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After a Frenzy, Las Vegas Emerges Over Seattle
SEATTLE — Despite the game looking like a Las Vegas Aces pummeling of Seattle in the first half, somehow Storm…
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For Mark Spitz, Olympic Greatness Came Amid Tragedy
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — On Sept. 5, 1972, a brief editorial in The New York Times noted that “nothing that…
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Biden Shouldn’t Apologize to Republicans
Republicans are outraged — or possibly simply pretending to be outraged — that President Biden has, in recent speeches, warned…
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Diamondbacks 1, Story 0
No one knows precisely when human language was invented. Spoken words leave no archaeological trace. As soon as their last…
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My Hopes and Fears for My Children as They Go Back to School
As I sent my kids back to school this year, I sent them with my prayers. I love the beginning…
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Logging in National Forests: A Crime or a Necessity?
More from our inbox: Our Uniqueness, Despite Our DoppelgängersA Loss From Russia’s War: Cultural ExchangeMr. Biden, Spare 44 LivesAn old-growth…
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Sterling Lord, Premier Literary Agent, Is Dead at 102
About 10 years ago Sterling Lord invited four long-term clients of his for lunch at the Regency Hotel in New…
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The Final Days of New York’s ‘Wild West’ Outdoor Dining Scene
The Final Days of New York’s ‘Wild West’ Outdoor Dining Scene The pandemic prompted New York restaurants to create many…
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‘I Became a Regular at a Coffee Shop Around the Corner’
Fetching Coffee Dear Diary: It was 2015, and I was an intern at a literary agency with offices near Union…
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The Curious Hole in My Head
I barreled into the world — a precipitous birth, the doctors called it — at a New York City hospital…