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  2. History of New York City (1946–1977) - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan skyline around 1970. A fiscal conservative, Democrat Ed Koch, was elected as mayor in 1977. By 1977–78, New York City had eliminated its short-term debt. By 1985, the City no longer needed the support of the Municipal Assistance Corporation, and it voted itself out of existence.

  3. List of books set in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Good Fairies of New York – Martin Millar (1992) Sweet Liar – Jude Deveraux (1992) The Kaisho – Eric Lustbader (1993) A Mother's Love – Mary Morris (1993) Nude Men – Amanda Filipacchi (1993) Closing Time – Joseph Heller (1994) Down in the Zero – Andrew Vachss (1994) A Feather on the Breath of God – Sigrid Nunez (1994)

  4. New York Public Library Main Branch - Wikipedia

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    The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (commonly known as the Main Branch, the 42nd Street Library, or just the New York Public Library [b]) is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The branch, one of four research libraries in the library system, contains nine ...

  5. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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    1878: First phone directory printed in Connecticut. Telegraph manager George Coy of New Haven, Connecticut, developed an exchange—the system that allows people to call each other—within a year ...

  6. Timeline of the Manhattan Project - Wikipedia

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    The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

  7. Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    In Manhattan, the borough with the highest population density (66,940 people/sq mi. in year 2000; 1,564,798 inhabitants) and concentration of business and tourist destinations, only 18% of the working population drove to work in 2000, while 72% used public transportation and 8% walked." ^ "Manhattan" (PDF).

  8. Telephone directory - Wikipedia

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    Telephone directory. A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a ...

  9. 1946 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    August 1. President Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, which establishes the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The Fulbright Program, a system of U.S. international educational exchange scholarships, is established. August 25 – American golfer Ben Hogan wins the PGA Championship.

  10. Manhattan Transfer (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan Transfer is an American novel by John Dos Passos published in 1925. It focuses on the development of urban life in New York City from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age as told through a series of overlapping individual stories.

  11. History of transportation in New York City - Wikipedia

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    e. 1867 test of cable car. Transportation in New York City has ranged from strong Dutch authority in the 17th century, expansionism during the industrial era in the 19th century and half of the 20th century, to cronyism during the Robert Moses era. The shape of New York City 's transportation system changed as the city did, and the result is an ...