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Fashion & Style
The Most Read Styles Stories of 2016
Our readers couldn’t resist these 10 articles.I should be interested.
I will need smaller doses.
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World
Damaged by War, Syria’s Cultural Sites Rise Anew in France
More than 40,000 images taken from Palmyra are part of a Louvre-curated 3-D exhibition highlighting the threats of war against global heritage.The survival of artifacts depends on the opinion of those who control them.
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Business Day
Walmart Slowly Makes Strides in E-Commerce
This year’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com will accelerate the push to compete with Amazon in 2017.E-commerce is disruptive.
The business model is capital intensive.
I have no confidence that I know the consumer mind.
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U.S.
With New Congress Poised to Convene, Obama’s Policies Are in Peril
Republicans plan to reserve the first 100 days for top priorities like a push for deregulation and a health care repeal, while Democrats set up roadblocks.That was the objective.
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World
Afghan Response to Female Pilot’s U.S. Asylum Case: ‘I Am Sure She Lied’
Afghan officials said the case of Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in the nation’s air force, should be rejected because her “life isn’t at risk.”Other Afghans should not be consulted.
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Opinion
The Lethal Allure of Stretch Limos
Loopholes in regulations let stretch limousines cruise without seatbelts and protections.Customers must demand seat belts in buses before they become regulation.
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Business Day
20,000 in 2016? Dow Chases Milestone, as Consumer Confidence Data Comes
The Dow has risen 14.4 percent this year, to 19,933.81. And on Tuesday, the Conference Board will release its confidence report for December.The prices on stock markets are dependent on the opinion of speculators.
There is no certainty to forecasting opinion at small scale.
People will bet on probabilities.
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Opinion
Russia’s Contorted Denials on Doping
Under international pressure, Moscow still does not admit to the responsibility of the highest levels of government.Either international sports reboots as doping contests or all athletes must be proven to be drug free. Drug dependent athletes cannot be allowed to participate in the new series of drug free sports.
A new set of records must be begun.
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Business Day
3 Men Made Millions by Hacking Merger Lawyers, U.S. Says
The authorities in New York charged the Chinese citizens with trading shares of companies they illicitly learned were about to be purchased.I am certain these acts should not happen.
I am not certain what act should be criminal.
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Real Estate
Homes That Sold for Around $750,000
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.If you insist we could have one of these.
I would rather build on more property.
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U.S.
The Enemy Within: Bribes Bore a Hole in the U.S. Border
Over the last decade, nearly 200 Homeland Security workers accepted bribes to let immigrants and drugs into the country, a New York Times review found.Profit does that.
More internal security only raises the going rate.
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Opinion
Europe Takes a Braver Stance on Gun Control
The European Union is acting on gun safety while the U.S. Congress continues to evade the problem.OK
Crazies will have guns.
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Opinion
Two Irish Girls Who Made It to New York
Annie Moore was the first immigrant through Ellis Island. I followed a path from Ireland to New York a lot later.We are all immigrants.
None of us have more rights than others.
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World
No Food, No Medicine, No Respite: A Starving Boy’s Death in Venezuela
The story of a teenager who had gone searching for wild roots to eat but poisoned himself instead seemed to embody everything that had gone wrong amid a national economic crisis.Venezuela has become a failed state.
It must establish an economy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economic_Policy
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U.S.
Alaskans’ Cost of Staying Warm: A Thick Coat of Dirty Air
When temperatures drop around North Pole, Alaska, wood smoke that goes up comes down again, causing dangerous pollution to hover at lung level.High efficiency wood stoves exist.
They cost and are not that good.
Heat pumps are a better fix. They do not go off the grid.
Alaska must recognize that urban areas are not off the grid.
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Automobiles
Would-Be Carmakers Tap the Wisdom, and Dollars, of Crowds
Start-up vehicle companies, often using quirky designs, are turning to crowdfunding to finance their challenges to the established automakers.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_car
I looked into them but lacked the cash.
Since then I have lacked the time or rather the ambition.
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Movies
This Past Provides a Nice Prologue at Film Society of Lincoln Center
Scorsese and Tarantino, then Barry Jenkins and his “Moonlight.”There is a large screen presentation of "Pulp Fiction".
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Business Day
How Donald J. Trump Could Promote Long-Term Economic Growth
Businesses and households need to believe that faster sustained growth is possible. Donald J. Trump can reset expectations with a well executed plan.http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=confidence+fairy 101 hits
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/the-zombie-confidence-fairy/
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World
Catholic Churches in China Should Be Independent of Vatican, Official Says
The nationalistic remarks in Beijing came as China was negotiating a possible deal to improve ties with the Vatican.This is a continuation of Chinese policy.
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Technology
Clean Tech Rises Again, Retooling Nature for Industrial Use
A California start-up that genetically engineers yeast to produce an acid for fragrances is at the forefront of efforts to reignite a market that fell short of earlier expectations.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal_antibody
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture
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