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Albert Madansky Dies at 88; Gauged Risk of Unwitting Atomic War
As a scholarly statistician, he also evaluated stock options, the best nonfiction books and the most mouthwatering pastrami sandwich.
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Why the Joys of Parenting Can Be So Difficult to Express
I’ve been thinking about a piece of feedback I get from readers every so often, which is that I don’t…
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NASA Concludes InSight, Mars Mission That Listened for Quakes
After four years of making important discoveries about the interior of the red planet, the stationary lander lost power because…
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Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94
She challenged racial barriers when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972. But she became embroiled in a legal…
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Frank Salemme, One-Time Head of the New England Mafia, Dies at 89
Known as Cadillac Frank, he took over the region’s top organized-crime outfit in the 1990s, then cooperated with prosecutors against…
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$1.8 Million Homes in Florida, Tennessee and New Mexico
A Mediterranean-style house in West Palm Beach, an 1836 farmhouse on 11 acres in Knoxville and an adobe home in…
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Little Falls, N.J.: A Low-Key Suburb Less Than 20 Miles From Manhattan
The Passaic County township attracts those seeking more affordable homes with easy city access. (And yes, an episode of ‘The…
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‘Women Talking’ and What a Post-#MeToo Future Looks Like
The director Sarah Polley and cast members Claire Foy and Rooney Mara dig into thorny issues raised by their new…
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What Does an Angel See in Her Future? Maybe a Sugarplum Fairy.
In “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” performed by City Ballet and young students from its School of American Ballet, ballet comes…
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‘The Collaboration’ Review: A Basquiat-Warhol Bromance in Bloom
Anthony McCarten’s biodrama about the artists’ work together lifts the curtain on their friendship, or at least it thinks it…