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Chance of severe thunderstorms
Read more: Chance of severe thunderstormsIn 1980, Iraq invaded Iran and a decade-long war followed, since the two armies canceled each other out. In 2003, the United States triumphantly routed Saddam Hussein and went about the delicate if tricky business of ruling as an occupying force. Among its first moves was to dismantle the Iraqi…
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Eyes cast downward
Read more: Eyes cast downwardPicasso’s “Guernica” was an artistic admonishment against fascism. In a masterfully argued essay published in May by The New Republic, political scientist Robert Kagan argues that the United States may be inviting woe by choosing to forgo the responsibilities of global policing it created in the wake of World War II.…
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Jason
Read more: JasonHaving a road race set meant explaining how it worked to your father. Jason, the 11-year-old boy to whom I’ve just been introduced, does the following things. He stares at me blankly and says “hello” in a nearly inaudible tone. I extend my hand, which he looks at, as if…
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Time out
Read more: Time outThe argument about when to close cuts deeper than a mere haircut. In a Rome barbershop Alfredo and Pino are arguing about the right to work. But this isn’t a debate about civil liberties or minimum wage. Nor is it about workplace health insurance, since “socialist” Italy affords universal coverage.…
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Her master’s voice
Read more: Her master’s voiceBarbara Eden and Larry Hagman in “I Dream of Jeannie”: what’s a master to do? In the mid-1960s American television concocted and aired two silly but supremely important sitcoms that crystallized the pre-feminist era. One, “Bewitched,” was about a housewife who is also a witch but mostly uses her powers…
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Lame duck III
Read more: Lame duck IIIRenzi: a party putsch to get to the top. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has a pebble in his shoe, an irritant that distracts from his damn the torpedoes, full-speed-ahead governing style, which whether loved or loathed makes for good conversation. There’s no disputing baby-faced Renzi is among the more dynamic…
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