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Most E-mailed news on 17 September 2009 |
In Portland?s Restaurants, a Down East Banquet
Young chefs, great produce and low costs have made Portland, Me., one of the best places to eat in the Northeast.
Op-Ed Columnist: Have a Nice Day
China and Germany understand that prosperity and growth depend on nurturing a renewable energy industry. When will the United States?
Mind: When a Parent?s ?I Love You? Means ?Do as I Say?
Evidence is now available about the mainstream thinking on the disciplining of children.
Op-Ed Columnist: Rapping Joe?s Knuckles
The pressure from House Democrats, and a handful of Republicans, on Joe Wilson to apologize was a rare triumph for civility in a country that seems to have lost all sense of it.
Why Did Tavern Fail?
After three decades as one of the nation?s top-grossing independent restaurants, Tavern on the Green, facing a decline in profitable corporate events and tourism, filed for bankruptcy.
Indian Women Find New Peace in Rail Commute
Eight new commuter trains exclusively for women have been introduced in four Indian cities.
Rosh Hashana, Circa 1919
Barbara Ann Paster portrays Shiva Shapiro at Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, N.H. Here, Ms. Paster gathers vegetables from her garden.At Strawbery Banke restoration in Portsmouth, N.H., actors recreate early settlers? celebration of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, cooking traditional meals.
Movie Review | 'Bright Star': Keats and His Beloved in an Ode to Hot English Chastity
The achievement of Jane Campion?s learned and ravishing new film is to trace the comminglings and collisions of poetic creation and amatory passion.
Fight in Congress Looms on Tax Break for Home Buyers
When Congress passed an $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers, it was intended as shock therapy. Now the question is whether the market can function without it.
Books: One Injury, 10 Countries: A Journey in Health Care
The author T. R. Reid had his sore shoulder examined around the world.An author?s trip around the world with a sore shoulder teaches a lot about the health care system in the United States.
Op-Ed Columnist: Boy, Oh, Boy
Joe Wilson?s outburst in Congress revealed one thing: Some people just can?t believe a black man is president and will never accept it.
Op-Ed Columnist: High-Five Nation
Today, immodesty is as ubiquitous as advertising. It?s funny how the nation?s mood was at its most humble when its achievements were at their most extraordinary.
Magazine Preview: The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
From left, Peter and Andreas Jung and Ulrich Hoerni, grandsons of Carl Jung, at Jung?s home in Küsnacht, Switzerland.What the unearthing of Carl Jung?s Red book is doing to the Jungs and the Jungians (and maybe your dreams).
Forty Years' War: Where Cancer Progress Is Rare, One Man Says No
Some say that the man in charge of the nation?s cancer drug office makes it too hard for drugs to come to market.
Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler say your friends ? and even your friends? friends ? can make you quit smoking, eat too much or get happy. A look inside the emerging science of social contagion.
Rare Coins: Family Treasure or Ill-Gotten Goods?
A judge ruled that the government must either return some rare coins to a family or prove that they were stolen.
Suicide Victim May Have Hidden Millions Abroad
Finn M. W. Caspersen, a prominent philanthropist, was suspected of secreting millions of dollars at LGT, a private bank controlled by Liechtenstein?s royal family.
Chewy Chicken Feet May Quash a Trade War
In light of Chinese consumers? love for chicken feet, the government may be loath to cut off U.S. poultry imports.
Editorial: A Long Way Down
Because many if not most Americans gained little to nothing from the Bush ?growth? years, they have found themselves especially vulnerable to the recession.
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72
Ms. Travers?s ringing vocals helped make the folk trio?s songs enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement.
?Always Sunny,? With Singing
On Wednesday, the stars of the FX comedy ?It?s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? will perform a musical, based on a recent episode, at the Beacon Theater as part of a six-city tour.
Grrr, Sniff, Arf
A cognitive scientist leads a tour of the sensations and thought processes of dogs.
Film: Capitalism?s Little Tramp
Playing his customary role as predictably as Chaplin, Michael Moore keeps up the assault.
In One Study, a Heart Benefit for Chocolate
People who eat chocolate have increased survival rates after a heart attack, researchers in Sweden found in an observational study.
Cromvoirt Journal: The Camel as Cow, a Cautionary Tale
A Dutch farmer sees an untapped market among immigrants from Somalia and Morocco, where camel?s milk has long been popular.
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