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The Datsun 280Z: My Decade with the Spirit of the Open Road

I was born in Colorado and know how to drive in bad weather, but over the last decade, I drove what might be the worst winter vehicle imaginable: a 1975 Datsun 280Z. Until recently, my year-round daily driver had been a two-seat, rear-wheel-drive sports car designed in the late 1960s. It was engineered in Japan to carve through turns like a rabid mongoose, ready to pounce and eviscerate the heavy

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They Dance for Kim: A North Korean Spectacle

Few pieces of entertainment are so spectacular that they are forever logged in the pages of history. In a few moments, one of those shows is about to begin. With no exception, today has been eagerly anticipated by the country’s entire population. In addition to the thousands of live spectators filling the giant amphitheater, countless more crowd around televisions at home. Journalists gather from around the globe. They prepare for

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