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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/Bruni-adrift-in-iowa-tired-rituals-in-tough-times.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Adrift in Iowa: Tired Rituals in Tough Times, by Frank Bruni

“Hawking lawn care and hankering for fried butter.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/Dowd-power-to-the-corporation.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Power to the Corporation!, by Maureen Dowd

“Mitt Romney’s painful search for imperfection.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/Friedman-a-theory-of-everyting-sort-of.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

A Theory of Everything (Sort of), by Thomas L. Friedman

“Why, from Athens to Barcelona, the middle classes are boiling mad.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/Cohen-age-of-outrage.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Age of Outrage, by Roger Cohen

“When the beach lost out to the barricades in Europe.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/sunday-review/you-want-compromise-sure-you-do.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

You Want Compromise? Sure You Do, by Sheryl Gay Stohlberg

“Political deadlock doesn’t exist only in Washington. Americans now tend to live partisan lives.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/as-texas-dries-out-life-falters-and-fades.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

As Texas Dries Out, Life Falters and Fades, by Richard Parker

“The state could be facing a megadrought – and no one knows what to do.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/an-iranian-cult-and-its-american-friends.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

An Iranian Cult and Its American Friends, by Elizabeth Rubin

“Why are prominent Americans helping an Iranian militant group? The Mujahedeen Khalq deserves its place on the list of terrorist groups.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/in-an-age-of-vitriol-what-is-out-of-bounds.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

In An Age of Vitriol, What Is Out of Bounds?, by Arthur Brisbane

“A columnist apologized for his tone. Not everyone thought he should have.”