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The near-militant animal rights organisation PETA have announced a $1 million prize for the first to create in vitro chicken that is: (a) indistinguishable … gulfstream/2429Differences in consumption per person are much less dramatic than differences in income (in the US): “If we look at consumption per person, the difference … gulfstream/2395
Story on a well-placed semi-colon on some MTA signage is currently the most frequently emailed story at the Times! gulfstream/2397
“To this end, Chen has taken steps to ensure that future monkey sex at Yale occurs as nature intended it.”—do monkeys understand money? gulfstream/1767
An article on the pastor of an evangelical megachurch who preaches that the church should stay out of politics has (predictably) got NY Times readers all … gulfstream/2128
How to make a $36 entree look cheap? Add a $43 entree to the menu and don’t fret if no-one buys it. gulfstream/2179
Sort of meadering piece on nutrition, the food we eat, and the food we should eat. (Long; though there’s nine point-form tips at the end.) “Avoid … gulfstream/2221
Turns out that the “E-Mail This Article” feature of NY Times stories works with articles older than a week (that you otherwise have to pay … gulfstream/1188
NY Times acknowledges that some of its Iraq pieces “included incomplete information or pointed in a wrong direction.” A substantial apology, … gulfstream/1449
Great headline: “What (Sex) Boys (Sex) Think (Sex) About.” The unusually titled Jennifer 8. Lee on the NY Times’s headline-writing process (first … gulfstream/1580
Reference sites suggested by the NY Times. (Wikipedia not included!) gulfstream/1610
NY Times has a new, busier, most-emailed page. (And, damn, the “email this article” link doesn’t email the full text no more either … though … gulfstream/1679
Is racaille, as used by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy to describe the rioters in Paris, better translated as rabble or scum? Sarkozy’s racaille … gulfstream/1874
Jack Shafer is not happy with the NY Times’s public editor. He’s been nowhere near as interesting as Daniel Okrent, that’s for sure. gulfstream/2084
The NY Times reports that Estonia’s admired-by-some flat tax was put in place because Estonia’s former prime minister, Mart Laar, erroneously believed … gulfstream/2198
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Beginning in 1984, when he started Def Jam Recordings, until his more recent occupation as a career-transforming, chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning … quotes/468In the early years of the Soviet Union, many believed that architecture could function as a tool of social transformation. It was a time when architecture--and … quotes/411
[The NY Times] does not cede definitive authority to other organizations and sources. Last Tuesday, "Israel, on Its Own, Is Shaping the Borders of the … quotes/409
My own prescription for making poetry popular in the schools would be to ban it--with possession treated as a serious misdemeanor, and dealing as a felony--but … quotes/404
... they started pouring normal glasses. And I said. "What are you doing? I am not a little girl! Fill it up! I drink vodka!" They started filling them … quotes/394
But Mr. Mankoff says it is possible to organize cartoons not just chronologically but taxonomically, in relation to four vectors: caption, image and two … quotes/358
What (Sex) Boys (Sex) Think (Sex) About -- NY Times Headline, 2004-10-07, E7 (article by Virginia Heffernan) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/arts/television/07heff.html quotes/353
Too many of our children have come to believe that it's easier to become a black professional athlete than a doctor or lawyer. Reality check: according … quotes/326
"If our people studied calculus like we studied basketball," my father, age 91, once remarked as we drove past a packed inner-city basketball court at … quotes/325
I'm far from an expert in such matters, but I would have thought that a combination of nanomeds and gamma radiation would be sufficient to make a nerdy … quotes/262
We operate like the U.N. I'm America. -- Thom Yorke on Radiohead http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001001mag-radiohead.html quotes/180
Later that day, I met with a small group of students I had grown to like, hoping that, away from their teachers, they would talk a different talk. Meeting … quotes/166
Darling, I reckon maybe thirty years, given our ages and expectancies. Barring the tragic or untimely, say, ten thousand mornings, ten thousand evenings, please … quotes/165
Imagine a world in which you will be able to go to just one place, walk from shop to shop, and see, touch, feel or try on anything you like, and then … quotes/163
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Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers - New York TimesFrom 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year - New York Times
story about plenty of fish site and advertising model
Personal Best-Gina Kolata-Cold-Body Temperature-Catching Colds-Sweating in the Cold-Exercise - New York Times
there's some sort of medical condition where your airway narrows if you breathe cold air? i think i have that
The Invisible Ingredient in Every Kitchen - New York Times
When a Rocker's Hard Life Has Eclipsed the Music - New York Times
Jennifer 8. Lee - The New York Times
Natalie Angier - The New York Times
New York Times Crossword Creator Will Shortz Gets Rich Off Sudoku -- New York Magazine
3quarksdaily: reflection on the house style of the nytimes
The Ballad of Big Mike - New York Times
excellent piece about a kid very good at football, but with barely any schooling who ends up in a (very) christian school
Mr. Right, It Turns Out, Does Not Take Classes - New York Times
Ask E.T.: Megan Jaegerman's brilliant news graphics
Settling Down in a City in Motion - New York Times
(-: Just Between You and Me ;-) - New York Times
It’s an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World - New York Times
Rick Rubin - Recording Industry - Rock Music - New York Times
"Beginning in 1984, when he started Def Jam Recordings, until his more recent occupation as a career-transforming, chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning producer for dozens of artists, as diverse as the Dixie Chicks, Slayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Neil D
The School Cafeteria, on a Diet - New York Times
the surprisingly stringent rules regarding what can be served in us scxool cafeterias
Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site - New York Times
Living in Dust: Gut Renovation on the Cheap - New York Times
small spaces renovation
Effexor XR - Drugs - Pharmaceuticals - S.S.R.I.s - Antidepressants - Depression - Medicine and Health - New York Times
Bicycles That Carry Powerful Beats, and Even a Rider or Two - New York Times
i miss new york
Philip B. Corbett -- Talk to the Newsroom -- The New York Times -- Reader Questions and Answers - New York Times
nytimes switches to "DVDs" (from "DVD's")
Never Mind What’s in Them, Bags Are the Fashion - New York Times
The Ink Fades on a Profession as India Modernizes
