41.   Particularly shocking, said Sylvia Shapiro, is buying an apartment in Manhattan.

42.   Particularly on the East Side, she said, very affluent families are now finding it cheaper to buy apartments than continue renting.

43.   She and her domestic partner, Carrie Smith, had recently bought an apartment on the Upper West Side and needed to coordinate their investments and plan for retirement.

44.   She has just bought an apartment with her boyfriend in the West Village and they have no phone yet.

45.   She recently bought an apartment in Covent Garden.

46.   Six months ago, Jason Weisenfeld, a vice president of Barneys, and Greg Winkelman, a vice president of Tommy Hilfiger, bought an apartment there.

47.   Sometimes their parents buy them apartments.

48.   Sometimes criminals would offer to buy the apartments for cash, promising new housing elsewhere.

49.   Spain bought its apartment.

50.   The co-op proposal, which would have allowed tenants to buy their apartments at low prices, was narrowly defeated.