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By Matt Haber 11/04/08 2:43pm

Tom Friedman Has No Assistant; Doesn’t Recognize World’s Most Famous Woman

This week in The New Yorker, Ian Parker profiles Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author Thomas L. Friedman. The story, which is not currently online, is the latest of Mr. Parker’s killer profiles (cf., Baldwin, Alec; Clooney, George; bonobos, sexy), and is chockablock with Read More

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