March 2012
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WatchProfile of Swiss speed mountaineer, “whose rapid ascents are just as demanding as three-minute miles.”
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“They now have borders; they are mapped; they have an identity.”
– Google Earth giving shape to Indian slums.
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WatchVideo reports from inside Mongolia’s grunge scene.
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WatchKnock for Knock trailer, in which Mogwai and Antony Crook visit Japan.
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“My counting isn’t about quantifying numbers—it’s about observing patterns. I...”
– Brief essay on a counting compulsion.
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“The essays were simply model book reviews—they made the book review form not...”
– The great Bob Silvers on the early days of the Paris Review and the New York Review of Books.
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WatchPublic debate on the Affordable Care Act closes, and now the justices retreat for several months to contemplate.
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“Let’s set R.E.M. off to the side for a moment. What does any of the stuff we...”
– Super-fan of R.E.M. didn’t tell Mike Mills about his fandom.
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“Among young activists in Damascus, there is pessimism. When I asked the group...”
– Terrific diary on life in Syria.
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“I love early Louis Armstrong. Great music, in the ’20s, great, great...”
– Fantastic: R. Crumb talks about other people.
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WatchShort films about a ham man.
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“If you watch very carefully on the second shot, you can see that she has what’s...”
– Archery instructor reviews The Hunger Games, finds “good demonstration of proper competitive archery form.”
