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    MOURNING HAROLD PINTER

    Kunal Dutta attends a London production of "No Man’s Land" the day after the playwright's death. "We searched the stage for new meaning", he writes. "Does the death of the author, as Roland Barthes once argued, really change anything about the work?" ...
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    WHO'S AFRAID OF NUCLEAR POWER?

    Decades after Chernobyl, it is hard to forget the dark side of nuclear power. But countries in search of carbon-free energy independence are beginning to reconsider. A correspondent for The Economist heads to Flamanville, the site of France's new nuclear-power plant ...
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    FAMILY FUN FOR YOUR "STAY-CATION"

    In hard times, board games flourish. Lucy Farmer finds out which ones sell best, where they came from and why we love them ...
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    RENTING THE CAR OF YOUR DREAMS

    More and more people are driving fast cars--for a day or so. Paul Markillie joins the club, and takes his son along...
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    A NOT SO MERRY CHRISTMAS IN FLORIDA

    There is a palpable chill in the air in sunny South Florida this year, writes the executive editor of The Economist. While on holiday, he notes abandoned strip malls and signs declaring “We buy homes. Cash…Fast” ...
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    MAD ABOUT DESIGN

    How do you draw the line between art and craft? David McFadden, head curator of  the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, says don't bother. He talks about the museum's sensibility and new location with Ariel Ramchandani ...

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