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- The John Hancock might put its distinct signature on official landmark status.
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
• About how music distorts our sense of time (and that the most dangerous music to listen to while driving is Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” because of the changing tempos)? —Aimee Levitt
• Or watch this poetry-festival performance by high school students explaining how American media portray the social oppression of people of color? —Qudsiya Siddiqui