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The longtime New Yorker writer’s 1956 book is a remarkable literary account of a brutal, bloody sport, offering wryly funny observations of its fans and fighters. wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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Manufacturers face an overabundance of data. The pressure to instantly respond to changing customer preferences can eat into profits, writes Marc Levinson wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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The author overcame his dependence on pills and alcohol. Now he wants to beat back misconceptions about the science of addiction, writes Sally Satel wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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For a long and healthy life, diet and regular exercise are a better bet than trendy supplements and expensive longevity clinics, writes David A. Shaywitz wsj.com/health/wellnes…

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For a long and healthy life, diet and regular exercise are a better bet than trendy supplements and expensive longevity clinics, writes David A. Shaywitz wsj.com/health/wellnes…

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The working homeless persevere as they go from job to job, finding shelter where they can and caring for their children as well as possible, writes Leslie Lenkowsky wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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A longtime administrator at two elite colleges considers the modern university’s travails. He has given up on the old idea of a core curriculum, writes Paula Marantz Cohen wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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The Supreme Court made legalized sports gambling possible in many states. Lawmakers neglected to think through the consequences, writes Barton Swaim wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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A series of gruesome Notting Hill murders in the 1940s and ’50s revealed a darkness beneath the surface of British society, writes Sara Lodge wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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After selling his wine business, Ely Callaway could retire and play all the golf he wanted. But he couldn’t shake the entrepreneurial bug, writes John Paul Newport wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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A code of silence among Democratic elites and the media prohibited any public talk of Joe Biden’s decline—until it was too late, writes Tunku Varadarajan wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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The author of the Patrick Melrose novels follows his career-long concern with the workings of the brain into an era of biotech advances, writes Sam Sacks wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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A physician uses advanced sports-science technology to train athletes—and revels in giving guidance that defies standard practice, writes Matthew Rees wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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Researchers were surprised to find giant gas planets orbiting quite near to their stars. Yet novelists had already imagined worlds like these, writes Michael Saler wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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The writer of “Get Shorty,” “Out of Sight” and many other hard-boiled tales aimed at literary success from an early age. His deceptively economical style became a hallmark, writes Tom Nolan wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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