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Before Artisanal Everything Arrived in Brooklyn, There Was This
By SAM SIFTON
A diner in Williamsburg with a killer pork chop.
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9.29.13
Illustration by Christoph Niemann
Illustration by Christoph Niemann
We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better
By DAVE EGGERS
An adaptation from “The Circle,” the new novel by Dave Eggers.
It’s the Economy
Freebies for the Rich
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
Why are colleges giving away money to rich kids who don’t need it? They might value their rankings more than the economy.
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This Sunday: Who Put the Fiction in My Nonfiction?
September 28, 2013
Behind the Cover Story: Dave Eggers on Imagining the Future World of Over-Sharing
September 28, 2013
Waking Up at Walmart
September 27, 2013
Talk
Valerie Plame Is the Master of Her Own Universe
Interview by JESSICA GROSS
The former C.I.A. officer created a “younger, smarter” version of herself in the spy novel “Blowback.”
Lives
Two-Wheeled Greek Chorus
By ELLIOTT HOLT
Tragedy transforms a stock character into a fully realized one.
Innovation
Who Made Speed Dating?
By PAGAN KENNEDY
Plus: Which New York City ZIP codes give singles the best odds.
The One-Page Magazine
A Sea Lion Cuts A Rug
Fine rum and chocolate, mmm. Conan the Barbarian vs. Conan O’Brien.
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From The Archive
For Italy’s Entrepreneurs, The Figures Are Bella
Clyde Haberman’s 1989 article on signs of hope-and trouble-in the Italian economy.
Editors' Picks
The Jihadist Next Door
By ANDREA ELLIOTT
In his small-town Alabama high school, Omar Hammami was among the coolest, most gifted students in his class. How did he grow up to become a leader in an African terror group linked to Al Qaeda?
The Steely, Headless King of Texas Hold ’Em
By MICHAEL KAPLAN
How a poker-playing machine taught itself to be all but unbeatable.
The Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Paul Kagame is an international hero for reforming Rwanda. But cleaning up a country doesn’t come without moral hazards.
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