magazine CONTENTS 12.12.10 Features
4 First Person Singular A musical instrument repairman says people buy with their eyes.
6 Whatever Happened To The Wall Street shaman who mixed finance with spirituality.
8 Date Lab At his age, he doesn’t get nervous before dates anymore.
10 Trend Report Spruce up your style with holiday makeup.
Going Out Guide
28-30 Art, Music, Theater & Movies An ethereal “Christmas Carol,” a beauty shop quartet and more.
31 Tom Sietsema’s Dining Jackie’s retains its old charms with a new chef.
33 Second Glance 34 Dilbert 35 Crossword
36 Gene Weingarten’s Below the Beltway He can be a hero, if only in his own mind.
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COVeR sTORy 12 Kicking and screaming
They can win games at the last second, but NFL place kickers get booted faster than any other athlete in sports.
Inside football’s loneliest position. By Michael Leahy 22 Show of farce
They rode a HuffPost “Sanity Bus” to Washington to answer the call of comedian Jon Stewart. But what were they rallying for? By Julia Duin
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