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In New York Magazine Next Week ... Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Mickey Drexler's Redemption by Meryl Gordon Mickey Drexler built the Gap by inventing a uniform for America. But when the company started to struggle, he was summarily fired. Now he's back in the game as CEO of J. Crew and aiming to remake the national dress code. Not to mention his reputation. Iced by Craig Horowitz In broad daylight on Sixth Avenue, a month before he and his father were due to stand trial for money laundering, diamond dealer Eduard Nektalov took a bullet in the back of the head. A visit inside the Nektalovs' community of Bukharan Jews in Queens, an immigrant society that fiercely protests its own. Will the Last Hipster Please Turn Out the Lights? by Zev Borow New York is suddenly so five years ago. A satire. A 'Nutcracker' Family Album Photograph by Neal Slavin, Text by Alicia Zuckerman Fifty years ago, everyone but George Balanchine thought his Nutcracker would drive the New York City Ballet into bankruptcy. Boy, were they wrong. Columns ... introducing Chris Smith as The City Politic columnist A Mayor's Race Blooms by Chris Smith Can a billionaire businessman learn the common touch? Is beating up on Jim Dolan a winning strategy? And could a Republican take a chunk of the black vote? The shape of the campaign to come. Going Private by James J. Cramer The Bush plan to privatize Social Security and Medicare is a multi- billion-dollar disaster in the making. Perhaps the best we can do, ironically, is to copy the savings plan that federal employees get. Strategist - Holiday Gifts The Best Bet - The ultimate evergreen for your Christmas tree Holiday Gifts - What to Buy for Everyone You Know * Couple With a New Baby * Younger Brother * Style-Obsessed Friend * Teenage Nephew * Granny * 5-Year-Old * Tween * Boss * Dad * Artsy Aunt Big Bold Baubles - Necklaces are back, and these are the strands that dreams are made of. Holiday Shopping Maps - Three streets for one-stop shopping * Lexington Avenue, Upper East Side * Crosby Street, Soho * Austin Street, Forest Hills Home for the Holidays - The dysfunctional family Christmas, a fashion parable. Budget Presents - Great gifts under $20 Wishful Thinking - Two very different New Yorkers reveal their current heart's desires. Negotiations - Lauren Slater on what Freud never told us about the meaning of holiday gifts. The Look Book - Kate Young, Stylist. Spotted on the corner of Prince & Elizabeth. Food - Hal Rubenstein reviews Lure Fishbar, Squash Pro, Loaves for Leftovers AND mail-order holiday gifts from New York and the nation. Body - Luxe, prepackaged beauty products Travel - 'Tis the season for a well-planned escape. A trio of travel agents design trips worth giving. Mating - Amy Sohn on the single-mom option Real Estate - The Roaring Twenties; Movers; Same Space, Different Place Intelligencer Spitzer Goes Prospecting ... Fight the Power (Take Two): Eminem re-edits his anti-Bush video ... Raw on Raw ... Jets Tackle the Dolans on their own home turf ... The $15 Million Sailboat-Storage Lot on Georgica Pond goes on sale ... Admiral Durst: Ahoy! The green billionaire seeks to expand his fleet It Happened Last Week: Bated Breath Queens Bomber: Is Willie Randolph the miracle the Mets have been waiting for? The Liza Minnelli Challenge: Does Drinking Really Make You Stronger? A Test. By Jada Yuan The 100-Person Poll: How much do you spend on holiday gifts? A nosy sidewalk survey - conducted outside Bloomingdale's and Saks. Lovable Dirty Bastard: Saying Good-Bye to the Ringo of Rap By Mark Jacobson HMV Unplugged: What killed the city's big-box music store? By Dan Gross Party Lines: Oscar De La Renta Boutique Opening Party; A Preview Party (for artists) at the MoMA The Culture Pages Up with People - Playwright Neil LaBute is famous for his twisted amorality plays. With Fat Pig, is he seeking higher ground? By David Amsden Movies - The Big Picture. Oliver Stone's ambition pays off in Alexander, this lusty historical epic, full of elephants and eye contact. By Ken Tucker AND a conversation with Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of A Very Long Engagement; Theater - Realpolitik. Michael Frayn shows the human side of he democratic process, in all its tragicomic muddle, in Democracy. By John Simon AND a conversation with character actor Michael McKean; Books - Big Wolfe on Campus. The dapper novelist takes a bravura tour through the sexual wilderness of the American university in I am Charlotte Simmons. By Cristina Nehring; Process - JT LeRoy hosted a reading/concert/opening at Deitch Projects, where he helped choose the art; Classical Music - Sweeps Week. City Opera brings in the Broadway talent for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. By Peter G. Davis AND a conversation with conductor Alondra De La Parra; Music - The Real Slim Shady Sits Down - and Grows Up. Eminem ushers in the age of rap apology. By Chris Norris; Art - Reeling in the Years. Eccentric and deliberately naïve, Hans-Peter Feldmann turns snapshots into sharpshooting. 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