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...hooks upon hooks--but instead of hipster navel gazing, Arctic Monkeys' singer Alex Turner looked at the world with a working-class smirk and turned a number of memorable phrases. ("There's only music/ So that there's new ringtones.") The first rock album in ages that feels dangerously smart...
...virtues. Chief among these is the way Chandra takes you inside the world of a Bombay cop. After reading the book, you'll swear you know precisely how to collect a bribe from a nightclub owner, how to count the money in a glance, and where to find the smart fellow who will shift the loot to a Swiss bank account. Rarely entirely honest or entirely rotten, Chandra's Bombay exists in a penumbra of moral ambiguity-which is why Sacred Games is one of the best novels about India in a long time. -By Aravind Adiga...
...forbidden fruit” speculation and some fallacious comparisons. For instance, shouldn’t a country that sends 18-year-olds to war also let them drink? Perhaps other minimum ages deserve amendment, but the bottom line of this one remains safety and responsibility. It is probably smart to deny 18-year-olds the presidency...
...start-up. After graduation, Erlich spent some time in Washington, DC, worked for the Kerry campaign, and ended up at NYU Law School. He still has a soft spot for his Harvard years—and Harvard food. “Some of the people there were remarkably interesting, smart, funny, and fun,” he recalls. “A rare combination, one realizes later in life. And while the food may not be amazing, the dining hall is an oft-overlooked perk.” Maybe coolness doesn’t die upon graduation. Maybe...
...place, “they’re very aware that we are less than an hour away,” Helgen said of the allure of speaking in Cambridge, where there is a fertile base of potential campaign workers. “He’s a really smart guy,” Piper said of Dodd. “Because he’s obscure, this type of forum was key for him because he can he can really shine and convince people that he has what it takes.” —Nicholas A. Ciani...