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October 29, 2009

What the Dog Saw

A surprising cast of characters --the inventor of the birth control pill; the king of kitchen gadgets, Ron Popeil; soft-spoken canine wizard Cesar Millan -- animates this collection of journalistic adventures from the author of The Tipping Point and Blink.

 

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Daybook

February 10: The Dreadnought Hoax, a practical joke at the British Navy's expense, occurred on this day in 1910. Among the young Bloomsbury conspirators was Virginia Woolf (then Virginia Stephen) and, though she played only a minor…

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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin

Once held close to the chest and protected by well-understood laws, the valuable information about our lives that we blithely disclose with our every keystroke has the potential…

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