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 - The best and worst music moments of 2013
 - The year the book became a luxury object
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 - Monsanto’s scary new scheme: Why does it really want all this data?
 - High-profile arrest uncovers plight of India’s invisible workforce
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 - “Promise Land”: A skeptic among the gurus