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Dancing Free

A mesmerizing new production of Richard Strauss’s Salome at the Met Opera offers viewers a violent, mind-bending staging of the biblical texts.
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All Heart

After his losses in the boxing rink, George Foreman evolved from being a wrathful Goliath to an intensely jovial servant to others.
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Best Books of 2024

When I say that the following were my favorite books of the year, I mean that they’re the books that gave me delight when I tried to figure out what made them tick.
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