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New York Times (Dec 2021)
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Spelling Bee Forum
124 points • dec 29, 2021
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‘And Just Like That’: The Shoe Must Go On
124 points • dec 07, 2021
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Republican Recriminations Point to a Rocky Path to a House Majority
123 points • dec 02, 2021
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The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
123 points • dec 06, 2021
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Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
123 points • dec 31, 2021
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They Lost Three Daughters to Sickle Cell. Can They Save a Fourth?
121 points • dec 22, 2021
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Boba Fett, Intergalactic Man of Mystery
120 points • dec 25, 2021
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Spelling Bee Forum
120 points • dec 26, 2021
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Thomas Lovejoy, Wide-Ranging Ecologist and Amazon Rescuer, Dies at 80
118 points • dec 30, 2021
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Horse Troughs, Hot Tubs and Hashtags: Baptism Is Getting Wild
117 points • dec 01, 2021
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Merck’s Covid Treatment Pill Wins Blessing of F.D.A. Panel
117 points • dec 03, 2021
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The U.S. Faces Another Covid Christmas as Omicron Fuels a Rise in Cases
116 points • dec 21, 2021
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Harvard Extends Test-Optional Admissions Policy for Four Years
116 points • dec 18, 2021
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‘Greetings, Mr. President’: Biden and Putin Hold 2-Hour Virtual Summit
116 points • dec 08, 2021
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On Broadway, Newly Vital Understudies Step Into the Spotlight
116 points • dec 26, 2021
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Appeals Court Reinstates OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate for Workers at Larger Businesses
116 points • dec 19, 2021
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Here We Go Again: Chaos Rules Global Response to Omicron Variant
114 points • dec 01, 2021
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Omicron and Travel: So, Now Do I Need Trip Insurance?
114 points • dec 05, 2021
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At 83, ‘Nimblewill Nomad’ Enters the Appalachian Trail Record Book
113 points • dec 30, 2021
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The New Language of the Office, From al Desko Dining to Zoombies
112 points • dec 11, 2021
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Robert Farris Thompson, ‘Guerrilla Scholar’ of African Art, Dies at 88
112 points • dec 13, 2021
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A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land
111 points • dec 04, 2021
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For ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ More Than 100 Million Sold
110 points • dec 14, 2021
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Marginalized by Her Party, Cheney Takes Center Stage in Jan. 6 Inquiry
110 points • dec 15, 2021
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First Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia
109 points • dec 13, 2021
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Citizen Enforcement of Abortion Law Violates Texas Constitution, Judge Rules
108 points • dec 10, 2021
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Cornell University goes on high alert after finding evidence of the Omicron variant on campus.
108 points • dec 16, 2021
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Landlord Accused of Demanding Sex From Tenants to Pay $4.5 Million
108 points • dec 17, 2021
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2021 Seen Through 12 Unforgettable Wines
108 points • dec 13, 2021
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The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate
107 points • dec 03, 2021
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Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra
106 points • dec 01, 2021
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Omicron Is Turning Europe’s Busy Season Silent
106 points • dec 22, 2021
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Josh Hawley and the Republican Obsession With Manliness
106 points • dec 06, 2021
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‘Nightmare Alley’ Review: Seeing Is Believing. (Suckers!)
105 points • dec 18, 2021
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I Can’t Give My Cat the Perfect Life. ‘TV for Cats’ Gives Her a Taste.
105 points • dec 11, 2021
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Inside Fentanyl’s Mounting Death Toll: ‘This Is Poison’
105 points • dec 15, 2021
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Lucille Ball on the Big Screen, the Small Screen and Offscreen
105 points • dec 23, 2021
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New Hope for Migraine Sufferers
104 points • dec 05, 2021
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Fox News Christmas Tree Catches Fire in Manhattan
104 points • dec 08, 2021
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The Gator Finds a Place at the Tailgate
104 points • dec 02, 2021
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Are My Stomach Problems Really All in My Head?
103 points • dec 07, 2021
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A cruise ship returns to Miami with 48 coronavirus cases.
102 points • dec 21, 2021
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Are Schools Ready for the Next Big Surge?
102 points • dec 22, 2021
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36 Years Later, the Climate Changes at This National Park Stunned Me
100 points • dec 08, 2021
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Japan bans all foreign travelers, and Australia delays its reopening.
100 points • dec 01, 2021
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‘Just Total Chaos’: Floods Bring Death and Devastation to Dairies
100 points • dec 08, 2021
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Going Deep Into Oyster Country
99 points • dec 08, 2021
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Wide Awake at 3 A.M.? Our Readers Offer Advice.
99 points • dec 30, 2021
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Do You Know Where Your Sweater Came From?
99 points • dec 13, 2021
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Tony Kushner, Oracle of the Upper West Side
98 points • dec 01, 2021
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A $550 Million Springsteen Deal? It’s Glory Days for Catalog Sales.
98 points • dec 21, 2021
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Sylvia Weinstock, the ‘da Vinci of Wedding Cakes,’ Dies at 91
98 points • dec 01, 2021
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Did the World Chess Championship End When No One Was Looking?
97 points • dec 07, 2021
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Where’s Joe Biden?
96 points • dec 24, 2021
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Flynn Sues Jan. 6 Committee as House Republican Rebuffs Investigators
94 points • dec 22, 2021
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4 Ways to Cultivate Resilience in 2022
94 points • dec 11, 2021
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You Can Make Any Day the Best Day of the Year
93 points • dec 01, 2021
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Will the Coronavirus Evolve to Be Milder?
90 points • dec 12, 2021
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New Covid Pills Offer Hope as Omicron Looms
89 points • dec 07, 2021
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What Mary Can Teach Us About the Joy and Pain of Life
89 points • dec 13, 2021
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Should I Take a Heart Drug? A Coronary Calcium Scan May Help You Decide.
88 points • dec 01, 2021
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Just When We Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water
88 points • dec 01, 2021
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Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade, Dies at 76
88 points • dec 29, 2021
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Devin Nunes Will Quit the House to Take Over Trump’s Media Company
88 points • dec 08, 2021
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In the Michigan School Shooting, the Prosecutor Asks, What About the Parents?
88 points • dec 12, 2021
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What Kind of Dog Is He? DNA Can Tell Me Only So Much.
87 points • dec 01, 2021
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How Austin Became One of the Least Affordable Cities in America
87 points • dec 01, 2021
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What Do You Think You Should Be Paid?
86 points • dec 31, 2021
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It’s Never Too Late to Pick Up Your Life and Move to Italy
86 points • dec 01, 2021
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This Is How You Get the Best Scrambled Eggs
85 points • dec 30, 2021
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Relationships with Grandmothers (and God) Drew Them Closer
84 points • dec 18, 2021
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Betty White, a TV Fixture for Seven Decades, Is Dead at 99
82 points • dec 31, 2021
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New York University is the latest college to cancel events over a coronavirus surge.
82 points • dec 16, 2021
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Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home
81 points • dec 21, 2021
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‘Caroling on the Edge’: A Christmas Tradition Returns
81 points • dec 22, 2021
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Tesla Recalls Some Sedans Over Two Safety Defects
81 points • dec 31, 2021
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The Brain Fog of Menopause
80 points • dec 15, 2021
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Do I Still Need a Pulse Oximeter?
79 points • dec 18, 2021
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Redistricting Makes California a Top House Battlefield for 2022
79 points • dec 09, 2021
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Behind Manchin’s Opposition, a Long History of Fighting Climate Measures
78 points • dec 21, 2021
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Thinking Hard About Their Hair
78 points • dec 06, 2021
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‘The Lost Daughter’ Review: The Parent Trap
76 points • dec 31, 2021
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Anne Rice’s Final Interview: ‘I Am Known to Be Passionate’
76 points • dec 16, 2021
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U.K. Weighing Lockdown Amid an Omicron Wave and Political Turmoil
76 points • dec 20, 2021
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Killer Robots Aren’t Science Fiction. A Push to Ban Them Is Growing.
75 points • dec 19, 2021
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Eve Babitz, a Hedonist With a Notebook, Is Dead at 78
75 points • dec 20, 2021
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There’s a Light at the End of This Dark Year
75 points • dec 21, 2021
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How to Cope With Medicare’s Rising Costs
75 points • dec 23, 2021
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Does It Make Sense to Categorize People by Generation?
73 points • dec 11, 2021
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‘And Just Like That’ Episode 5 Recap: Painfully Hip
72 points • dec 31, 2021
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The Latest on Omicron
72 points • dec 01, 2021
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Believe It or Not, I Like Some Things in Our Progressive Era
71 points • dec 07, 2021
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Will High Vaccination Rates Help Spain Weather New Variant?
70 points • dec 03, 2021
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Doctors Often Prescribe Placebos. But How Well Do They Work?
70 points • dec 16, 2021
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Elon Musk’s Latest Innovation: Troll Philanthropy
70 points • dec 10, 2021
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A 21st-Century Emily Dickinson Finds a Home in the Archives
69 points • dec 11, 2021
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A Bitcoin Boom Fueled by Cheap Power, Empty Plants and Few Rules
69 points • dec 07, 2021
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Omicron Variant Might Help Defend Against Delta, Lab Study Suggests
69 points • dec 30, 2021
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Word of the Day: hegemony
68 points • dec 09, 2021
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Barry Harris, Pianist and Devoted Scholar of Bebop, Dies at 91
68 points • dec 11, 2021