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Article: NEW YORK.
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- Travel America
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- November 1, 2000
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Our nations's No.1 city is arguably the gateway to America. discovering the `Big Apple' is a matter of selection. To absorb her vast menu of history and culture in a few days is impossible--Heck, it would take a lifetime!
CITY OF THE MONTH
What most people think of when they hear "New York" is really Manhattan, a narrow, 12-mile-long island--surely the most renowned island on earth. Manhattan is tire oldest of New York City's five boroughs, and it's the heart and soul of the city.
"Other cities are nouns," President John F. Kennedy once said. "New York is a verb."
It's hard to argue with his assessment. Manhattan's streets are teeming ...