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Issue No. 213

The View from Here There’s a better way to remember William Friedkin, the witty, generous, and passionately dedicated director of The French Connection and The Exorcist

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Legal Weasel Nerdy Harvard lawyer Ken Chesebro (Co-Conspirator 5) was a liberal until he got rich on Bitcoin and veered right, so much so that he advised Trump to use false electors to derail the 2020 election

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Towering Infernal Does New York need another gigantic office tower? RXR Realty, which plans to build the tallest building in Midtown East, on the site of Trump’s first Manhattan property, seems to think so

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My Favorite Things Long before “quiet luxury” became the sartorial trend du jour, CO’s Stephanie Danan was thoughtfully perfecting subtle, sensible silhouettes. Here, the Moroccan film producer turned designer shares her essentials, all of which are as enduring as her silhouettes themselves

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Eye of the Beholder Longer, thicker, lusher—when it comes to hair these days, the overriding impulse is “more.” Why are women of all ages and persuasions going full-on Rapunzel? Our beauty-and-wellness columnist investigates

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Lunch with Gretchen Carlson On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the former Fox News anchor joins host Bruce Bozzi to discuss how she went from Miss America to Roger Ailes’s worst nightmare …

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The Attention-Whore Index Lizzo takes a Mean Girl swerve, Prince Harry keeps getting paid, and Commander won’t stop biting the hand that feeds. Who deserves your vote?

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The House Doesn’t Always Win In Monaco, allegations of corruption have triggered a series of lawsuits against Prince Albert, creating chaos in a country known for discretion

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After Hours: The Oral History of a Cult Classic With his career on the ropes, Martin Scorsese fought his way back to the top with a low-budget, surreal black comedy, set in New York’s gritty downtown scene

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Blueblood Banks If you don’t want your money mingling with that of the common man, get thee to a private bank

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“We’re still negotiating. I want a six-figure salary, and they don’t want to hire me.”

The Heirs of an Execution Seventy years after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for atomic espionage, their sons recall watching them go on trial

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Making Trouble In an interview, former Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust discusses growing up in the American South, the ending of affirmative action, and her new memoir, Necessary Trouble

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Falling Dominoes The latest Cold War–era monument to be destroyed in Berlin: Generalshotel, a V.I.P. lounge that Fidel Castro and Leonid Brezhnev passed through on trips to East Germany

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Shabbat Chic A Savile Row–trained rabbi, now working in Brooklyn, is one of the hottest tailors in town

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Camille Rowe The model, actress, and muse discusses pivoting to acting in her mid-20s and why she’s excited to play older roles

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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

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The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life

by Clare Carlisle
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When Rome Stood Still Pandemic-era photographs of deserted streets and empty monuments reveal a magical side to a city so often associated with the throngs of people it attracts

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How a Man Called “the Cheese” Almost Subverted the 2020 Election On this week’s podcast, Jeffrey Toobin on Trump’s Harvard-educated lawyer who concocted the plan to overturn Biden’s victory

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Picture’s Up The 76th Edinburgh International Film Festival, which opens next week, will screen a selection of vintage movies and innovative international films

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Winds of Change Comporta, Portugal, sits on the last undeveloped stretch of Atlantic Ocean coastline in Southern Europe. Will developers and tourists ruin it?

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