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Books of the Year
Page turnersThe best books of 2010 were about Barack Obama and the secret world of China’s communist rulers, as well as on the spread of surfing, how prosperity evolves, how the West rules (for now) and the travels of the hare with amber eyes (17)
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Books by Economist writers in 2010
Pages and pagesWhat we wrote when we weren’t in the office (2)
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Italian television
The glory of BerlusconiLike its founder, Mediaset is tacky, unfairly advantaged—and resilient (52)
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The tyranny of choice
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An unexpected holiday
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Two new exhibitions (including one about Muslim science at the New York Hall of Science in Queens) have Edward Rothstein complaining that "the identity exhibition has reached new lows"
The Liszt legacy
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~ Arianna Huffington, "Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New Media?" (Huffington Post)
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