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JUST MARRY HIM?

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TICK-TOCK | July 2nd 2008

Lori Gottlieb raised a furore among women by arguing that they should settle for Mr Good Enough. But alas, she gets a lot right, laments Adelle Waldman ...  

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DIARY: THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER

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SCENES FROM LA FRONTERA | July 1st 2008

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America is building 700 miles of fence along its border with Mexico. Lawsuits are flying in Texas, where the fence could change the lives of millions of people on both sides. Erica Grieder, the south-west correspondent for The Economist, collects stories along the border from Brownsville to El Paso ...

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INSIDER TRADING: BUYING THE RIGHT BARBECUE

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JUST GRILL IT | June 30th 2008

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Andy Annat, butcher and British barbecue champion, on choosing equipment for alfresco cooking ...

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SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS

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THE BEAUTIFUL BUBBLE OF ST JAMES'S SQUARE | June 29th 2008

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One of Jeff Koons's candy-coloured steel sculptures is up for sale, writes Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist. Not included in the purchase price: transport from London via Soviet military aircraft ...

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THE SCIENCE OF HUMOUR

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APES DO IT | June 28th 2008

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The study of laughter has entered mainstream psychology. Anthony Gottlieb reads the reports--and a new book on the history of jokes--and finds much to chuckle over ...

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THE HIGH ART OF "BIOSHOCK"

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BRETT MCCALLON | AT PLAY | June 27th 2008

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Are videogames art? Roger Ebert (among others) thinks not. But Brett McCallon, a veteran gamer and our new online columnist, claims the game "BioShock" is a brilliant argument otherwise ...

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MY LIFE IN 24 FLAVOURS

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I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM | June 26th 2008

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Papa was an Italian ice-cream maker. Annalisa Barbieri on a sweet childhood and an even sweeter adulthood ...

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FEDERER: DREAMING OF MASTERY

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ED SMITH | THE GREAT SPORTSMEN | June 25th 2008

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Ed Smith, a leading cricketer in England and a former baseball player, has joined Intelligent Life as our sports analyst. In his first column, he looks for the key to Roger Federer's brilliance ...

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THIS WEEK: A SELECTIVE GUIDE

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JAZZ, GRUB AND A CHARISMATIC NONAGENARIAN | June 24th 2008

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DOES ONE ABUSED WOMAN = 100 ABUSED PUPPIES?

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ALLISON SCHRAGER | THE MICROPHILANTHROPIST | June 24th 2008

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America has 3,800 animal shelters, but only 1,500 for battered women. Puppies are blameless and easy to care for; people are more complicated. Allison Schrager, an economist, examines our inclination to help animals over our own species ... 

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