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Smarter Living

5 Things to Cook While Watching ‘30 Rock’ Before it Leaves Netflix

By ANNA DUBENKO | Sep 23rd 2017

“30 Rock” will leave Netflix in October. Here are some dishes to make as you binge it while you still can.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rock

The zombi will stagger on.   
This one dances.

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Books

The Real Story Behind Roald Dahl’s ‘Black Charlie’

By MARIA RUSSO | Sep 22nd 2017

The author’s early draft of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” featured a black protagonist who gets trapped inside a chocolate mold. Was it racial stereotyping, or something more complicated?

Let the tale endure as published.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl

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Crosswords & Games

Redhead of Hogwarts

By MARTIN HERBACH | Sep 23rd 2017

Robyn Weintraub moves to Saturday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysyB6uFwAk4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysyB6uFwAk4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlzDRHF5abk

Now think about production and direction.

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N.Y. / Region

‘Please Offer Me a Seat,’ the Buttons Say. Subway Riders Aren’t Listening

By VIVIAN WANG | Sep 22nd 2017

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is extending a pilot program encouraging riders to give their seats to the pregnant, older or disabled. Riders say it isn’t working.

I am mildly surprised.
Queuing is a city tradition.  It is dominant.

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Health

The HPV Vaccine Gains Ground Among U.S. Teenagers

By ANERI PATTANI | Sep 22nd 2017

Sixty percent of adolescents received the vaccine in 2016. A decade ago, less than 30 percent did.

Religion is more dominant.

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U.S.

Scaramucci and Spicer Extend Their White House 15 Minutes of Fame

By KATIE ROGERS | Sep 22nd 2017

In the Trump era, tradition of post-White House exposure and opportunities appears to be alive and well.

Notorious.

Clowns are always popular.

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U.S.

At Alabama Rally, Trump Toggles Between Republican Loyalists

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and JONATHAN MARTIN | Sep 23rd 2017

The president lent his support to Alabama’s incumbent senator in a Republican runoff campaign, but risked alienating core anti-establishment voters.

The Republican coalition is breaking down.

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Opinion

Are Physical Limits All in Our Heads?

By ALEX HUTCHINSON | Sep 23rd 2017

The Berlin marathon will test the primacy of mind over body in sports.

Some of the limits are in one's head and some are in one's body.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterical_strength

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excited_delirium

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T Magazine

What It’s Like to Live With Art That Doesn’t Love You Back

By M.H. MILLER | Sep 22nd 2017

At a time when art is as commodified as oil, a few collectors have chosen to buy works that are messy, perishable and threaten to take over their lives.

Excessively familiar.

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Fashion & Style

Open Thread: This Week in Style News

By VANESSA FRIEDMAN | Sep 22nd 2017

Milan Fashion Week kicks off, the man who dresses Melania Trump — and more.