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Thievery Corporation: All Things Considered's In-House Band For A Day

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Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a linguistics professor who gets diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. "Who can take us seriously when we are so far from who we once were?" she asks. "We become ridiculous, incapable, comic. But this is not who we are. This is our disease." Jojo Whilden/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

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Julianne Moore: Alzheimer's Makes Us Question 'Our Essential Selves'

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An estimated 400 new French Jewish immigrants attended a welcoming ceremony after arriving on a flight from France to Tel Aviv, Israel in July 2014. Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images hide caption

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French Immigrants To Israel Bring Part Of Home With Them

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"We've all had an opportunity to get to know each other a little better," House Speaker John Boehner said of this week's Republican retreat in Hershey, Pa. Juana Summers/NPR hide caption

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Republican Lawmakers Retreat Great For Face Time, But Divisions Remain

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Thievery Corporation: All Things Considered's In-House Band For A Day

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