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  1. Eat

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    CreditBobby Doherty for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Margaret MacMillan Jones.

    Don’t Fear the Artichoke. Cook It Whole.

    Boil artichokes spikes and all — they will shed their thorns and release their sweet, nutty goodness.

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    CreditJoakim Eskildsen/Institute, for The New York Times

    The New German Anti-Semitism

    For the nation’s estimated 200,000 Jews, new forms of old hatreds are stoking fear.

  3. Letter of Recommendation

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    CreditIllustration by Brian Rea

    Letter of Recommendation: Car Phones

    The phone! It lowers my blood pressure, makes my skin feel better, reduces my anxiety about death.

  4. Tip

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    CreditIllustration by Radio

    How to Lose a Tail

    Pay attention to your environment. Wear indistinct clothing. Consider a “heat run.”

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    Poem: The Cloisters

    To the teenagers in this poem, the medieval architecture of the Met Cloisters seems like a walk-through peep show, each ornamentation more lurid than the next.

    By Rita Dove and Chase Twichell

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    Judge John Hodgman on Express Lane Tomfoolery

    What if you have 11 items? What about 12?

    By Judge John Hodgman

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    I’m an Ethical Vegan. Can I Pay for a Client’s Carnivorous Meal?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on living up to ethical veganism, discovering your sibling’s progeny on Ancestry.com and faking religious belief.

    By Kwame Anthony Appiah

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    Moving Beyond the Label of ‘War Refugee’

    A look at the reporting behind one Syrian family that fled Syria in 2015 and is now trying to rebuild a new life spread across four European cities.

    By Alia Malek

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    Judge John Hodgman on Sofa Aspirations

    Should a grown woman expect to have a sofa in her home? What if she lives in Vermont?

    By Judge John Hodgman

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    Poem: A Voice From the Wreck

    The speaker is neither witness nor victim but oracle.

    By Chad Abushanab and Rita Dove

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    Afghan War Casualty Report: May 10-16

    At least 80 pro-government forces and 29 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week.

    By Fahim Abed

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    How Much Alcohol Can You Drink Safely?

    That depends on how you do the research — and then on how you read the results. Here’s what studies show.

    By Kim Tingley

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    To Stay or to Flee: A Syrian Mother’s Impossible Choice

    Suhair had to decide whether leaving Syria was worth risking her children’s lives. Now she is coming to terms with the opportunities and costs of her decision.

    By Alia Malek

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    Where Should a Child Die? Hospice Homes Help Families With the Unimaginable

    For terminally ill children and their families, pediatric hospice can be a godsend — but the American health care system makes it hard to keep facilities afloat.

    By Helen Ouyang

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