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Cardinals Minor Leaguer Hits a Cycle of Home Runs
The concept of a cycle is familiar to most fans, even if the event is not particularly common: A player…
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Why Steve Jobs Chose This Designer’s Turtlenecks
Little wonder, really, that Issey Miyake was Steve Jobs’s favorite designer. The man behind Mr. Jobs’s personal uniform of black…
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The Cookie Jar Grows Up
Humans have a natural talent for concentration. I recently watched a kid crouching among pebbles at the beach. He spent…
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The Independent Bookstore, as Imagined by a Corporate Lobbyist
Sitting at the bar in the exclusive Delta Club at Citi Field, where his beloved Mets were in the process…
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‘Emily the Criminal’ Review: Survival Strategy
“Want to make $200 in an hour?” reads the anonymous text, and Emily (Aubrey Plaza) absolutely does. On her own,…
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‘Secret Headquarters’ Review: You Know, for Kids
“Secret Headquarters,” from the directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, is in essence a superhero movie designed for children —…
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‘Free Puppies!’ Review: A Fight to Save a Dog’s Life
Animal lovers will find a bittersweet watch in “Free Puppies!,” a documentary on volunteer rescue groups working to adopt dogs…
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‘The Princess’ Review: An Unsparing Look at Princess Diana
The first clue that “The Princess” will not be your standard-issue Diana Spencer documentary is that the director is Ed…
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‘We Are Living Things’ Review: The Truth Is Out There
Do you want to believe? Solomon (Jorge Antonio Guerrero) does — he already believes that his own mother was abducted…
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‘Summering’ Review: The Besties Confront Bittersweet Truths
In “Summering,” a meditative coming-of-age film by James Ponsoldt (“The Spectacular Now”), four 11-year-old girls living in suburban Utah are…