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DEPARTMENTS

In Focus

08 Basra, Iraq

Where There’s

Smoke

10 Hong Kong

High-wire Act

Hamburg

Swan Song

Tokyo

Domo Arigato

Mr. Roboto

Horizons

40 By the Numbers

Toys

Culture

42 The 20 Most-

Anticipated

Books of 2020

Something for

Everyone

46 Uncharted

Bookstores

Worth Visiting

48 Parting Shot

Rachel Brosnahan

FUNNY FACE Rachel %rosnahan of
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel draws her comedic
inspiration from watching a “ton” of Ali Wong.

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Chan, Meredith Wolf Schizer

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