Barra's main rivals in the single-speed category were Willo and a rider nicknamed Neu York, representing the Gorilla Smash Squad.
Moreover, any challenger would most likely need the backing of United's 13-member creditors' committee, which includes representatives not just of the unions but also the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Airbus Industrie and the Bank of New York, representing bondholders.
New York is represented by artists like La Bruja (the Witch), a hip-hop poet from the Bronx.
Some major systems, like the University of California, do not participate in the organization, while others, like the State University of New York, are represented by only a few campuses.
Cinematic New York is represented by hundreds of stills (Astaire and Rogers dancing, Diane Keaton flirting, King Kong raging, Robert De Niro glowering) pinned along a 20-foot stretch of his office wall.
The Palestine News Agency reported that Mr. Arafat said that "the statements and politically important position declared by Crown Prince Abdullah to The New York Times" represented "support to the peace effort".
New York is represented in James Gray's hardboiled "We Own the Night" (Oct . 12, about two brothers, a cop (Mark Wahlberg) and a night-club owner (Joaquin Phoenix), in conflict with the Russian Mob in Brighton Beach.
The New York shares representing the company's Australian arm were up 3.0%, or $1.51, at $52.26, in early New York trading.
The New York flight represents the first nonstop between the Mideast and North America.
The proposal, a copy of which was provided to The New York Times, represents an attempt at compromise by the chairman, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, on the issue that has been the greatest source of discord over the regulatory overhaul.
