and John Tesh co-wrote ``Give Me Forever (I Do).'' Ingram, Tesh conspire con·spire v. con·spired, con·spir·ing, con·spires v.intr. 1. To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. 2. on matrimonial mat·ri·mo·ny n. pl. mat·ri·mo·nies The act or state of being married; marriage. [Middle English, from Old French matrimoine, from Latin m ditty dit·ty n. pl. dit·ties A simple song. [Middle English dite, a literary composition, from Old French dite, from Latin dict Grammy-winning artist James Ingram says his new song, co-written with New Age pianist-composer John Tesh, is the ultimate wedding song. ``Give Me Forever (I Do)'' is sung by Ingram and will appear on Tesh's new album ``Grand Passion,'' due out Jan. 27. This is the first time Tesh, 45, the former co-host of ``Entertainment Tonight,'' has penned lyrics. ``There are a billion ways to say I love you,'' said Ingram. ``And I'm always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a billion and one ways to express that very personal emotion. ``That's part of my journey in this world,'' added the 45-year-old singer, who previously recorded duets with Linda Ronstadt, Patti Austin and Dolly Parton par·ton n. Any of the point particles believed to be a constituent of hadrons, now known as quarks. No longer in technical use. [part(icle) + -on1.] . Ingram said the song is the ``ultimate song for wedding and receptions'' because of lyrics like: ``I see you and I together in life, so there's nothing I wouldn't do to make you my wife.'' Getty heir decides it's better in the UK Higher taxes in Britain didn't keep billionaire philanthropist John Paul Getty II from becoming a British subject. Getty, 65, revoked his American nationality before Christmas, the British Home Office said. He has lived in Britain for 25 years and is believed to have donated more than $200 million to British causes. In 1986, he received an honorary knighthood knighthood: see chivalry; courtly love; knight. from Queen Elizabeth II for his philanthropy. First of septuplets home from hospital The first of the McCaughey septuplets was sent home Saturday, six weeks after the babies were born. Kenneth McCaughey, weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces, was released from the children's hospital at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. The other six McCaughey babies are in fair condition, said hospital spokeswoman Lynne Yontz. Doctors have said they hope to send them home by the end of January. Yontz said Kenneth was released because he was ready. ``The signs doctors look for to help determine each premature infant's readiness to go home include maintaining body temperature, remembering to breathe, taking feedings dependably and demonstrating ongoing weight gain,wr'' Yontz said. Rupert Murdoch doing God's work Bob Hope, Rupert Murdoch, Roy Disney and Ricardo Montalban have been awarded papal knighthoods by Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła , the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum in California) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States. announced. The comedian, the news magnate, the entertainment executive and the actor are among 67 men and women in the Los Angeles area being honored as knights or dames in the Pontifical pon·tif·i·cal adj. 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a pope or bishop. 2. Having the dignity, pomp, or authority of a pontiff or bishop. 3. Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious. Order of St. Gregory. The pope gives the honorary title to people of ``unblemished character,'' including non-Catholics, who have ``promoted the interests of society, the Catholic Church and the Holy See,'' said the Rev. Gregory Coiro, spokesman for the archdiocese. Hope, Murdoch and Disney are not Catholic, but their wives are and will be honored as well. News Lites is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 6 Photos Photo: (1) On New York's Fifth Avenue, repair crews work in a hole in the ground caused by a broken water main. Associated Press (2) DISNEY (3) MURDOCH (4) HOPE (5--6) James Ingram and John Tesh co-wrote ``Give Me Forever (I Do).'' |
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