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New & Noteworthy
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One Establishment Meets Another
Avery Dulles's long journey to the Catholic cardinalate
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The Oval Office and the Diamond
A selective survey of America's First Fans
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The Nihilist
Philip Roth's hard, isolate—and heroic—vision
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The Hunter's Wife
A short story
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Byte, Byte, Against the Dying of the Light
A new senior-care facility e-monitors every move
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One Smart Bookie
He can't tell right from wrong
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New & Noteworthy
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Techno-Thriller
Now showing continuously at a theater near you
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Getting Used to the Greenback
The peculiar hitches of a growing Third World trend: conversion to the dollar. "In bars and banks and at the airport people could be seen holding the new bills up to the light, turning them this way and that as they scrutinized the cryptic imagery and the portrait gallery of American leaders."
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Putting Guests in Their Place
Never mind the food. The essence of a good dinner party lies in seating everyone properly
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The Stationery Self
There is no substitute for engraved writing paper
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Letters to the editor
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Ayn Rand Comes to Somalia
In the absence of government bureaucracy and foreign aid, business is starting to boom
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77 North Washington Street
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Everything You Need to Know
All Things Considered has only improved with age, the author finds. But it could still aim for deeper realms
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Who's in Charge?
People talk about a lack of leadership—but leadership seems to be everywhere
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New & Noteworthy
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Lost and Found
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New & Noteworthy
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New & Noteworthy
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William Makepeace Thackeray and James T. Fields
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Russia Is Finished
The unstoppable descent of a once great power into social catastrophe and strategic irrelevance
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Bron and His "Affec. Papa"
Auberon Waugh, the acerbic British man of letters, died in January. Our author remembers him and reflects on Waugh's complex, heartbreaking relationship with his father, Evelyn
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Ordinary People
In her latest novel, as in all her work, Anne Tyler explores un-hip, gentle lives of fortitude and decency
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Word Imperfect
Roget's Thesaurus has long been considered one of the great lexicographical achievements in the history of the English language, a reference work of astonishing ubiquity and far-reaching influence. But now the author of The Professor and the Madman—the best-selling tale of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—questions the legacy of the definitive list of synonyms that the brilliant Peter Mark Roget compiled 150 years ago. Is the name Roget becoming a synonym for intellectually second-rate?
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Word Court
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Hong Kong and Macau Reflagged
They may now be part of China, but they remain distinct—and distinctly marvelous