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Clinique Tells Its Sales Staff to Back Off

The big makeup and skin-care brand has redesigned its selling space in department stores, creating an environment where consumers can experiment with new products without interference from a salesperson.
- Video: Clinique Gives Beauty Sales a Makeover

Travel

Finding the Best Fares to Europe
The best time to buy international air tickets is about two or three months before departure, according to studies of airline-fare trends.
Health & Wellness
Health Ruling Won't Cure States' Ills
No matter how the Supreme Court rules on the federal health-care law, states will face huge struggles paying for ballooning health expenses and swelling uninsured populations—a problem that has prompted some states to draft their own overhaul plans.
Sports
The Fraudulence of Soccer Formations
For all practical purposes, formations in soccer don't really matter anymore.
Here Comes the One-Wheel Reliever
Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Darren O'Day may possess baseball's most head-turning bullpen quirk: a magic unicycle.
- Video: The One-Wheel Pitcher
Spain Stands One Win From Immortality
A semifinal victory over Portugal on penalty kicks has La Roja a single victory away from an unprecedented five-year run of success.
- Photos: Spain vs. Portugal
Magic Johnson Responds to Drexler
The basketball legend answers his fellow Hall of Famer's frank comments about his abilities after making his HIV diagnosis public in 1992.
The Downside to Having Upside
The NBA Draft is Thursday. The term "upside" is about to get a workout.
Banker Sentenced in Formula One Case
A former German banking executive was given 8½ years in jail after admitting to accepting $44 million in payments from Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone.
Meet the Goalie of the Future
New Jersey's Anthony Stolarz, drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers last week, is tall, skinny and unknown—just what some teams are looking for.
Two Aces Lost in a Day
When the gates of Yankee Stadium opened Wednesday morning, the Yankees boasted one of baseball's best and most accomplished pitching rotations, headlined by CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte. By the end of the day, both pitchers were on the disabled list.
Arts & Entertainment
Chinese Art From the PEM's Own Trove
Two shows to prove that institutions often need look no further than their own permanent collections for exhibition material.
- Photos: "Fish, Silk, Bamboo, Tea: Cultivating an Image of China"
Empowered Politics
Almost 25 years after its premiere in Houston, John Adams's "Nixon in China" opened in San Francisco in a production far better than the Peter Sellars original.
Conservator Restored
After 30 years as an art conservator, Mark Leonard spent the past five years pursuing his other love, painting. Now he's going back to full-time museum work, starting a new conservation department at the Dallas museum

Fashion

The Art of the Phone Self-Portrait
How Tina Craig, founder of 'Bag Snob,' takes sharp, flattering 'selfies.'
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What to Wear in Buenos Aires
Columnist Teri Agins answers readers' fashion questions
What's In Your Bag, Richard Dickson?
To make his bicoastal commute 'seamless,' Richard Dickson, president of Jones Apparel Group, fastidiously packs a stylish duffel bag.
Latest Skin-Care Buzz: Bee Venom
Like bees to honey, many makers of beauty products are including bee venom as an ingredient, touting its effect as a 'natural Botox.'
- Video: The Big Buzz Over Bee Venom
Work Wear: Office Style at the New York Public Library
It's not just ladies in sensible shoes and woolen cardigans who work at the New York Public Library. Office style ranges from bookish to whimsical at the private, non-profit organization.
Food & Drink
California Gorges on Foie Gras Ahead of Ban
California chefs, facing a ban on foie gras, are celebrating the fatty goose liver's final days by putting it anywhere they can—including in cotton candy, cheesecake and jelly doughnuts.
- Photos: Before Foie Gras Ban, a Feeding Frenzy
Media & Marketing
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Hollywood Joins App Frenzy
Creative Artists Agency, the Hollywood talent agency, is getting into the business of mobile apps, enlisting its roster of actors, directors and other creative types for what one executive calls 'an art form in itself.'

Books

The Sins of the Father
As an undergraduate at Oxford, V.S. Naipaul confided in his father: "I have got to show these people that I can beat them at their own language." Mira Sethi reviews "New Ways to Kill Your Mother."
Peacekeepers at War
Greece's Double Dribble

Arts & Entertainment

A Wider View of Things
A relic of 19th-century popular entertainment, the historical accuracy and artistic value of "The Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley" are beside the point.
Screenwriter Nora Ephron Dies at 71
Annex on the Appomattox

Food & Drink

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Harvest & Rowe
Gourmet salad joints now dot downtown San Francisco, but Harvest & Rowe helped till the ground for others when it opened in 2003.
Cajun Towns Feud About Sausage With Links to the Past
Not All Calories Are Equal, Study Shows

Fashion

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Tee Party
Summer's most casual silhouette is dressed-up and ready for elegant nights out.
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Men's Baja Shorts
Tata Harper's Beauty Tips

Travel

Gondoliering Lessons in Venice
A gondola ride in Venice is a tourist cliché. Learning to row Venetian-style gives you an insider's view of Italy's romantic city.
On Orbitz, Mac Users See Pricier Hotels
Un-Girly Getaways

Autos

Ordering Car Features à la Carte
Shoppers considering the 2013 Dodge Dart will encounter something rare in the car market: a menu offering thousands of possible combinations of options.
New Prius: Pleasure Not Included
Fiat 500 Abarth: Lessons in Speed

Homes & Garden

A House to Look Smart In
The idea of curling up with a good book has increasingly come to mean flipping on an e-reader. Yet the home library is on the rise, having become something of a cerebral status symbol.
The Going Rate: Housecleaning Services
Home Décor Takes to the Seas

Columns

Bonds
By Elizabeth Bernstein
Looking for Space in a Relationship
On style
By Christina Binkley
Summer Style When It's Cold Inside
Marvels
By Holly Finn
Camp Pick-Your-Niche
Head case
By Jonah Lehrer
It's Hard---and Healthy---at the Top
The middle seat
By Scott McCartney
Finding the Best Fares to Europe
Film review
By Joe Morgenstern
Pixar's 'Brave' Plays It Safe

Golf journal
By John Paul Newport
Grinding It Out on the PGA Tour
Moving targets
By Joe Queenan
Watch That Bike! Grandma's on Steroids
Mind & matter
By Matt Ridley
Is IQ in the Genes? Twins Give Us Two Answers
Theater
By Terry Teachout
The First Great Post-Sondheim Musical
Eyes on the road
By Joseph B. White
Ordering Car Features à la Carte
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Cranky Consumer

We'll Drink to That
Cranky Consumer goes to cocktail-making classes.
Inside the Brains of Bieber Fans
What's behind Bieber Fever? Neuroscience offers an explanation to why teens—girls in particular—become so passionate about some musicians.
- Video: The Science Behind 'Bieber Fever'
- Photos: Before Bieber
Ask a Behavioral Economist
Do you have a dilemma—at home, at work, in the marketplace—that you just can't crack with traditional tools? Dan Ariely, behavioral economist, is ready to take your questions.
Saudi Women Get Access to Olympics
Saudi Arabia, the only major nation to ban women athletes from its national Olympics team, apparently reversed course, saying that qualifying Saudi female athletes could compete in London.
- Video: Saudi Arabia to Permit Women Athletes at Olympics
How to Buy Your First Humidor
A humidor is a good investment, even for the occasional cigar indulger.

Work Wear: Office Style at SecondMarket
Both suits and Superman T-shirts are welcome at SecondMarket, a technology-finance start-up that provides an online marketplace for alternative investments, including private-company stock in technology start-ups like the pre-IPO Facebook.
Work Wear: Office Style at the Jones Group
It's a fashionable mix of brands—from Rachel Roy to Nine West—that influences office style at the Manhattan headquarters of the Jones Group.
Work Wear: Office Style at Law Firm Proskauer
Proskauer, which represents clients such as J.P. Morgan and all the major U.S. sports leagues, has been headquartered in New York City since 1875. Here's a look at their office style.

Search Film Reviews

The Juggle

Wedding Bells and High-School Sweethearts
Readers, have any of you married your high-school sweethearts or know people who have? Did their marriages work?
American Kids: The Most Indulged Young People Ever
Readers, are your children of any age helpful and independent, or do you have some of the problems outlined in these books? What solutions do you have for getting kids to take responsibility?
Why Parents Shouldn't Fret Over the Teen Idol
Adults have fretted over young people's music ever since ancient Greece, but many experts say that acting crazy over a celebrity is a harmless rite of passage for adolescents.
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Taylor Swift Mixes Country and Rap with B.o.B in 'Both of Us'
Country star Taylor Swift, who wrote every track on her last album "Speak Now," has been feeling in a collaborative mood lately. She teamed up with roots music duo The Civil Wars for her work on "The Hunger Games" soundtrack. Now she's hooked up with rapper B.o.B for the song "Both of Us." Watch the video.
'So You Think You Can Dance,' Meet the Top 20: TV Recap
Tonight, we find out who has made it into the Top 20 of So You Think You Can Dance! And it's the 200th episode!
'Makers' Lunch Celebrates Women, Remembers Nora Ephron
At an event to celebrate the "Makers" initiative recognizing "women who make America," Barbara Walters gave a touching tribute to her friend, Nora Ephron.
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Ideas Market

At the End of the Day: 6/27/12
Why to become a political scientist, the history of military camouflage, and more links from the world of ideas.
Doctors, Conflict-of-Interest Rules and 'Motivational Bias'
Doctors think tight strictures to prevent conflict of interest make sense for the financial-planning industry, but not their own profession, a survey finds.
Why Don't Supreme Court Clerks Leak?
Reporters can find officials to whisper details about West Wing power plays. Why can't they wrest secrets from the Supreme Court?
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