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...during her tenure as food critic for the New York Times, Ruth Reichl did everything she could to keep waiters and maître d’s from recognizing her and spoiling the integrity of the meal. After all, what kind of food critic would allow her judgment to be swayed by special treatment...
...this week's TIME magazine, book critic Lev Grossman writes about the under-40 generation of American novelists. Here are eight novels from those authors that have drawn acclaim in the past few years. Which one do you think is most likely to become a classic...
...they might divert energy supplies to China and the U.S. if the Europeans don't meet their demands for better access to Western markets, including ownership of some refining and distribution operations. The Russians have barred William Browder, a leading Western investor in Russia who has been a big critic of Russian corporate practices, from re-entering the country, after he was denied entry last November without explanation. And just last month, Russian officials refused to participate in a meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, sponsored by the International Energy Agency (iea), which discussed diversifying energy sources, and put pressure on other...
...glinting, then introduced himself and lectured them on performing their duty. "These midnight rambles are great fun," he later confided to his sister Anna. "I get a glimpse of the real life of the swarming millions." On some of those nights, Roosevelt's companion was the photographer and social critic Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Lives), who guided him through the circles of hell suffered by the city's struggling immigrants...
...Noyes wrote to accompany the highly influential 1941 New York exhibition of the same name. Filling shelf space between hallowed titles like these are works from William Burroughs, Marshall McLuhan, radical hippy activist Jerry Rubin and many more (it's an inventory that betrays the impeccable taste of literary critic and store owner Yataro Matsuura). When you've browsed to your heart's content, you'll find the immediate area, Nakameguro, well worth exploring, too?it's one of the Japanese capital's hippest neighborhoods, strewn with caf?s, vintage-clothing boutiques and music stores. If you can't make...