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On Parenting
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Carolyn Hax
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At 17, unattached and a little worried
A top student who has no guys interested in her wonders: “What’s wrong with me?”
Carolyn Hax
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Must an upstairs neighbor watch her step?
The heavy-footed upstairs neighbor is early to rise and walk. Is she being inconsiderate?
Carolyn Hax
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Carolyn Hax: Finding the courage to seek counseling
An educated professional with a spouse and children wonders how to get help for self-esteem issues.
Anne Midgette
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Charles Rosen, pianist of towering intellectual gifts, dies at 85
Mr. Rosen was a classical pianist of wide-ranging interests who also wrote about music, literature and art.
Anne Midgette
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Classical music’s top ten
Anne Midgette looks at the highlights — and lowlights — of the year in classical music.
Anne Midgette
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Dudamel’s famed orchestra grows up
REVIEW | Former Venezuelan youth symphony makes a strong bid for maturity at Kennedy Center.
Ann Hornaday
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For Bill Murray, nothing to fear as FDR
Bill Murray discusses his turn as the president in “Hyde Park on Hudson” and the power of saying “No.”
Ann Hornaday
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Ann Hornaday reviews ‘Playing for Keeps’
The bland, featureless rom-com ‘Playing for Keeps’ has zero game.
Sarah Kaufman
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The best of dance 2012
From contemporary dance to ballet, we highlight the year’s most memorable dance offerings.
Sarah Kaufman
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Ballet West’s ‘Nutcracker’ to believe in
The Salt Lake City-based company revisits America’s first full-length production of the ballet, in 1944.
Sarah Kaufman
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Lack of live music takes some of the magic out ‘The Nutcracker’
REVIEW | Truly horrendous recording of Tchaikovsky score mars Washington Ballet’s production.
Helicopter parents hover over daughter’s trip
Their daughter, 20, wants to visit her beau 11 hours away after the holidays. Amy says: Let her!
Ask Amy: When in doubt, review the ‘game film’
She’s been accused of using a nasty tone to express her anger. Amy gives her a game plan.
Date, but dodge financial mismatch
She’s been urged to get serious with her fun-loving boyfriend, but she worries about his spending habits.
Hank Stuever
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The sweater to make even Kris Kringle cringe
The Christmas sweater: The final touch in a season of enforced happiness?
Hank Stuever
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Best TV of 2012 — featuring Walter White, Megan Draper and Sister Jude
Zou bisou bisou! Critic Hank Stuever’s favorites include “Breaking Bad,” “Mad Men,” “The Walking Dead.”
Hank Stuever
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‘Ethel’: The Kennedys, from the inside
For HBO doc, Rory Kennedy coaxes her mother to take a long look back.
Lisa De Moraes
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Screen Actors Guild Award nominees
TV COLUMN | Despite wishes of show creators, Jessica Lange gets acting nod in drama, not miniseries.
Lisa De Moraes
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With ‘Klondike,’ Discovery explores the scripted-program frontier
Miniseries based on ‘Gold Diggers’ novel extends a franchise the network says it ‘created and owns.’
Lisa De Moraes
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‘X Factor’ mothership is in trouble
COLUMN | While Simon Cowell tries to conquer the colonies, there are ratings problems back home.
Philip Kennicott
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Year in review: art and architecture
2012 meant insightful shows on Miro and Bellows, and exciting plans for the District’s main library.
Philip Kennicott
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‘Pure Land’ points the way forward
The Sackler Gallery’s immersive, 3-D tour is simple, stunning and is the future of cultural immersion.
Philip Kennicott
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The Civil War aesthetic
Rather than focusing on battle scenes, a Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibit examines the effect on artists and their work.
Gene Weingarten
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A matter of conviction
In 1979, Brian Murtagh put Jeffrey MacDonald in prison. Then came the hard part: keeping him there.
Gene Weingarten
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Gene Weingarten: Dating himself
How Mitt’s old-fashioned values lost all the single ladies.
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