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The Other Rebelsby George Packer

The Ivorians needed the world’s stamp of legitimacy. The needs of the Libyan rebels seem bottomless…

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A collection from this week’s issue.

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Letter from China

Beijing’s Big Chillby Evan Osnos

China has been rounding up writers, lawyers, and activists in the most intense crackdown of free expression in years…

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Girls’ Varsityby Joan Acocella

The women were often stronger than the men in the Mark Morris Dance Group’s Brooklyn season performances…

Jon Michaud: Mark Morris’s “Socrates”

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The Talk of the Town

Good Morning, Baghdadby Lillian Ross

Robin Williams brings the Iraq war to Broadway.

The Talk of the Town

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Plus: The four kidnapped Times journalists.

THE BOOK BENCH

Plus: Literary smackdowns of note.

David Grann on a Guatemalan conspiracy.
Julia Ioffe on a Russian muckraker.
Steve Coll on Tunisia.
John Lahr on “The Book of Mormon.”
Adam Gopnik on machine intelligence.
Nancy Franklin on “The Kennedys.”

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The Sporting Scene

The rookies of 2010.

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Annals of Retail

How Sara Blakely rehabilitated the girdle.

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Profiles

George Clooney’s effortless charm.

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A Reporter at Large

Alain Robert’s skyscraper obsession.

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Letter from Libya

Qaddafi and son.

COMMENT

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A report from Libya’s front lines.

Daniel Alarcón reads Roberto Bolaño’s “Gómez Palacio.”

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Mark Morrisroe’s outlaw photographs.

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Adam Gopnik tries to talk to a computer.

Woody Allen’s “Cassandra’s Dream.”

Peter Schjeldahl on the art and cultural history of Japan.

David Grann on a Guatemalan murder.

Vintage Tina Fey.

Ulli Rimkus, the owner of the Lower East Side bar Max Fish, gives a tour.

Daniel Zalewski on Guillermo del Toro’s most notable creatures.

Jason Schwartzman introduces The New Yorker’s iPad App.

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