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Politics
Robert Oxnam, China Scholar Beset by Multiple Personalities, Dies at 81
Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One…
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Sports
Alpine Is Trying, It Really Is, to Win in Formula 1
The team keeps making changes, to its cars and to its team, but continues to struggle.
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Sports
Andrettis Keep Fighting to Enter F1
The sport just rejected their offer to create the 11th team, but Michael Andretti said they were not going away.
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Politics
Frank Wakefield, Who Expanded the Mandolin’s Range, Dies at 89
A bluegrass innovator, he recorded numerous albums as a leader, and his list of collaborators included both Leonard Bernstein and…
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Food
What Is ‘Queer Food’? A Conference Explores (and Tastes) Some Answers.
When Sasha DuBose uses the word “queer” to talk about food, it’s a verb, not an adjective. To Ms. DuBose,…
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World
Scotland’s Governing S.N.P. Looks to a Stalwart After Its Leader Quits
Amid a political crisis, John Swinney, who led the Scottish National Party two decades ago, is in line to become…
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Politics
Peggy Mellon Hitchcock, Who Helped Timothy Leary Turn On, Dies at 90
She was an enthusiastic supporter of the counterculture. And when she suggested that her brothers rent Mr. Leary a mansion,…
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US
The Army Sees Mortars as Safe. Troops Report Signs of Brain Injury.
After firing about 10,000 mortar rounds during four years of training, one soldier who joined the Army with near-perfect scores…
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US
Why Yes-or-No Questions on Abortion Rights Could Be a Key to 2024
In states that will help decide control of the White House and Congress, Democrats are campaigning furiously alongside ballot measures…
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Food
Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary
Esa-Pekka Salonen is known for unusual, ambitious projects. But at the New York Philharmonic this week, he succeeded with standard…