The arrests came hours after thousands marched to New York's iconic Times Square on Saturday night, hoisting signs and chanting.

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"Customers told us they'd rather go out Thursday night, " he said in an interview after monitoring sales from his landmark location in New York's Times Square.

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On a muggy night in May, a hundred-odd people gathered in the window-lined lounge at the Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel to see the latest work by the protean director Robert Wilson.

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