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U.S.
Video: Before the Wall: a Borderlands Journey
Take a trip along the Texas portion of the 1,900-mile border between the United States and Mexico, where a fence may be replaced with a wall.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/08/world/americas/before-the-wall-life-along-the-us-mexico-border.html
Trump is obsessed with Mexico.
Mexico is not obsessed with Trump.
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Watching
Why Teen TV Is the Cure For the Prestige TV Blues
Margaret Lyons urges viewers to give teen shows a chance.I watch a bit of PBS. Less all the time.
Barney cured me of television.
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U.S.
Issues Facing Republicans in Replacing Affordable Care Act
Many of the choices facing the G.O.P. are variations of a fundamental question: How much of the Affordable Care Act to keep, and how much to discard?There are no half measures with Obama Care.
We have it or we do not have it.
If we do not have it there are about 20,000,000 more uninsured people in the nation.
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Opinion
Preparing Young Americans for a Complex World
When students explore foreign cultures, they learn not just about others, but also about themselves.1. D, 2. B, 3. B, a 4. A, 5. a,c,d,g,h, 6. True
OK, two wrong.
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Business Day
Is Your Vizio Television Spying on You? What to Know
One of the biggest smart TV makers settled charges with the F.T.C. that it collected and sold viewing data from millions of its TVs without consent.If I have a "Smart TV" I will turn off the spyware.
The "Spy Ware" should be off.
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U.S.
Trump Calls Hearing on Immigration Ban ‘Disgraceful’
The president said, “I listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful,” he said, referring to Tuesday’s hearing before a federal Court of Appeals in California.Trump is not an autocrat. He should know that. He plays one on Twitter.
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Opinion
Republicans Have Lost the Plot on Their Obamacare Repeal
It’s increasingly evident that they have no workable plan and might never come up with one.The repeal and replace is a political promise.
The Republican House is silly enough to repeal without a replacement.
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Well
Lessons on Aging Well, From a 105-Year-Old Cyclist
At age 105, Robert Marchand, a French amateur cyclist, is fitter than most 50-year-olds, and appears to be getting fitter with age.I have a way to go.
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Business Day
Trump Firm Loses Bid to Limit Cleanup Liability for Property
The decision is a rebuke of the Trump Organization and could result in millions of dollars in added costs for the company.Good.
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Opinion
A U.S. Muslim’s Fears
A reader writes that Americans must resist generalizations.Puritans are dangerous to others.
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U.S.
North Carolina Judges Suspend Limit on Governor’s Powers
A three-judge panel has temporarily halted part of a Republican-backed law that strips powers from the newly elected Democratic governor.Some North Carolinians are showing sense.
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Business Day
With Steady Gains in Economic Outlook, Fed Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged
In its first meeting since President Trump took office, the Federal Reserve said that the nation’s slow-and-steady economic expansion had continued.The Federal Reserve Bank is doing the right thing.
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World
Joyous Africans Take to the Rails, With China’s Help
A new railway line from Djibouti to Ethiopia has showcased China’s effort to extend its influence, with aid and expertise, throughout Africa.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti
China Has learned to value a rail system.
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World
‘Irrational’ Coal Plants May Hamper China’s Climate Change Efforts
Plants that convert coal to gas, an expensive and environmentally detrimental process, may thwart China’s aim to be a global leader on limiting climate change.Gas flows through pipelines to urban centers where it reduces particulate pollution.
Particulate pollution from local coal burning has been making Peking deadly to its inhabitants.
Coal to gas conversion may save Chinese civilization.
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Business Day
Trump Firm Loses Bid to Limit Cleanup Liability for Property
The decision is a rebuke of the Trump Organization and could result in millions of dollars in added costs for the company.good
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World
Joyous Africans Take to the Rails, With China’s Help
A new railway line from Djibouti to Ethiopia has showcased China’s effort to extend its influence, with aid and expertise, throughout Africa.3
U.S.
North Carolina Judges Suspend Limit on Governor’s Powers
A three-judge panel has temporarily halted part of a Republican-backed law that strips powers from the newly elected Democratic governor.A good first step.
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World
Left-Behind Explosives Taking Deadlier Toll on Afghan Children, U.N. Says
A 65 percent rise in child casualties caused by explosives last year was just one part of a United Nations report on a record year in civilian casualties in Afghanistan.The religious war continues.
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World
‘Irrational’ Coal Plants May Hamper China’s Climate Change Efforts
Plants that convert coal to gas, an expensive and environmentally detrimental process, may thwart China’s aim to be a global leader on limiting climate change.The concept makes sense to me.
Move the particulate pollution away from the people.
Blue skies and electricity.
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