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Goddamn Sachs“

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The Demented Kingdom Of William T. Vollmann | Tom Bissell | The New Republic | 22nd July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/the-demented-kingdom-of-william-t-vollmann/?free_rss=1 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Tom Bissell Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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Last Stories and Other Stories, his twenty-second since 1987, is a “680-page short-story collection about death, putrefaction, ghosts, and cancer”. He works 16 hours a day with no internet, and inhabits the persona of Dolores, a transgender woman. He could probably use an editor. At 55 he has “mellowed as a man”, but “his subject matter has, if anything, grown even more confrontational”

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Dallas Killers’ Club | Nicholson Baker | The Baffler | 21st July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/dallas-killers-club/?free_rss=1 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Nicholson Baker Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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The Uses Of Adversity | Malcolm Gladwell | New Yorker | 10th November 2008 http://thebrowser.com/link/the-uses-of-adversity/?free_rss=1 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Malcolm Gladwell Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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New Yorker’s content is temporarily available free on line while the web site is updated; browse and enjoy previously gated favourites. Here is a Malcolm Gladwell piece on a very Gladwellian theme: how an underdog can triumph. The case study is that of Sidney Weinberg, who rose through Goldman Sachs from janitor’s assistant at 16 to senior partner at 40, making his outsider status work in his favour

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Why Do Palestinians Support Hamas? | Noam Sheizaf | +972 | 22nd July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/why-do-palestinians-support-hamas/?free_rss=1 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Noam Sheizaf Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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Off My Table, Damn Carnivore | Lhendup Bhutia | Open | 18th July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/off-my-table-damn-carnivore/?free_rss=1 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Lhendup Bhutia Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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What Happened To Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 | Julia Ioffe | New Republic | 20th July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/what-happened-to-malaysia-airlines-flight-17/?free_rss=1 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Julia Ioffe Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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Writers Or Missionaries? | Adam Shatz | The Nation | 15th July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/writers-or-missionaries/?free_rss=1 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Adam Shatz Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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Musical Gold | Rebecca Mead | New Yorker | 21st July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/musical-gold/?free_rss=1 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Rebecca Mead Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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Getting By Without Russia | James Meek | London Review Of Books | 19th July 2014 http://thebrowser.com/link/getting-by-without-russia/?free_rss=1 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000 James Meek Subscribe to the Browser to receive a feed with direct links to the recommended content

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