[TypicalGirls] Jamie K. Sims: former Cosmopolitan
Deborah Albericci
deborahh at att.net
Fri May 12 12:05:36 EDT 2006
"FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" was the /Daily News/ headline of October 30,
1975. New York City had been seeking federal help to get out of its
fiscal crisis. "Drop dead!" is a Yiddish-ism and President Gerald Ford
never actually said the words, but the headline was powerful enough for
New York City readers. Ford was not re-elected.
http://www.barrypopik.com/article/201/tabloid-headlines-ford-to-city-drop-dead
Daniel Selzer wrote:
>I can't find it online, but the classic image of this
>may be that after the federal gov turned down NYC's
>request for money/aid, there was a newspaper with the
>headline "Feds to NY...Drop Dead".
>
>Then the south bronx lit on fire, hip-hop was born,
>Rudy got rid of the squeegee guys, Brooklyn became the
>new manhattan, the pizzeria next to the continental
>turned into a bad falafel place, Leonardo's Pizza on
>Court St. turned into a Dunkin Donuts, CBGBs moved to
>Las Vegas and the rest is history.
>
>That's not true. My girlfriend's car's windshield was
>wiped minus permission while waiting to get on the
>holland tunnel. So they're back, at least.
>
>dan "when do I move back to Jersey?" selzer
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