According to Lieutenant General Leslie Groves, the primary military leader in charge of the Manhattan Project, Mills was anxious to have a very determined man involved, and – though he knew that Rickover was " not too easy to get along with " and " not too popular " – in his judgment Rickover was the man who the Navy could depend on " no matter what opposition he might encounter, once he was convinced of the potentialities of the atomic submarine.

According to tradition, Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans on May 24, 1626 for goods to the value of 60 Dutch guilders, which in the 19th century was estimated to be the equivalent of $ 1000 USD.

According to Allen, the idea for Manhattan originated from his love of George Gershwin's music.

According to actress Stacey Nelkin, Manhattan was based on her romantic relationship with Woody Allen.

According to the New York Times: Occupying a hilly pocket between the Sprain Brook Parkway to the west and the Bronx River Parkway to the east, Edgemont's Tudor and classic colonials ( a few dating back to the 18th century ) are about 22 miles from Midtown Manhattan, making it an appealing choice for commuters.

According to often repeated stories, the Dakota was so named because at the time it was built, the Upper West Side of Manhattan was sparsely inhabited and considered as remote as the Dakota Territory.

According to legend, Jennie Churchill was responsible for the invention of the Manhattan cocktail.

According to Reuters, McMahon failed to pay divorce attorney Norman Solovay $ 275, 168, according to a lawsuit filed in the Manhattan federal court.

According to Hodder, Jason might violently murder any person he comes across, but when Jason Takes Manhattan called for Hodder to kick the lead character's dog, Hodder refused, stating that, while Jason has no qualms against killing humans, he is not bad enough to hurt animals.

According to a biography of Ederle, America's Girl, her father, Henry, ran a butcher shop on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan.

According to the Neartown Association, the area's character is often likened to the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, New York City.

According to the Neartown Association, the area's character is often likened to the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, New York City.

According to an article in Art Monthly, Di Modica, " the authorities, and New York public, view it as a permanent feature of Lower Manhattan.

According to the end credits, it was filmed in and around Brooklyn, Manhattan, Montauk, Mount Vernon, Wainscott, and Yonkers, New York ; also Bayonne and West Orange, New Jersey.

According to the story, in the 1820s a rumor began circulating among city merchants that southern Manhattan Island was sinking near the Battery due to the weight of the urban district.

According to Robert Ripley, Kuda Bux performed an astonishing feat in Radio City, Manhattan, on August 2, 1938.

According to Gary Naftalis, a prominent Manhattan defense attorney who had been an assistant to Morgenthau in the 1960s, Morgenthau believed that prosecuting " crime in the suites " was every bit as important as prosecuting " crime in the streets.

According to the document, Downtown Brooklyn could become the city ’ s third-largest business district because of its proximity to Lower Manhattan ( closer by subway than Midtown ).

Sananda Francesco Maitreya ( born Terence Trent Howard in Manhattan, New York, New York on March 15, 1962 ), better known by his former stage name Terence Trent D ' Arby, is an American singer-songwriter who came to fame with his album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D ' Arby, released in July 1987, which included the singles " Wishing Well " and " Sign Your Name ".

According to the 2000 census ( in which Manhattan Valley's census tracts are 187, 189, 191, 193, and 195 ), 48, 983 persons live in the community, of which 44 % are of Hispanic origin, 32 % African Americans, and 24 % Asians, Whites and others.

According to Bob Colacello, Darling adopted this name sometime in 1963 / 1964 after she started going to gay bars in Manhattan and making visits to a doctor on Fifth Avenue for hormone injections.

According to Tipping Point by journalist Malcolm Gladwell, in 1994 when sales of Hush Puppies were down to 30, 000 pairs a year, and Wolverine was considering phasing out the brand, Hush Puppies suddenly became " hip " in the clubs and bars of downtown Manhattan where young people were " buying them up " at small shoe stores.

) According to popeducation. org, Crocker began his career in Buffalo at the AM Soul powerhouse WUFO ( also the home to future greats Eddie O ' Jay, Herb Hamlett, Gary Byrd and Chucky T ) before moving to Manhattan, where he first worked for Soul station WWRL and later top-40 WMCA in 1969.

According to New York Has A New Problem: The Making of Friday The 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, this was going to be the final film, in the series.

According to the 1991 census 28 % of houses in the borough were considered ' unfit ', chiefly those in Accrington and Church.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, of which, of it is land and 0. 28 % is water.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2. 3 square miles ( 6. 1 km² ), all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, making it the third-largest municipality in the United States by area ( the largest is Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the 2001 census, the borough has a population of 158, 919.

According to the 2001 census the borough then had a population of 314, 564 though the most recent ONS projection for 2008 is 331, 500.

According to the council's comparative assessment of wards made in 2004, the most deprived wards within the borough were in the south and east where unemployment rates, educational attainment and the quality of health were worst.

According to the 2001 census the population of the borough is approximately 196, 106.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the Office of National Statistics figures the borough ’ s population is 116, 538.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, of which is land and, or 9. 46 %, is water.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it ( 4. 44 %) is water and is adjacent to Mumford Cove.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it ( 4. 00 %) is water.