Where else could you rub elbows with big name sports and entertainment figures like Frank Gifford, recently retired from the Giants; Wellington Mara, co-owner of Gifford's old football team; or Ed Sullivan, the variety show host who introduced the Beatles to primetime American audiences?
It's a question that is leading to a rare bipartisan conversation these days with some big figures in the Democratic party, like Cory Booker in Newark, Antonio Villaraigosa in Los Angeles and Andrew Cuomo in New York, actually leading the discussion.
Four years ago, Obama went to the White House with a Team of Rivals — big figures with big voices.
We spoke with a number of big figures there – the biggest being Dan Gilbert of Quicken Loans who bought out most of the old downtown core and filled it with teams of young men and women who work the phones all day.
If they did not trade Rodriguez and get out from under the potentially staggering future obligation, it would have sorely affected their ability to offer a substantial contract to Reyes, at least one with a big figure for its first year.
Wilkin Abreu, a 23-year-old barber, said he kept track of Sosa's home run chase against McGwire by writing the number of his latest home run on his car window in chalk with big, fat figures.
Like its sister channels Sky1, Sky Atlantic and Sky Living, Sky Arts is about driving subscriber numbers for its parent company BSkyB's pay-TV business, not wooing advertisers with big audience figures (although clearly if no one is watching, it's not going to shift dishes either).
Influenced by young ANC leader Thabo Mbeki, Mandela began meeting with big business figures, and played down his support for nationalisation, fearing that he would scare away much-needed foreign investment.
