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Solo Soulless Saboteurs
WASHINGTON — In the internet age, it’s almost impossible to get away with anything. (See: Adam Levine.) And yet, some people still manage to pull ...
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Pharoah Sanders, Whose Saxophone Was a Force of Nature, Dies at 81
Pharoah Sanders, a saxophonist and composer who was celebrated for music that was at once visceral and spiritual, purposeful and ecstatic, died ...
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Fed Chairs Are People, Too
A psychologist or a novelist might be as useful as an economist in explaining what the Federal Reserve is up to these days. The change in the Fed ...
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The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish
By now, many people shopping for college have gotten the message that not everyone pays the list price. But what percentage do get some kind of ...
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Louise Fletcher, 88, Dies; Oscar Winner for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
Louise Fletcher, the imposing, steely-eyed actress who won an Academy Award for her role as the tyrannical Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the ...
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Donald Blinken, Ambassador, Financier and Art Patron, Dies at 96
Donald Blinken, a financier, patron of the arts and Democratic Party donor who became an ambassador to Hungary, helping to inspire the career in ...
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Trump’s ‘Magical Powers’ of Declassification
More from our inbox: Censorship, From the Right and the LeftRepublicans on Gay MarriageLocalize Development AidArt About AbortionNo credible ...
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How Do You Handle a Wounded Putin?
The world shifted this week. Vladimir Putin showed that he knows how deeply wounded he is. He knows that his rule is under existential threat if ...
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What Are F1 Reserve Drivers Waiting For? A Better Seat.
Racing in Formula 1 means being part of an exclusive club. There are only 20 full-time race seats. Behind the drivers is an unheralded, but ...
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Will Anyone Give ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ a Chance?
Years ago, when I was a film critic, I was asked out for coffee by a guy who’d just been hired at the review-aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes ...