Im Not Dead!

A great line from a great Monty Python movie, and another crisp cover from The Economist:

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  Seven Lean Years? Done in Seven Minutes

  In Genesis (41:27), Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dream of 7 fat cows followed by 7 lean (and apparently, ugly) cows, as ...

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  Only the Lonely

  My first impression when flying into Mexico City a few weeks ago was its vastness. From the air, the city seems to ...

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  Beach Reading

  September is the best beach month in Southern California: the water is warm, the days are long, the crowds are gone. I ...