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Review: The Met’s New ‘Carmen’ Trades Castanets for Cutoffs
Starring a magnetic Aigul Akhmetshina, Carrie Cracknell’s lethargic staging updates Bizet’s opera to present-day America.
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News
Making a Cooking Resolution? These 9 Recipes Will Get You Started.
If abiding by resolutions were as easy as setting them, perfection would be attainable and the self-improvement section of the bookstore would be cobweb city. Still, self-reflection can be a rewarding exercise at the beginning of a new year. What ...
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Newyork
What Are Young Voters Looking For?
Want to ruin a Democratic strategist’s New Year? Bring up President Biden’s popularity problem with younger voters. The strategist may start furiously tap-dancing about this outreach plan or that policy achievement. But she has seen the polling trend ...
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Newyork
Don’t Flee the American Southwest Just Yet
This summer, when the temperature hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit or above in Phoenix for
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Newyork
Can an Ambitious Public University Still Be a Place for All Students?
Stony Brook University, one of two state schools designated as flagships, has aggressively fund-raised and recruited students.
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News
What Could Go Right (and Wrong) in the Markets Next Year
Wall Street’s forecasts mostly missed this year’s bull market rally. Here’s what strategists are saying about 2024.
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Newyork
Avert Your Eyes, Avoid Responsibility and Just Blame TikTok
We’re in a season of hand-wringing and scapegoating over social media, especially TikTok, with many Americans and politicians missing that two things can be true at once: Social media can have an outsized and sometimes pernicious influence on society ...
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Newyork
Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing
A company backed by Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors, including the LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, assembled a land empire outside San Francisco and announced a bold vision to build a brand-new ...
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World
As World’s Gaze Shifts to Gaza, Israel’s Psyche Remains Defined by Oct. 7 Attack
Hamas’s brutal raid and taking of hostages has left Israelis deeply traumatized and is expected to reshape the country for years to come.
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World
The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Has a Boat-Size Absence
Wild Oats XI, a crowd favorite that is one of the most successful yachts in the event’s history, will not compete this year pending repairs and rethinking.