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  • Tip Sheet Holiday Gift Guide

    Newsweek | Nov 17, 2007 02:41 PM
    Silver Speedster: Tykes can go for the checkered flag with this little racer. $89; modmama.com
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    Panicking about wedging another gift-giving season into your crammed schedule? Relax, we’ve got you covered with fun and funky presents for all your nearest and dearest. Happy Holidays.
     
    See our gallery of 100 of our favorite things to give this year.
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    Newsweek | Nov 17, 2007 02:39 PM
     Our top picks for the week

    Watch “Star Trek: The Original Series.” This high-def version of season one goes where it’s never gone before: 29 episodes and on-set home movies and special collector cards. A must-have for Trekkies, but other people might want to tune in to see William Shatner before he was the Priceline Negotiator ($133; amazon.com).

    Hear “Sawdust,” by the Killers. B sides aren’t a dirty word here. They, along with rarities and covers and a one-off track called “Tranquilize,” featuring Lou Reed, make up this album, dedicated to the people that made the Killers who they are: the fans ($9.99; amazon.com).

    Eat New York strip steaks from Gallagher’s. This New York dining institution has been dry-aging luscious cuts of beef since 1927. Now you can have them overnighted fresh, not frozen, to your house ($79; newyorkfirst.com).

    Read“100 Words to Make You Sound Smart.” If you find yourself at a loss for four-syllable words, this slim tome will give the right smarty-pants word for every occasion. We like “dogmatic” and “obdurate” ($6; barnesandnoble.com).

    Go to Detroit to see the newly renovated Detroit Institute of Arts, a six-year, $158 million project that includes an additional 35,000 square feet of gallery space and more than 5,000 works on display (opens Nov. 23; dia.org).

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NWK Caption: At the Excel High School in Oakland, California a group of students, their teacher and members of community groups pose with air pollution monitors in front of a mural at the school.  July 26, 2008.       Left to Right:   Randy Colosky, a member of Global Community Monitor  wearing brown shirt ,Juan Hernandez, student (seated) ,   Ina Bendich, teacher Danyale Willingham,student in blue top).Elizabeth de Rham far right, member of the Rose Foundation.

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