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Just Jaeckin, Whose ‘Emmanuelle’ Was a Scandalous Success, Dies at 82
Just Jaeckin, a fashion photographer turned film director whose first movie, “Emmanuelle,” became a box-office sensation when it was released…
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Greg Lee, a Key Member of Two U.C.L.A. Title-Winners, Dies at 70
Greg Lee, the point guard for Coach John Wooden’s unbeaten U.C.L.A. teams that captured the 1972 and 1973 N.C.A.A. basketball…
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A Bed-Stuy Mansion Has Become Rubble. Residents Ask: How, and Why?
To neighbors of the Jacob Dangler House in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, the French Gothic palatial building was a meeting space, a…
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A Show With a Cryptic Cryptic Title but No Code to Crack
The Belgian theater collective FC Bergman was still young when it landed an invitation to a prestigious festival in its…
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Germany’s Chancellor Has ‘a Lot’ for Ukraine. But No Battle Tanks.
NEW YORK — Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany gets right to the point when asked why his country will not…
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An Anti-Muslim Symbol From India Is Paraded on Main Street, New Jersey
EDISON, N.J. — The India Day Parade featured a pretty standard lineup of festival fare. A Bollywood actress waved to…
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Cinema Tehran Brings a Dance Party Vibe to Indie Movie Theaters
When Arya Ghavamian was growing up in Iran, a satisfying film experience was hard to come by. After the 1979…
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‘Suddenly, a Sanitation Worker Jumped Out of the Truck’s Cab’
Hosed Down Dear Diary: I was walking my dog on an extremely hot, humid July morning when I passed a…
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Sidewalk Surfing With My Disabled Parents
About 15 years ago, I accompanied my mother during her first visit to the nonemergency wing of the Los Alamitos…
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On the Thai Island of Koh Tao, Can Tourism and the Environment Coexist?
On the high-speed ferry from Koh Samui, one of Thailand’s biggest islands, to the smaller neighbor of Koh Tao, known…
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