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May 21 discussion with Daniel Mendelsohn
Britain's Schindler, Nicholas Winton
As the Second World War loomed, a London banker helped evacuate hundreds of Czech children to safety and new homes in England.
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Richard Hurowitz
E Pluribus Unum: Ilan Stavans on American English
"It's a language that is incredibly versatile and incredibly volatile too."
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Richard Hurowitz
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Lessons from the Ides of March
Julius Caesar and the Dangers of Forgiveness
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In the Garden of the Righteous
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Richard Hurowitz
The Real Art of the Deal: Rich Cohen on Herbie Cohen, the world's best negotiator
"His big rule in life is the key to success is to care but not that much."
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Richard Hurowitz
Shine a Light: Bernard-Henri Lévy on the reporter-as-activist
"It’s too easy to turn a blind eye to the most horrible sufferings of our time, and doing so leads to indifference and cynicism. It is sometimes hard to…
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Jonathan Tepperman
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