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What is that rumbling underfoot? It must be the methane burps. Or the water table plunging. Another fracking earthquake? Or just the latest “luxury condominiums” breaking ground down the street?
When the ground is shifting beneath your feet, you need a new roadmap. I know, baby, you just wanna shake shake shake shake shake, shake it off. But George Clooney is married. You can no longer tell Kim Novak from Renee Zellweger. You just realized Cuban cigars aren’t all that, and the North Koreans #BroketheInternet, but failed to remove that U2 album you never ordered from your iPhone. Our front-runners have all lost their new-car smell; we’ve been betrayed by our TV dads. And butter, they tell us now, is good for us.
In an altered landscape, you crave structure; you need direction. What to believe? Whom to trust? The List is here for you. Just follow these simple rules. — Amy Argetsinger
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