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The Virtues of Inauthenticity
My partner and I were eager to take in the ancient Greek sculptures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that have been restored with the painted colors they would have had when new. The Greek sculptors adorned their work with vibrant colors that wore ...
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Real Estate
Powerful Realtors Group Loses Its Grip on the Industry
The National Association of Realtors is facing antitrust lawsuits and sexual harassment allegations, and real estate agents are now looking for alternatives.
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Arts
Helping a Child Navigate Grief? Open a Picture Book.
“But where did he go?” “Can she see us?” “Why didn’t Pop bring his glasses?” Kids have questions about death, and we don’t always have answers. In fact, we rarely do; we have questions of our own! If you’ve ever been at the intersection of loss and ...
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World
How to Boost Voter Turnout With Just One Signature
In a rare bit of political good news in the final days of 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has signed into law legislation aimed at increasing voter turnout. For so many people, the temptation to tune out in this moment of uninspiring politics is ...
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Business
Earth Was Due for Another Year of Record Warmth. But This Warm?
Scientists are already busy trying to understand whether 2023’s off-the-charts heat is a sign that global warming is accelerating.
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World
This Year, Make a Resolution About Something Bigger Than Yourself
New Year’s resolutions are penny-ante prayers. You are this way, but you hope to be that way. You used to want this, but now you want that. The assumption behind resolutions is that something must be corrected and improved. One vows to be better than ...
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Business
2023 in Retrospect: 59 Photographs That Defined the Year in Arts
Credit...Peter Fisher for The New York Times2023 in Retrospect: 59 Photographs That Defined the Year in Arts Deadheads, ballerinas and Mick Jagger: As 2023 winds down, revisit a memorable handful of the thousands of images commissioned by our photo ...
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World
In the Shelter of a Weeping Beech
Off Route 6 on Cape Cod, a few miles in from the bay near Yarmouth, Mass., there hides a giant ancient English weeping beech. The tree is so big that it has its own parking lot. But you don’t see it right away. Tucked among a clutch of shrubs and ...
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Arts
Best TV Episodes of 2023
“Bob’s Burgers,” “Frontline,” “Killing It” and “A Spy Among Friends” were among the series that gave us some of the best episodes of television this year.
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World
Two Friends, Still in Step, Get a Kick Out of the Rockettes
At 86, Sheila Sullivan remains the star of her own show, with Tina Dupuy as her enthusiastic sidekick.