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A FREEDOM FIGHTER WEIGHS IN

Wed, 09/03/2008 - 19:44 - More Intelligent Life

SHAMI CHAKRABARTI | September 3rd
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We continue with our series on freedoms lost and gained, 60 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...

From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Autumn 2008

A REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION DIARY

Tue, 09/02/2008 - 04:00 - More Intelligent Life

SLEEPLESS IN ST PAUL | September 1st

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Exhausted from one convention and now headlong into another, The Economist's international correspondent is grateful for what can't be predicted in the coming week ...

From ECONOMIST.COM

HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE FRANK O'HARA

Sun, 08/31/2008 - 17:59 - More Intelligent Life

NOTES ON AN EXUBERANT POET | August 31st 2008
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There was a time when Ryan Ruby would've taken a punch for broody, gloomy T.S. Eliot. But years in the thrum of New York City have encouraged a taste for something more jazzy and irreverent ...  

Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE

The Ethicist: Shoo-ins and Long Shots

Sat, 08/30/2008 - 07:15 - NYT > Magazine

Logrolling, bad; rolling dice, better.

THE MISSION: JOINING THE CIRCUS

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 22:13 - More Intelligent Life

WILL SMITH LEARNS SOMETHING NEW | August 26th 2008
"I have found the silver bullet that will stop the trade in illegal drugs ..."

From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008

Where? Twenty feet up in the air, hanging from two canvas straps in a big top in Amsterdam.

JOSEPH MITCHELL'S TRUE FACTS

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 09:07 - More Intelligent Life

NOTES ON A REPORTER-STYLIST | August 25th 2008
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Decades on, Joseph Mitchell's journalism still feels fresh. Garth Risk Hallberg examines a man who immortalised the fading treasures of a changing city ...

Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE

WARPING TIME AND CHEATING DEATH IN "BRAID"

Sun, 08/24/2008 - 16:25 - More Intelligent Life

BRETT MCCALLON | AT PLAY | August 24th 2008

"Braid"
The element of time--thrilling, oppressive--has long been a feature of videogames. But what happens when we we have the power to move time backwards? Undo decisions? Some daring new designers, such as Jonathan Blow, are letting us find out ...

Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE

THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF CRICKET BOOKS

Sat, 08/23/2008 - 16:36 - More Intelligent Life

A TRUE OBSESSIVE | August 23rd 2008

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The frantic pace of a corporate financier led Tim Bunting to retire in his mid-30s. Now he spends his time and money on collecting cricket books. He finds it therapeutic ... 

From ECONOMIST.COM

BAD TASTE IS A GOOD THING

Wed, 08/20/2008 - 21:24 - More Intelligent Life

GO ON, I DARE YOU | August 21st 2008
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Sometimes you need to wear a tulle puffball skirt with black bondage straps. Judith Watt explains why we can all afford to let a little bad taste into our wardrobes; Mary Fellowes shows us how ...

From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008

BAD TASTE IS A GOOD THING

Wed, 08/20/2008 - 21:24 - More Intelligent Life

GO ON, I DARE YOU | August 21st 2008

Gina
Sometimes you need to wear a tulle puffball skirt with black bondage straps. Judith Watt explains why we can all afford to let a little bad taste into our wardrobes; Mary Fellowes shows us how ...

From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008