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Books
Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary
Esa-Pekka Salonen is known for unusual, ambitious projects. But at the New York Philharmonic this week, he succeeded with standard…
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Books
In the Bard’s Hometown, a Challenge for New Theater Leaders
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s co-artistic directors have put together a challenging debut season. But many visitors come to Stratford-upon-Avon seeking…
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One Year After Scandoval, an Expanded Vanderpump Universe
The biggest reality television story of 2023 launched spinoffs, a Broadway run and side projects that may cause a halt…
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Books
What Is a Song?
Is it simply the music flowing out of your earphones? According to the law, the answer is a bit more…
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Books
Robert Kagan Takes the Long View on Trumpism
Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). Midnight, at the kitchen table, with a bowl of cornflakes. How…
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Style
5 Takeaways From the Times Interview of Brittney Griner
Less than two years ago, the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner was starting her nine-year sentence in a penal colony in…
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Style
‘I Will Never Forget Any of It’: Brittney Griner Is Ready to Talk
On the March afternoon when I met Brittney Griner in Phoenix, the wildflowers were in peak efflorescence, California poppies and…
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Newyork
In an Online World, a New Generation of Protesters Chooses Anonymity
Doxxing and other consequences have led many student protesters on college campuses to hide their identities. That choice has been…
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Newyork
Menendez Lawyers Cite ‘Traumatic’ History to Explain His Cash Stockpile
Senator Robert Menendez’s attorneys want a psychiatrist to testify at his corruption trial about the impact of his father’s death…
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Newyork
How Hudson Yards Went From Bust to Boom
The planned neighborhood in the far west of Manhattan has rebounded, at least in terms of leasing office space.