The Plot Against Rock
By HUGO LINDGREN
Thirty-five years ago, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was certain that the overthrow of the electric guitar was imminent. They still haven’t given up hope.
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Who Would Kill a Monk Seal?
By JON MOOALLEM
An endangered-species murder mystery.
Network TV Is Broken. So How Does Shonda Rhimes Keep Making Hits?
By WILLA PASKIN
Inside the mind behind “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal.”
Riff
One Scene, 42 Takes and 2 Hours in a Bathroom Stall
By GRETA GERWIG
Dissecting 28 seconds from my new film, “Frances Ha” — and the dozens of takes it took to get it right.
Drink
Gin Doesn’t Make You Sad
By ROSIE SCHAAP
It’s just the opposite. Blame William Hogarth for the bad rap.
Eat
Spring, Loaded
By MARK BITTMAN
There really aren’t any rules to making a spring roll. Choose your fillings, roll it up, repeat.
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Who’s Afraid of Gin?
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The Ethicist
Should I Protect a Patient at the Expense of an Innocent Stranger?
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
Exploring the limits of a vow to “do no harm.”
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Katie Aselton’s Rom-Com Fantasy
China’s mama drama; the mother of all guilt trips; how to shoot a free throw.
It’s the Economy
The Food-Truck Business Stinks
By ADAM DAVIDSON
Why lukewarm hot dogs still rule the streets of New York City.
Talk
What Cecile Richards Has Learned From Todd Akin
Interview by ANDREW GOLDMAN
The president of Planned Parenthood says that some members of Congress “forget that women are part of the equation.”
Innovation
Who Made That Digital Camouflage?
By PAGAN KENNEDY
From suitcase-size splotches of green and brown to a “Harry Potter” cloak.
Lives
Confessions of an Art Conservator’s Sidekick
By PAUL GORDON
No one gets to lay hands on untouchable cultural icons the way we do.
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The Mind of a Con Man
By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE
Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist, perpetrated an audacious academic fraud by making up studies that told the world what it wanted to hear about human nature.
How a Single Spy Helped Turn Pakistan Against the United States
By MARK MAZZETTI
What really happened after Raymond Davis killed two men in the street in Lahore.
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