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Abilene Bar (4/5)

Abilene Bar (4/5)
Bloody wonderful. It’s a fine thing it’s so out of our way!…

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Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. (5/5)

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. (5/5)
Great things happen here: www.826nyc.org…

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Mamoun’s Falafel (1/5)

Mamoun’s Falafel (1/5)
Underwhelming. Back in Vancouver I’d heard of the legend of Mamoun’s, from a guy who makes better shawarma, so perhaps I came …

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Grimaldi’s (5/5)

Grimaldi’s (5/5)
Where pizza is concerned, there is nothing finer I’ve tasted. It seems wintry Monday nights are the time to go, as there was …

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No photograph can be considered as identical to its content; every photograph is an individually wrought object that has passed through hands, rooms, climate, and every photograph is a grinning skull.

No photograph can be considered as identical to its content; every photograph is an individually wrought object that has passed through hands, rooms, climate, and …

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Backstabbing: Conrad Black Rips His Traitorous Pals Buckley And Kissinger

Backstabbing: Conrad Black Rips His Traitorous Pals Buckley And Kissinger…

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Wilson tends to side with the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, who argues that taste is never disinterested: It’s a form of social currency, or “cultural capital,” that we use to stockpile prestige.

Wilson tends to side with the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, who argues that taste is never disinterested: It’s a form of social currency, or “cultural …

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The NYT fronts a look at how academic researchers are using Facebook to study “fundamental social science questions.” Most of these studies are still in the early stages, but one thing that researchers have learned is that while a large number of friends makes someone seem “popular, attractive, and self-confident,” if someone has more than 800 friends the verdict changes to “insecure.

The NYT fronts a look at how academic researchers are using Facebook to study “fundamental social science questions.” Most of these studies are still in …

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