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Opinion
How My Mom Learned to Love Her Son
She couldn’t look at me without crying when I first transitioned. Then we both changed.Their love never ended.
The attempt to change genetic dispositions collapsed.
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Opinion
A Housing Crisis for Seniors
Well-designed living arrangements for older adults aren’t keeping pace with the growing need.The elderly have always retired toward the towns.
There they build houses that they can manage.
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Movies
‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Finds a Good Friend at the Box Office
A campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against the film ended up having more bark than bite.PETA are puritans in search of a platform.
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Health
In South Africa, Deadly Tuberculosis Strain Is Spread Directly
A study has shown that the problem is much bigger than previously realized, and that most victims contracted the drug-resistant TB not through treatment failure, but rather directly from another victim.The XDR-TB is spread in crowded conditions by close contact.
TB is a disease of poverty. Fresh air and sunlight stop its spread.
The index cases are probably at the mines.
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N.Y. / Region
De Blasio and Cuomo Spar Over Cost of Affordable Housing Plan
The State Legislature is considering the governor’s new version of a program that offered tax incentives to encourage construction of apartments for low-income residents.Internal bickering is a good way for the bankers to sabotage an unwanted program.
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Business Day
Tesla Gives the California Power Grid a Battery Boost
A whirlwind three-month project is helping the luxury carmaker transform itself into a multifaceted clean energy company.Tesla can take the costs out of their public relations budget.
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World
The Little-Known Role of Western Economists in Building a Post-Mao China
The reform period ushered in by Deng Xiaoping also drew on the wisdom of foreign advisers, according to the Oxford scholar Julian Gewirtz.The Keynesians were unfashionable.
China is economically unstable.
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Health
Drug Makers Accused of Fixing Prices on Insulin
A lawsuit claims Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly raised prices at the expense of patients’ health.The drug makers raised their prices because they could.
The managers are good fiduciaries.
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N.Y. / Region
Will El Chapo Risk Trial? (Can He Afford Not To?)
Lawyers say there’s no downside to Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s fighting the government’s drug-trafficking chargesMoney has no value in Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s situation.
Delay is the best he can hope for.
Lawyers earn their fees.
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Business Day
A Polluted Site, and a Potential Mess for the Trump Organization
The Trump organization is guilty.
The prosecution is a different question.
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N.Y. / Region
Refugee Ban Endangers ‘Part of American Legacy’
Christian leaders have strongly criticized President Trump’s executive orders, and a former New York district attorney has called the policy a “disgrace.”Trump is doing what he promised.
He is deplorable.
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N.Y. / Region
Second Avenue Subway Relieves Crowding on Neighboring Lines
Ridership on the Second Avenue line, which opened Jan. 1, grew to about 150,000 one day last week — short of estimates, but encouraging.It is early days.
The additional stops should be built.
There are always complaints.
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The Upshot
Pressure From Trump May Delay a Factory’s Exit, but It Won’t Stop It
The president has pressured companies to keep jobs in the United States. Though it may seem to be working, it is an illusion and might undermine manufacturing.Factory managers are fiduciaries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiduciary
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U.S.
Lead Levels in Flint Water Drop, but Residents Still Can’t Drink It
The residents of Flint will never trust the city water.
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N.Y. / Region
Robert Garcia Dies at 84; Bronx Congressman Undone by Scandal
Mr. Garcia was an advocate for poor Hispanic and black people, but his political career was toppled in the Wedtech corruption case.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedtech_scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
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Business Day
The Dow Hit 20,000. Now What?
The Dow will rise until it crashes.
The crash will be the first warning.
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U.S.
Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care
Roughly 4,000 service members helped clean up the Enewetak Atoll from nuclear tests. Many now have ailments they think result from the work, but the government won’t provide health care.The U.S. military is tight with benefits.
Harry Truman signed the G.I. Bill.
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Fashion & Style
A Son in Rehab, a Dying Parent: How to Bring Them Together?
Also, advice on confronting a man-child whose mother packs his lunch, and how to respond to judge-y friends." You may advise him that full-time maid service will not be part of your relationship with him. But put yourself in his shoes: Who packs lunch if someone else will do it for us?"
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World
Under Taliban Siege, a Doctor’s Trial by Fire
A battle trapped the chief doctor for Kunduz Regional Hospital at home. But the most dire test of her career appeared just a few doors away.Afghanistan is like the "Tar Baby".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar-Baby
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Opinion
If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It
The science writer Gary Taubes says the evidence linking sugar to obesity and diabetes is inconclusive, but that doesn’t mean sugar is safe.Sugar should not be "generally recognized as safe".
Sugar should be listed as a toxic substance.
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Well
Travelers With Nut Allergies Clash With Airlines
Airlines are attempting to limit their liability.
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World
Dangerous Fruit: Mystery of Deadly Outbreaks in India Is Solved
Hypoglycemia caused by litchi fruit.
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N.Y. / Region
Mother and Son Reunite Only to Face Her Cancer Diagnosis
After a separation of 17 years, Miguel Ramos arrived in Yonkers in October to live with his mother, Mirna Ramos. Then she learned she had cancer.A tear jerker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama
The U.S. immigration policy is bad.
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