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From: NYTimes.com To: [email protected] Subject: The New York Times Magazine: The Living and the Dead Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 21:34:51 +0000 View in Browser Add to your address boo. itThe New York Times he New York Times Friday, July 21, 2017 NYTimes.com When ISIS captured Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities, in June 2014, it marked the zenith of the brutal organization's ascent to power in Iraq and Syria. When the Iraqi military set out to retake it last October, it was clear to Iraqi soldiers and jihadist fighters alike that it would be a battle unlike anything they had yet experienced. As more than one Iraqi soldier told the journalist James Verini of the ISIS fighters, "They want to die." To tell the story of the retaking of Mosul in this week's cover story, Verini spent months in and around the city throughout the baffle, embedding with Iraqi special forces during the grueling house-to-house fighting and visiting Mosul's displaced civilians in the tent cities that have sprung up for them outside the city. The result is an epic, devastating account of ordinary lives caught up in an extraordinary war, of soldiers all but destroying a city in their efforts to save it. Elsewhere in the magazine, Ryan Bradley writes about the flood of global acting talent going to Hollywood — and the dialect coaches who help them get the accents right. Ruth Graham writes about the anti-abortion movement's efforts to promote "abortion-pill reversals." And Tejal Rao offers a recipe for cold pork noodles as hot-weather relief. Happy reading, Jake Silverstein Editor in Chief EFTA00705274 RA line for aid in western Mosul in April. A line for aid in western Mosul in April. P rr van Agunael/Magnum. for York Times The Living and the Dead By JAMES %/ERIN! In October, Iraqi forces set out to retake Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities and ISIS's biggest stronghold in the country. It would take them nine months and cost thousands of lives. g r S h e mifepristone and misoprostol pills used to induce a medication abortion. :I!, r for The New York Times A New Front in the War Over Reproductive Rights: Abortion-Pill Reversal' B. A San Diego doctor claims his injection can save a fetus after a medication abortion has already begun — the latest attempt by abortion foes to create a narrative of regret. The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood Peak TV has brought in a flood of global acting talent. It's the job of dialect coaches like Samara Bay to help them all sound right. Is It O.K. to Fire a Muslim Driver for Refusing to Carry Wine? 10, AME AN El it )N1 APPIAN The magazine's Ethicist column on how to balance civil liberties with civil rights. A EFTA00705275 Maxine Waters Is Learning From Millennials I Men. b), ANA NIAILIE COX The congresswoman on going viral and what she would say to Donald Trump. ADVERTISEMENT Vr Photo illustration by Malt, i \:,•• Letter of Recommendation: Cold Showers ..CK People like to promote the physiological benefits of icy showers, but what it really will improve is your mind. EFTA00705276 Pilice noodles with spicy pork and herbs. Gentl and flyers for The New York Times Illustration by Derek Brahne) Hot-Weather Comfort Food 1,, . 1 I.\ k() Cold pork noodles dressed in vinegar, from the East Village by way of Yunnan. Everywhere You Look, We've Downgraded Real Problems Into Mere `Issues' By CARINA CI IOCAN One simple word might help explain how every last thing in our society seems to have become a point of contention. Why Couldn't This Man Stop Hiccupping? By LISA SANDERS. M . It started as a normal bout, but no remedy cured them. What was causing these relentless spasms? What Will Service Work Look Like Under Amazon? By JOHN I IF.RRMAN The company's acquisition of Whole Foods sets up a clash between two vastly different visions for the future of labor. ADVERTISEMENT EFTA00705277 GJ GJ FOLLOW NYTimes Tw @nytmag Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. Subscribe ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYlimes.com's The New York Times Magazine newsletter. Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change Your Email Privacy Policy Contact Advertise Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 rr EFTA00705278