In Connections, each category has a different difficulty level. Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.

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As he tells it, the G.O.P. this year will win a 51-vote Senate majority — or larger! — with or without him, so traditionally ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The owners of a new spot say hiring comics based on referrals from other stand-ups is no guarantee the acts will be funny.

Two exhibits, in London and Edinburgh, look back at the anxiety-filled era — and draw eerie parallels to the present day.

New York City Ballet opened its fall season with classics by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, along with a company ...

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