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The American Male at Age Ten

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Susan Orlean’s classic profile of a ten-year-old boy named Colin Duffy:

“If Colin Duffy and I were to get married, we would have matching superhero notebooks. We would ‘ wear shorts, big sneakers, and long, baggy T-shirts depicting famous athletes every single day, even in the winter. We would sleep in our clothes. We would both be good at Nintendo Street Fighter II, but Colin would be better than me. We would have some homework, but it would not be too hard and we would always have just finished it. We would eat pizza and candy for all of our meals. We wouldn’t have sex, but we would have crushes on each other and, magically, babies would appear in our home. We would win the lottery and then buy land in Wyoming, where we would have one of every kind of cute animal. All the while, Colin would be working in law enforcement – probably the FBI. Our favorite movie star, Morgan Freeman, would visit us occasionally. We would listen to the same Eurythmics song (“Here Comes the Rain Again”) over and over again and watch two hours of television every Friday night. We would both be good at football, have best friends, and know how to drive; we would cure AIDS and the garbage problem and everything that hurts animals. We would hang out a lot with Colin’s dad. For fun, we would load a slingshot with dog food and shoot it at my butt. We would have a very good life.”

Source: Esquire
Published: Dec 1, 1992
Length: 20 minutes (5,081 words)

What She Saw at the Revolution

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Vogue profile of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg

Source: Vogue
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 9 minutes (2,400 words)

After Long Fight, Drug Gives Sudden Reprieve

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The trial of a melanoma drug offers a glimpse at a new kind of therapy tailored to the genetic profile of a cancer.

Author: Amy Harmon
Published: Feb 23, 2010
Length: 15 minutes (3,846 words)

Number Nine

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Sonia Sotomayor’s high-profile début.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jan 11, 2010
Length: 49 minutes (12,475 words)

The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation

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Profile of The New York Times’ Gretchen Morgenson

Source: The Nation
Published: Jun 17, 2009
Length: 16 minutes (4,131 words)