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Did they really smoke that much? A Newsweek secretary-turned-Washington correspondent says the on-screen sexism, drinking, and smoking capture the office culture of the early ’60s.
by Eleanor Clift
Beijing purges one of its own—the Cultural Revolution isn’t over.
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by Malcolm Jones
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Charlize Theron adopts, Rod Blagojevich starts his prison sentence and more.
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