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  • Mark Ostow

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    First, use plain English

    The author of On Writing Well recalls how he taught Yale students to cut through the clutter.

    Mar/Apr 2009
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    The chemical secrets of memory

    This is your brain on estrogen.

    Mar/Apr 2009
  • Alex Nabaum

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    What now?

    What should the Obama administration do about the economy? Make friends with China? Tax inequality? Build bullet trains? Five economists and businesspeople offer their ideas.

    Jan/Feb 2009
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    God and Tony Blair

    Does faith have a role in policy? The prime minister says yes.

    Jan/Feb 2009
  • Julie Brown

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    By hand

    Theater today thrives on the high-tech and large-scale. But in Hunter Spence's classes, students still learn small-scale artistry and old-fashioned cuss words.

    Jan/Feb 2009
  • Photo illustration: Mark Zurolo ’01MFA

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    Harvard beats Yale 29–29

    The most heartbreaking football game in Yale history lives again, in an indie film.

    Nov/Dec 2008