Cover & Feature Stories
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Quality Control
Which version of the story would she tell?
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Gloria
A family’s celebration, a question of mercy
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All We Can Do
At Christmas, a brief reunion with his estranged daughter was its own kind of miracle.
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No ordinary lives: A tribute to our WWII veterans
Before they were parents and neighbors and bowlers and golfers, they were heroes for their country.
Date Lab: For these two Nats fans, hope springs eternal
![Date Lab: For these two Nats fans, hope springs eternal](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141114132524im_/http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/sites/twpweb/img/blogs/spacer.gif)
Their favorite team may have collapsed, but their date didn’t follow suit.
Masala Art: Raising the bar on the waterfront
![Masala Art: Raising the bar on the waterfront](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141114132524im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/10/27/Others/Images/2014-10-27/MG-DINING11160091414432756.jpg)
Southwest sequel brings original’s same deftness with curries and more, but the cocktails can’t keep up.
Plate Lab: Chicken schnitzel that sings
![Plate Lab: Chicken schnitzel that sings](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141114132524im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/10/29/Magazine/Topic-Stories/Images/PlateLab_1116_ChickenSchnitzelwithBraisedRedCabbage_H1411487587.jpg)
DGS Delicatessen delivers richness, juicy crunch, sweet-sour tenderness and a sharp bite in one big plateful.
@Work Advice: Happy (?) Holidays
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Summer vacation-lover is forced to take vacation over the winter holidays. Can they do that?
Just Asking
Just Asking: CBS’s Norah O’Donnell has her mornings full
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The morning anchor on getting up at ungodly hours and competition feuds
Mine
Mine: The wreath
![Mine: The wreath](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141114132524im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/06/26/Magazine/Images/MINEwreath1403823850.jpg)
Handed down for generations, the keepsake made of hair entwines her present with ancestors’ past.
Street Smart
Street Smart: what do to in Rosslyn
![Street Smart: what do to in Rosslyn](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141114132524im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/going-out-guide/201411/Images/Courtesy_Artisphere_1.jpg)
Rosslyn once seemed like a rather soul-less Arlington locale dominated by high-rise office buildings is beginning to feel less buttoned-up business and more business casual.
Apptitude
Apptitude: Design a gallery wall on your phone
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Math-challenged? Hang-a-Pic promises to do the measuring and spacing for you.
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Second Glance
Find the 12 differences between the original photograph, top, and the altered photograph, center. Answers at bottom. (Degree of difficulty: advanced.) For more Second Glance puzzles, click here.
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Top-shelf writers with Washington-area connections
Did you know that Styron was married to a Baltimorean? That McMurtry had a bookstore here?
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