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Evan Osnos “gets”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/04/managing-expect.html advice on how to pick a pet in Shanghai.
George Packer “admires”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2009/04/books-worth-wai.html Wendell Steavenson’s book on Iraq.
Steve Coll “seeks”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/2009/04/role-models.html a role model in the stimulus.
James Surowiecki “looks”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/jamessurowiecki/2009/04/the-curious-cas.html at the new unemployment numbers.
Hendrik Hertzberg “listens”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/hendrikhertzberg/2009/04/freewheelin-bar.html to Bob Dylan on Barack Obama.
The Front Row: What to “screen”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2009/04/the-cinema-scho.html at Ghetto Film School.
Sasha Frere-Jones “shakes”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sashafrerejones/2009/04/postmisogyny-ap.html his head at Chris Brown.
News Desk: Iowa’s “turn”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/04/close-read-the-more-loving-ones.html on gay marriage.
The Book Bench: Wells Tower on his “stories”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/04/the-exchange-we.html and his name.
The Cartoon Lounge: “String,”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2009/04/serious-string.html “yarn”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2009/04/yarn.html, “rope”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2009/04/rope.html, “kinks”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2009/04/naughty-knots.html.
Goings On: Eminem is “back”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/goingson/2009/04/guess-whos-back.html.