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The 6th Floor Blog: Noomi, Rooney; Rooney, Noomi
Who do you think played the better Lisbeth?
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The 6th Floor Blog: The Dream Life of Syrian Yuppies
How good do the elites of Damascus have it? Video and imagery of the city's new luxury residences.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Behind the Cover Story: Karen Olsson on Getting to Know Noomi Rapace
Karen Olsson answers questions about Noomi Rapace as the original Lisbeth Salander and the new heroine of ''Prometheus.''
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The One-Page Magazine
John Thain’s comeback; new fiction from Curtis Sittenfeld; gay marriage’s medieval roots.
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The 6th Floor Blog: A Photographer Hunts Down Hunters in Their Trophy Rooms
The photographer David Chancellor answers questions about documenting the controversial practice of trophy hunting.
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Riff: How Roland Barthes Gave Us the TV Recap
What would the man who essentially created cultural criticism make of a world in which criticism has become a kind of pop culture?
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Makers: Who Made That Fly Swatter?
Building the perfect mechanism to kill with one hand.
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Meet the Twiblings
How four women (and one man) conspired to make two babies.
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The Ethicist: The Sexagenarian Lothario
Spreading germs, good will and the wealth.
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Noomi Rapace Arrives in Hollywood, by Way of Outer Space
How the original girl with the dragon tattoo became Ridley Scott’s new heroine.
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Reply All | Letters: The 5.13.12 Issue
Readers respond.
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Lives: My Father, His Father and President Kennedy
Picture-perfect memories of father-son moments.
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Talk: Gayle King Gets Redonkulous
The morning-TV host on being Oprah’s B.F.F. and Charlie Rose’s sidekick.
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How Did Wisconsin Become the Most Politically Divisive Place in America?
Scott Walker, Scott Fitzgerald and the coming recall vote in the land of cheese and rancor.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Noomi Rapace Can Hold Her Breath a Really Long Time
Behind the scenes at the photo shoot with the Swedish actress.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Yukking It Up in Qatar
Do you love bad jokes? You might like the zingers from the comics in this small Arab nation.
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Yes, There Are Comedians in Qatar
And no, they can’t tell jokes about anything they want. Hosni Mubarak, however, is fair game.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Omar Hammami Posts His Autobiography Online
The mysterious Omar Hammami - a 28-year-old American jihadist wanted by the F.B.I. after joining an Al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia - has resurfaced.
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Ina May Gaskin and the Battle for at-Home Births
Ina May Gaskin, the original home-birth evangelist, is finally winning converts in the mainstream.
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The 6th Floor Blog: The Shared Fate of Treece, Kan., and Geamana, Romania
The ghost town of Geamana, Romania, has eerie similarities with Treece, Kan.
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The 6th Floor Blog: An English Photographer Goes to California for Milk and Ping-Pong Balls
A British photographer sheds his "gray, gothic" identity in favor of wandering the streets of California for two new projects.
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It’s the Economy: The Syria Paradox
Aren’t countries with diverse economies supposed to be good at deposing dictators?
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The 6th Floor Blog: Behind the Cover Story: Luke Mogelson on Emergency Medicine in Afghanistan
Luke Mogelson answers questions about his cover story on the difficulties in treating patients in Afghanistan.
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The 6th Floor Blog: The Eight Best Songs by Regina Spektor
Wyatt Mason picks his eight favorite songs by Regina Spektor.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Putting New York City's Tech Jobs on the Map
A new interactive map lists which tech companies in New York are hiring. Can we optimize it to pick jobs with the best coffee shops and bars nearby, too?
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The 6th Floor Blog: Big 'Oil,' in Big Pictures
Edward Burtynsky's powerful images of the oil industry are in an exhibition at the re-opening of the Photographer's Gallery in London this week.
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The Duplass Brothers Have Kidnapped Hollywood!
And relocated it to their garage.
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The Ethicist: Guardian Anger
Bad seed; poor sport.
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Lives: All I Wanted Was for Alice Waters to Feed Me
The day my culinary hero made me the Egg.
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Riff: How to Enjoy Going to the Movies Again
Long lines. Rowdy patrons. Random outbursts. All the things that usually ruin a night at the cinema are exactly what make midnight screenings the last great moviegoing experience.
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Talk: Richard Ford Is a Man Who Actually Listens
The author of “Canada” discusses losing a parent, choosing not to have children and getting strangers to open up to him.
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Reply All | Letters: The 5.6.12 Issue
Readers respond.
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Makers: Who Made That Crash-Test Dummy?
The birth of Sierra Sam.
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The One-Page Magazine
A new summer fiction series; Calvin Klein versus Snoop Dogg.
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The First Draft of History: Mitt Makes a Friend
The writer of “Men in Black 3” imagines the V.P. vetting process.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Robert Caro's Tristram Shandy Moment
Robert Caro's epic-ness is a lot like Tristram Shandy's never-ending efforts at autobiography.
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The Kabul Hospital That Treats All Comers
There is one hospital in Kabul that treats anyone, from any side, no questions asked. The horrors of the war blow through its doors every day.
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The 6th Floor Blog: My Childhood Dreams of Donna Summer
As divorce hung heavily in the air, seeking solace in childhood fantasies of being adopted by the disco queen.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Five Other Great Donna Summer Performances
The length and breadth of Donna Summer's career were so extensive that her "second tier" hits were practically as memorable.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Tim Duncan, Paintballer
Despite Tim Duncan's anti-flashy game, he might be more playful than we thought.
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The 6th Floor Blog: What Do Leaping Gazelles Have in Common With Pointless Ads?
Some companies are like gazelles: they waste money and energy simply to signal their strength to consumers.
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Eat: Grill ’Em All
What could possibly compete with a spice-rubbed grilled rib-eye? A grilled Caesar salad.
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Drink: It’s Time to Update the Wine Spritzer
Wine can be festive and fizzy without evoking memories of the late ’70s.
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Regina Spektor Has Piano, Will Travel
How the Soviet-born pop star’s shortcomings as a classical pianist turned her into a songwriter.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Do Commencement Speeches Matter?
The staff of The New York Times Magazine share memories from their graduation days.
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Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town
Treece, Kan., has been torn down and may soon be erased from maps. But don’t tell that to the Busbys. They live there.
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In Libya, the Captors Have Become the Captive
The future of Libya depends on mercy or revenge.
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The 6th Floor Blog: Real Designs for Fake Buildings Are Going to Venice
Rob Walker's creation of absurd, hypothetical building designs has been chosen to be included in the Architecture Biennale in Venice.
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It’s the Economy: Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload
The Internet was supposed to make us smarter shoppers. So why should we still listen to the signals that brands send us?
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The 6th Floor Blog: The Great Pulitzer Do-Over: Results Show
What should have won the Pulitzer for fiction this year? Readers decide.
