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  2. In the Sunday Review, Nicholas D. Kristof writes, "In effect, the Vatican accused the nuns of worrying too much about the poor and not enough about abortion and gay marriage."
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  3. Kickstarter offers budding entrepreneurs a way to float ideas and see if there’s a market for them before they trade ownership of their company for money from venture capitalists.
  4. After a winter of alarm over the possibility that a military conflict over the Iranian nuclear program might be imminent, American officials and outside analysts now believe that the chances of war in the near future have significantly decreased.
  5. Microsoft announced on Monday that it would invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook division for a 17.6 percent stake. The company has wagered heavily on the Nook, whose e-readers and tablets compete against Amazon’s best-selling Kindle devices in the hotly contested world of electronic books.
  6. Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman writes, "We’ve been hearing a lot about the war on women, which is real enough. But there’s also a war on the young, which is just as real even if it’s better disguised. And it’s doing immense harm, not just to the young, but to the nation’s future."
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  8. "No city’s exported image lags so far behind its homegrown veracity than London’s, so let’s start with what you’re not going to find. We’re all out of cheeky cockneys, pearly kings and their queens, and costermongers. You’re not going to find ’60s psychedelia and the Beatles in Carnaby Street." A.A. Gill shares a Londoner's perspective on his town.
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  9. In the Sunday Review, Richard M. Ryan and William S. Ryan write, "It’s important to stress the obvious: Not all those who campaign against gay men and lesbians secretly feel same-sex attractions. But at least some who oppose homosexuality are likely to be individuals struggling against parts of themselves, having themselves been victims of oppression and lack of acceptance."
  10. This is when New York turns into a small town. Lillian Jacobs moved to East 84th Street 100 years ago, when she was 2. She's lived there ever since, at five addresses, all within 1,200 feet of each other. It's a life of staying put in an ever-changing city. "Like" New York Metro | The New York Times for more New York stories.