How Do You Read The Sunday Times?
If you want to know how the national economy is doing, all you have to do is weigh the Sunday edition of the “New York Times”: A 5-pound behemoth indicates good times, while a 2-pound weakling-which indicates an advertising decline-is a sure sign of a recession. Whatever its bulk, though, the “Times” can be a daunting proposition to read on a lazy Sunday-so make your weekly task easier by following the tips below. Know what edition you’re getting. If you like to buy your Sunday “Times” late on Saturday night (or even very early on Sunday morning), be aware that this “early edition” won’t have current news or sports scores. For this reason, you can easily dispense with the main news and sports sections, which likely won’t contain anything newsworthy you haven’t already heard about. Separate the paper carefully by section. Factoring in news sections, advertising supplements and circulars, the Sunday “Times” can have as many as 20 or 30 individual components. Pluck out the ones that inter
