Lauper went to work in a clothing store and sang Top 40 tunes at a Manhattan bar.

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Bill Tavonallo, 39, said he walked home on purpose from a Manhattan bar to enjoy the snow falling.

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Last year, he contested from afar: on the roof of a Manhattan bar at the same time as Nathan's contest.

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If you do not have time for a meal, step in for a martini or Manhattan at the long bar and watch the parade of high society drop in for dinner.

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The ship's 27 dining options also include ethnic restaurants like a Brazilian churrascaria and Shanghai's Noodle Bar, along with the Manhattan Room, styled like a private supper club with dance floor.

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Downstairs is a large candlelit Valhalla, like something out of an old Bavarian castle, and the roof has a small bar and big views of the Manhattan skyline across the East River.

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At Cocoa Bar locations in Brooklyn and on the Manhattan's Lower East Side, a five-month-old rule forbids laptops after 8 on Friday and Saturday nights.

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Woodland, a Manhattan Project scientist, came up with the idea for bar codes while running his fingers through the sand, trying to figure out how to put a unique code on every item of merchandise that could be easily scanned by a mechanical device.

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