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It’s the World Cup Souvenir Everyone Wants. Getting One Is the Hard Part.
A game-worn Lionel Messi jersey is the most coveted collectible in Qatar. Good luck getting hold of the one (or…
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Griner Leaves Texas Base, Pledges W.N.B.A. Return and Support for Whelan
Griner, in her first public comments since being freed from imprisonment in Russia, said she would return to the Phoenix…
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How to Watch the N.F.L.’s Saturday Tripleheader
The Week 15 lineup features a rare Saturday lineup of three games topped by a prime-time matchup between the Miami…
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My So-So Encounters with ChatGPT
A mountain man buys his first chain saw. He comes back to the store a week later complaining that it…
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Herbert Deutsch, Co-Creator of the Moog Synthesizer, Dies at 90
An experimental composer, Mr. Deutsch collaborated with Robert Moog to create the first synthesizer to make a significant impact on…
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Do Right by Our Afghan Allies. Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act.
The fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August of 2021 left a consolation prize for the Afghans who stood…
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Raiders of the Lost Art
At Oscar time this past spring, I wrote a doom-laden essay arguing that we were living through the End of…
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The World Cup’s Missing Mouthpiece
Qatar paid David Beckham tens of millions of dollars to promote the country and its interests. To its frustration, it…
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Frank Shakespeare, TV Executive Behind a New Nixon, Dies at 97
He helped dispel the candidate’s stiff image for the 1968 presidential campaign and then led U.S. government broadcasting efforts overseas…
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When World Cup Reality Isn’t What It Seems
LUSAIL, Qatar — Fatih pulls the car over, letting the engine idle, and reaches for his phone. He hurriedly swipes…