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The C.E.O.s Who Just Won’t Quit
In September 2013, in a darkened auditorium, Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, faced a roaring crowd of his employees. “You work for the greatest company in the world,” he bellowed. “Soak it in!” Ballmer was known for his exuberance. He had ...
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Why Did Camille Charrière Pick a Fight With Kim Kardashian?
A fashion influencer stirred things up — not necessarily in a good way — by comparing her work to a collection by Skims. She’d rather talk about sustainability.
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We’re Together. Just Not in Pictures.
A buzzy couple’s separate arrivals on the Met Gala red carpet offer a reminder of the value of a solo photo op.
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George Takei Keeps Faith With Democracy
The Unstoppables is a series about people whose ambition is undimmed by time. Below, George Takei explains, in his own words, what continues to motivate him. I was born April 20 of 1937. Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. I had turned 5 by the ...
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A Star Is Born. She Looks a Bit Like Amy Winehouse.
On the third floor of the Edition hotel in West Hollywood, three chairs were pushed against a wall in a hallway, supporting a rotating cast of entertainment journalists. The interviewers made hushed small talk, waiting for their turns with the ...
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Should I Push My Husband to Ask for More of His Mother’s Estate?
When a woman tries to remedy a relative’s unequal generosity to her children using her own estate, her daughter-in-law wonders whether her husband is being shortchanged.
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How Much Money Did This Year’s Met Gala Raise?
Ticket prices to the event have sharply risen, making it a fund-raising bonanza for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
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A Serene Oasis for Making Music
This article is part of our Design special section about water as a source of creativity. The first things you notice upon entering Long Pond Studio are the glass windows and doors. They’re huge — the doors are eight-feet square — and frame pastoral ...
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A Romantic New Clothing Line With Hidden Quirks
In February, the designer Meruert Tolegen made her New York Fashion Week debut in the midst of a winter storm. As snow fell outside the windows of her chosen venue, a former shopping arcade in Chinatown, models walked in fittingly romantic clothes ...
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Shots, Shots, Shots! Why Tiny Drinks Are on the Rise.
Toward the end of the night at Theodora, an elegant Mediterranean restaurant that opened in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood in February, diners at the polished concrete chef’s counter are often treated to the last thing they might expect in such ...