Thursday, September 7, 2017

@20:20, 9/6/17

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N.Y. / Region

When the Welcome Wagon Won’t Budge

The 10 minutes required to steady a new mailbox as the bond sets around the post may not be a great time to meet new neighbors.

Any time is a good time to meet the neighbors.

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Crosswords & Games

On a Break

Michelle Kenney goes out a chorus girl and comes back a star, ably assisted by Jeff Chen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFfrOTmgEb4

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/

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Fashion & Style

How Arielle Noa Charnas Preps for the Front Row, and Around the Clock

The Something Navy blogger and Instagram star is no makeup expert, but she’s serious about her hair.

Do what pleases you.
That will please me.

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N.Y. / Region

City Hospital System Is Expanding Children’s Mental Health Programs

The programs will follow an “integrated care” model, which brings physical health doctors, psychiatrists and community resources together.

There is need and money.
It may be a good deal.

5
Arts

Review: To Scare Trump’s America, ‘Cult’ Sends in the Clowns

The new season portrays today’s politics as a joke gone horrifyingly wrong, but doesn’t quite make “American Horror Story” great again.

More of the same does not chill as it should.

6
Science

Why Onions Make You Cry

Scientists offer a comprehensive look at the chemical warfare that makes us cry when we cut into an onion.

A sharp knife also helps.
I like onions.

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Books

Fake News: It’s as American as George Washington’s Cherry Tree

Kurt Andersen’s “Fantasyland” argues that alternative facts are baked into the American character.

Try facts.  You may like the effect.

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The Learning Network

What Did This Summer Teach You?

What did you learn about yourself, other people and the world while you were away from school?

A warmer planet can be locally cool.

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Magazine

Americans Are Confronting an Alarming Question: Are Many of Our Fellow Citizens ‘Nazis?’

For decades, we talked about Nazis mostly in analogies, jokes and caricatures. Now we’re debating whether it’s a fair word for describing a good number of our neighbors.

Twisting the lion's tail is an old tradition.

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Fashion & Style

What It’s Truly Like to Be a Fashion Model

“Every day that you’re working as a model, you’re objectified somehow.” Twelve models, in their own words, on issues like racism, body shaming and financial problems.

Let them play.

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