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  • For Your Consideration – And They’re Off! Edition

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      Jim Keller      I maintain that one can liken the Oscar race to a horserace with each studio betting on its thoroughbreds hoping to place. In the analogy, the studio is the owner, public relations is the jockey, and the horse is the actor or film. Here I’ve included my rankings as they stood on the eve of Oscar nominations—the number in parentheses indicates my placement following…

  • When Winter Makes You Feel Like Crap: A Look at Seasonal Depression

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      Antonia Martinez A text message stopped me dead in my tracks: “The moving truck is coming next Friday.” So soon? Wasn’t it only a few weeks ago that my cousin mentioned the idea of relocating to Nevada? She has lived in New York City her entire life. Now, here she was nearly all packed…

  • Nessa Noms: Paku Pakus

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        Vanessa J Wu* download Paku Pakus is a new ramen restaurant on 2nd Avenue, between 72nd and 73rd Streets. It is right off the 72nd Street stop on the Q line and opened on Monday, October 23. The restaurant is the culmination of two sisters’ love of food and Japan, modified to fit…

  • The Eleventh Hour

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      Aileen Marshall There is a federal holiday coming up that you may not be familiar with and probably have only heard about through advertisements. November 11 is Veterans Day, and it is almost 100 years old.  The holiday is meant to honor all those who have served in any branch of the armed forces…

  • Natural Selections Salutes Nobel Prize Winner Mike Young!

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        The Nobel Committee has awarded Professor Michael W. Young the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 2. Together with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash, professor Young has made an outstanding contribution unravelling now the circadian clock anticipates and adapts our physiology to the different phases of the day. Michael…

  • Opening European Borders

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      Francesca Cavallo   For decades, Europe has been a dream destination for many immigrants in search of a better life. As a symbol of democracy, stability and opportunity, the old continent attracts more and more people every year. But an escalating migration crisis is testing the European Union’s (EU) commitment to human rights and open…

  • New York City Dialect New York-ese, Lesson 4

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    Aileen Marshall Hey guys! This is another typical New York City greeting. Welcome to lesson four in our series on the New York City dialect. To recap last month’s lesson, the R is often dropped in words and replaced with an “ah” or “aw” sound. Our vocabulary words were heah, rivah and mawnin.  Here are…

  • New York City Dialect New York-ese

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    Aileen Marshall Hey, how ya doin? Or in other words, welcome back to our series on learning the New York City dialect. Hopefully by now, you have your ears trained to pick up more words you hear about town. To recap last month’s lesson, the G is dropped in words ending in “ing.” Our vocabulary…

  • November Cover

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  • Think Big Deal

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    GEORGE BARANY AND JOHN CHILD George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. John Child has had an interesting career and currently lives in Nepal. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to the answer, visit here. More Barany and Friends crosswords can be…