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  • An out-of-this-world study opportunity

    An out-of-this-world study opportunity

    U.Md.-Goddard programs offer students a chance to make history with pioneering space research.

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  • Spanglish to bilingual: Parents seek language in schools

    Spanglish to bilingual: Parents seek language in schools

    Early language programs are popular, but most foreign language classes begin late in public school.

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  • Can you make college students break out of their circles?

    Can you make college students break out of their circles?

    A Towson teacher’s assignments: Take a stranger out to dinner. Commit deliberate acts of kindess for a week.

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Tom Sietsema’s Dining & Plate Lab

Smooth sailing versus rocky waters

Smooth sailing versus rocky waters

Pop’s SeaBar nails its casual plates, while Walrus & Oyster Ale House looks spiffy but tastes sloppy.

Plate Lab: What makes this rice pudding special?

Plate Lab: What makes this rice pudding special?

Zeynel Uzun’s Turkish version, Kazandibi, is creamy, smooth and a bit tricky to get just right.

The Working World

@Work Advice: An accidental snoop, a flu-phobic manager

@Work Advice: An accidental snoop, a flu-phobic manager

One needs to come clean. The other wants to stay germ-free.

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Dilbert

Dilbert

The comic strip runs weekly in The Washington Post Magazine.

Just Asking

Just Asking: Carly Fiorina on the scary nature of politics

Just Asking: Carly Fiorina on the scary nature of politics

The head of Good360 on female Republicans and how Hillary’s book title seemed awfully familiar.

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Mine

Mine: Her uncle’s eyeglasses

Mine: Her uncle?s eyeglasses

Her “Uncle Eddie” believed in her future even when she had doubts.

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Street Smart

Street Smart: What to do in Chinatown

Street Smart: What to do in Chinatown

The ever-changing Chinatown provides ample opportunities for amusement with a few glimpses of its fading past.

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Apptitude

Apptitude: Sun Seeker helps you see the light

Apptitude: Sun Seeker helps you see the light

App gives you info from basic sunrise, sunset to the solar azimuth.

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Second Glance, Crossword & Crunched

Second Glance

Find the 12 differences between the original photograph and the altered photograph.

Sunday Crossword

Merl Reagle’s crossword puzzle appears weekly in The Washington Post Magazine.

Crunched:

Deepthought2’s deep thoughts

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