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New York Times (Dec 2021)
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Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Judson Brewer
681 points • dec 28, 2021
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How to Double Mask Correctly
680 points • dec 19, 2021
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The Year in Fitness: Shorter Workouts, Greater Clarity, Longer Lives
678 points • dec 30, 2021
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How to Tell When Your Country Is Past the Point of No Return
676 points • dec 15, 2021
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How Much Did That New Kitchen Cost? No One’s Going to Tell You.
670 points • dec 18, 2021
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Wayne Thiebaud, Playful Painter of the Everyday, Dies at 101
669 points • dec 27, 2021
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Why Is My Eyelid Twitching?
668 points • dec 29, 2021
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Fauci warns against complacency amid data showing Omicron causes milder illness.
662 points • dec 27, 2021
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Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters
656 points • dec 29, 2021
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Johnny Isakson, 76, Longtime Senator From Georgia, Is Dead
654 points • dec 21, 2021
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Omicron and Holiday Travel: How to Strategize
652 points • dec 23, 2021
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English Teenager Finds Bronze Age Ax Using a Metal Detector
649 points • dec 04, 2021
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Fox tightens its vaccine rule, removing a test-out option for N.Y.C. office workers.
648 points • dec 21, 2021
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Netflix Holiday Movies Ranked, From Tree Toppers to Lumps of Coal
646 points • dec 05, 2021
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Jill Biden’s White House Christmas Looks Very … Normal
646 points • dec 01, 2021
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The Sheriff Who Wants to Put Andrew Cuomo Behind Bars
642 points • dec 08, 2021
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New York City Tries New Approach: Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers
640 points • dec 29, 2021
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1,000 New People Arrive in Texas Every Day. Half Are Newborns.
640 points • dec 27, 2021
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A Meeting With Maxwell Led to Years of Sex With Epstein, Accuser Says
638 points • dec 08, 2021
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Trump’s Iran Policy Has Become a Disaster for the U.S. and Israel
637 points • dec 01, 2021
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Facing Subpoenas, Trump Allies Try to Run Out the Clock on Democrats
636 points • dec 17, 2021
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The Teenagers Getting Six Figures to Leave Their High Schools for Basketball
635 points • dec 01, 2021
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Is It Safe to Travel? Can I Still See My Family on Christmas?
632 points • dec 18, 2021
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Why Christmas Gifts Are Arriving on Time This Year
632 points • dec 23, 2021
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He Wants a Loan. Can I Demand That He Get Vaccinated First?
632 points • dec 10, 2021
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Secret Charms and 7th Sons: ‘The Cure’ Is Alive and Well in Ireland
630 points • dec 21, 2021
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To Eat Oysters Better, Treat Them Like Wine
623 points • dec 20, 2021
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The U.S. breaks its single-day virus case record for the second day in a row
622 points • dec 31, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris was exposed to the coronavirus.
622 points • dec 24, 2021
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Architects Are the Latest White-Collar Workers to Confront Bosses
619 points • dec 22, 2021
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What Shouldn’t Change About Classical Music
618 points • dec 17, 2021
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Fed Shifts to Inflation Battle, Winding Down Pandemic Support
615 points • dec 16, 2021
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Jacqueline Avant, Philanthropist and Wife of Music Producer Clarence Avant, Is Fatally Shot
614 points • dec 02, 2021
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These Hirschfeld Drawings Capture Sondheim’s Shows Better Than Any Photo
612 points • dec 09, 2021
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I Got to the Bottom of All Those Flight Cancellations
606 points • dec 30, 2021
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The winds in Kansas whipped up wildfires and dust storms.
606 points • dec 17, 2021
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Green-Energy Race Draws an American Underdog to Bolivia’s Lithium
605 points • dec 17, 2021
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Sardi’s Is Back After 648 Days, Its Fortunes Tied to Broadway
602 points • dec 26, 2021
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Big Hospital Chains Drop Vaccine Mandates for Health Workers
598 points • dec 15, 2021
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I’m Not Ready for Christmas. I Need to Take a Minute.
596 points • dec 06, 2021
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The four victims killed in the school shooting were all students.
594 points • dec 02, 2021
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I Tried to Change Bob Dole. Now I Realize He Was Right.
594 points • dec 07, 2021
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Is It Safe to Have a New Year’s Eve Party?
588 points • dec 26, 2021
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Spelling Bee Forum
588 points • dec 05, 2021
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Why Jesus Never Stopped Asking Questions
586 points • dec 23, 2021
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Where Is the Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture?
586 points • dec 29, 2021
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After-Dinner Drinks You’ll Want to Linger Over
584 points • dec 18, 2021
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The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now
580 points • dec 01, 2021
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Spelling Bee Forum
576 points • dec 10, 2021
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In Israel, people over 60 and medical workers will receive fourth vaccine doses.
576 points • dec 22, 2021
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The C.D.C. tells travelers to avoid cruises, regardless of vaccination.
575 points • dec 31, 2021
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Sri Lanka’s Plunge Into Organic Farming Brings Disaster
574 points • dec 08, 2021
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Can We Trust What’s Happening to Money?
573 points • dec 11, 2021
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The Crash of Two Airplanes and the Crisis at Boeing
571 points • dec 08, 2021
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Ukraine, Explained
568 points • dec 09, 2021
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A judge temporarily blocks a vaccine mandate for health workers in 10 states.
566 points • dec 01, 2021
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Fox News Replaces Christmas Tree That Went Up in Flames in Manhattan
564 points • dec 10, 2021
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Feeling Bad About … Your Hair?
558 points • dec 22, 2021
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Here’s what to know about Oxford High School.
558 points • dec 01, 2021
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Jan. 6 Committee Weighs Possibility of Criminal Referrals
558 points • dec 22, 2021
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‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane
557 points • dec 23, 2021
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Cultivating Olives on the Slopes of Mount Etna
555 points • dec 14, 2021
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A Rogue Climber Running From the Law Was Fleeing His Own Trauma
548 points • dec 28, 2021
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Fauci and other top U.S. health officials project resolve in fighting the Omicron variant.
534 points • dec 04, 2021
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Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking.
533 points • dec 01, 2021
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We Will Look Back on This Age of Cruelty to Animals in Horror
530 points • dec 17, 2021
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Spelling Bee Forum
528 points • dec 25, 2021
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Ungerrymandered: Michigan’s Maps, Independently Drawn, Set Up Fair Fight
526 points • dec 31, 2021
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France’s Old Bigotry Finds a New Face
523 points • dec 03, 2021
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An 11-Minute Body-Weight Workout With Proven Fitness Benefits
521 points • dec 13, 2021
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Two Years, 22 Rivers, 7,500 Miles. Crossing America by Canoe.
521 points • dec 18, 2021
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Conservatives Abandon Johnson Over New Covid Rules
520 points • dec 15, 2021
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She Thought Her Brother-in-Law Was a Killer. No One Believed Her.
518 points • dec 25, 2021
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The C.D.C. recommends that other vaccines be preferred over J.&J.
517 points • dec 17, 2021
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N.Y.C.’s Gas Ban Takes Fight Against Climate Change to the Kitchen
516 points • dec 15, 2021
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‘Looking for the Good War’ Says Our Nostalgia for World War II Has Done Real Harm
515 points • dec 01, 2021
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See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival
510 points • dec 15, 2021
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Israeli Leader Travels to U.A.E., Showcasing Deepening Ties
508 points • dec 13, 2021
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The Best Mystery Novels of 2021
506 points • dec 08, 2021
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Five Republican governors seek vaccine exemptions, escalating a fight with the Pentagon.
506 points • dec 16, 2021
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Carlos Tejada, Deputy Asia Editor for The Times, Dies at 49
506 points • dec 24, 2021
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Want to Get Your Favorite Gardener a Truly Useful Gift?
497 points • dec 15, 2021
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Spelling Bee Forum
496 points • dec 04, 2021
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Is Gluten-Free Bread Healthier Than Regular Bread?
493 points • dec 08, 2021
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Flash Floods Hit Parts of Hawaii as Storm Lashes Region
492 points • dec 07, 2021
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Chris Cuomo Played Outsize Role in Ex-Gov. Cuomo’s Defense
489 points • dec 01, 2021
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A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement
489 points • dec 18, 2021
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We Can Live Better Lives While Being Smart About Covid
487 points • dec 12, 2021
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Abortion: The Voice of the Ambivalent Majority
486 points • dec 03, 2021
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Spelling Bee Forum
484 points • dec 23, 2021
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John Madden Is Remembered as the ‘Soundtrack’ of the N.F.L.
484 points • dec 30, 2021
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Five Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now
484 points • dec 26, 2021
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I Took Ketamine for My Depression. Things Got Pretty Weird.
483 points • dec 27, 2021
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In Bill Cosby Case, Supreme Court Is Asked to Toss Ruling That Freed Him
480 points • dec 01, 2021
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Covid’s Risk to Older Adults
478 points • dec 24, 2021
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Alaska Records a 67-Degree Day, a December Record
478 points • dec 30, 2021
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The Health Toll of Poor Sleep
478 points • dec 07, 2021
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‘West Side Story’ Review: In Love and War, 1957 Might Be Tonight
476 points • dec 09, 2021
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Do We Have the Supreme Court We Deserve?
474 points • dec 31, 2021
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How Is the U.S. Economy Doing?
473 points • dec 10, 2021