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Frank Ocean Can Fly

Being the hottest thing in pop music means believing you can do absolutely anything you want.

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Azerbaijan Is Rich. Now It Wants to Be Famous.

Oil-rich, velvet-rope-poor Azerbaijan, a country about the size of South Carolina on the Caspian Sea, would very much like to be the world’s next party capital.

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It’s the Economy

Money Changes Everything

According to new research, money actually does buy happiness — with one notable exception.

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Talk

Jodi Picoult Does Not Write Chick Lit

The best-selling author on misused labels and the trouble with “white male literary darlings.”

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Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?

Scientists think bouts of panic in stressful situations can be traced to genetics. But don’t freak out. Biology is not necessarily destiny.

Eat

The Wheat Lowdown

Reconsidering the whole-wheat loaf. The first step: Knock off the kneading.

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Nine of a Kind

Canal Street Booty

A guide to knockoff Gucci, Chanel and Prada purses for sale in Chinatown.

The One-Page Magazine

How Tough Is Daniel Day-Lewis?

Valentine’s meh; Hootie without the Blowfish.

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Look

Moscow on Ice

Skaters make the most of the city’s efforts to transform its public spaces.

Nine of a Kind

Canal Street Booty

A guide to knockoff Gucci, Chanel and Prada purses for sale in New York City’s Chinatown.

Solve the popular variety puzzles from the Sunday magazine at our newly relaunched hub for New York Times crosswords.

Moscow on Ice

Skaters make the most of the city’s efforts to transform its public spaces.

The One-Page Magazine

You Do Need a Weatherman ...

Valentine’s meh; Hootie without the Blowfish; and how tough is Daniel Day-Lewis?

The Ethicist

Snoops and Cheaters

Sneaking peeks.

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Design

Who Made That Zipper?

Plus: Erica Jong on the erotic state of “ziplessness.”

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Riff

Why Would You Ever Give Money Through Kickstarter?

The success of crowdfunding sites defies the rules of supply and demand — which is why we can learn so much from them.

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Lives

My Twinkie Barricade

In a sugar rush, I hid from punishment.

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The 1.27.13 Issue

Readers respond.

From the Archive

Instant Company

Po Bronson’s 1999 article on six Internet entrepreneurs who walked away from millions of dollars to form a startup.

Multimedia

Audio & Photos: Stairway to Hell

Here’s a sport to make an ironman whimper: Running to the top of a very tall building.

Photographs: Obama’s People, Revisited

Portraits from 2008 and 2009 of Barack Obama’s incoming administration and an update of who is still around.

Video Feature: Wide-Awake

A video gallery of dreams and transformations, featuring 13 actresses whose performances defined the year in film.

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An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak

When Christoph Niemann stumbled on a “Fresh Air” interview with Maurice Sendak, wild things started to transpire.

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