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Food

A New Link in the World’s Most Expensive Restaurant Chain

By PETE WELLS | Feb 27th 2018

Once a radical experiment in dining and now a global brand, L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon returns to Manhattan.

If you want.

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World

Tragedy at Sea 3,000 Miles Away Resonates in Pakistani Village

By MEHER AHMAD | Feb 27th 2018

A boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya’s coast; 90 people drowned. A majority were from Pakistan, with seven of the confirmed dead from tiny Gujrat.

The U.S. is not responsible.

If we save them we will owe them.

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Opinion

Trump as Student Savior? Not Buying It

Feb 27th 2018

Readers have a hard time picturing the president running unarmed into a school to save students, as he said he would.

Wise.

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Arts

How a Dance Dream Team Turned Jennifer Lawrence Into a Ballerina

By GIA KOURLAS | Feb 27th 2018

To pass as a dancer and spy in “Red Sparrow,” Ms. Lawrence turned to a choreographer, a partner, a dance double and a “ballet-boot-camp guy.”

Training.

5

Well

Need a Date? Get a Dog

By RONI CARYN RABIN | Feb 27th 2018

People with dogs are often perceived to be more approachable, happier and more empathetic, research shows.

Not while I commute by car.

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Business Day

If You Don’t Have Children, What Do You Leave Behind?

By MARCI ALBOHER | Feb 27th 2018

Writing a will is about who gets your stuff, but many nonparents yearn to create a legacy by nurturing and influencing the offspring of others.

Life and all that goes with it.
The debris are other's problems.

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T Magazine

The Artist Has a Cavity

By ALICE GREGORY | Feb 27th 2018

How works by some of New York’s most famous contemporary artists ended up in your neighborhood dentist’s (and doctor’s, and lawyer’s) office.

Work gets passed around and traded.

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Business Day

You Might Be Giving Gun Companies Money, Even if You Don’t Own a Gun

By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and STEPHEN GROCER | Feb 26th 2018

Companies are about capital and income.
Part of capitalization are the skills of the work force.

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Business Day

How Craft Breweries Are Helping to Revive Local Economies

By C. J. HUGHES | Feb 27th 2018

Across the country, breweries are giving lift to sleepy commercial districts, drawing tourists to once-bustling manufacturing centers.

Good beer is better.
Craft beer competes on quality.

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T Magazine

Sportswear That’s Subtle — and Revolutionary

Feb 27th 2018

In subdued earth tones and airy constructions, men’s looks for striking out on your own.

There is a top of the market.

"If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it"
Of boats.        J.P. Morgen 

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U.S.

Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump

By NICHOLAS FANDOS | Feb 28th 2018

Ms. Hicks, the White House communications director, told lawmakers investigating Russia’s election interference that she has not lied about matters relevant to their inquiry.

She probably does not know.

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Fashion & Style

She Knows His Crazy, and He Knows Hers

By ALIX STRAUSS | Feb 27th 2018

“Marriage taught me it’s the small kindness that you do for each other that makes a huge difference. They accumulate.”

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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Real Estate

$850,000 Homes in Maine, North Carolina and Oregon

By JULIE LASKY | Feb 28th 2018

A creatively renovated 1835 house in Newcastle, Me., a midcentury home in the woods of Durham and a hillside house in Portland, Ore.

Main is possible.

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Style

How Women Are Rethinking the Tattoo Parlor

By LAURA NEILSON | Feb 28th 2018

There are more inked women than men in the United States now, and many are more comfortable with a female tattoo artist.

I do not understand the drive toward ornament.

There is something real there beyond brand identity and physical atribute accentuation.


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Magazine

A Painful Bruise Wouldn’t Heal. It Took Several Hospital Visits to Discover Why.

By LISA SANDERS, M.D. | Feb 28th 2018

It started when a paint can fell on the patient’s foot. But it got worse and worse from there.

I have worried about scurvy.

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Travel

How to Bypass Airport Lines With the Tips of Your Fingers

By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM | Feb 28th 2018

More expedited security lanes, new biometric boarding passes and a free customs app that replaces paper forms aim to speed travelers out of the terminal and on their way.

Security theater is not popular with it's users.

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U.S.

Ben Carson’s HUD, Planning Cuts, Spends $31,000 on Dining Set for His Office

By GLENN THRUSH | Feb 27th 2018

Mr. Carson’s wife is accused of pressuring officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development for an expensive redecoration of his office.

Ben Carson was given a budget and he spent it.

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Sports

N.F.L. and Papa John’s Part Ways in Wake of C.E.O. Commentary

By KEN BELSON | Feb 28th 2018

John Schnatter has already stepped down as chief executive of the pizza company, but his comments still resonated at the end of a long sponsorship agreement.

I should remember the details of the player's protest.
I do not.

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Books

Harper Lee’s Will, Unsealed, Adds Only More Mystery to Her Life

By SERGE F. KOVALESKI and ALEXANDRA ALTER | Feb 27th 2018

In a will that she signed days before she died, Ms. Lee assigned her literary assets to a trust.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a fantasy.


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The Learning Network

Word + Quiz: ascetic

By THE LEARNING NETWORK | Feb 28th 2018

This word has appeared in 29 articles on nytimes.com in the past year.

I try to practice moderation.


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Business Day

Millennials Are Saving for the Future, if They Can Afford To

By ZACH WICHTER | Feb 26th 2018

A group of people in their 20s discussed retirement (some expect to continue working) and their financial plans (some lack direction and employee benefits).

Time passes.
Inflation is a fact.
Bank interest does not keep up.
Invest in equities.
Urban Realestate is out of reach for most.
Think index funds.

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T Magazine

In the Studio With Paris’s New Fashion Darling

By ALICE CAVANAGH | Feb 27th 2018

The designer Marine Serre, who won last year’s prestigious LVMH prize, gears up for her very first runway show.

Fashion is hungry for something to wear.
If you want to try, now is the time.

Layered sheer is this year's feature.

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Times Insider

From the White House to the Slopes: A Times Photographer’s Olympic Trials

By DOUG MILLS | Feb 26th 2018

He may not be competing as an athlete, but for Doug Mills, the Winter Games are still a grueling marathon of nonstop physical exertion.

More study would help.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0375703233/ref=tmm_pap_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1519754976&sr=8-1

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Lens

A Glimpse Into the World of Lebanon’s 1 Percent

By SARA ARIDI | Feb 26th 2018

"Bubble Beirut” presents an up close and personal look at the lives of the city’s untouchables.

The city continues.

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The Learning Network

Has Modesty Ever Prevented You From Celebrating an Achievement?

By SHANNON DOYNE | Feb 26th 2018

Why do you think people sometimes have difficulty being proud of what they have accomplished?

I think not.

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Business Day

You Might Be a Gun Owner — Even if You Don’t Possess a Weapon

By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and STEPHEN GROCER | Feb 26th 2018 

I do own guns.  Air guns and twenty-twos

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N.Y. / Region

Investigators Eye Possible $100 Million Construction Fraud

By CHARLES V. BAGLI | Feb 26th 2018

The inquiry by the Manhattan district attorney has involved raids on Bloomberg L.P., believed to be an unwitting victim of the interior construction industry fraud.

Find out.

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Smarter Living

If You’re Not All-In About a New Opportunity, Just Say No

By TIM HERRERA | Feb 26th 2018

The binary here is a little dramatic, sure, but the lesson is crucial: If you don’t love it, don’t do it.

Talk.
Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

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U.S.

Melania Trump Offers Support for Student Protesters After Florida Shooting

By KATIE ROGERS | Feb 26th 2018

“I have been heartened to see children across this country using their voices,” Mrs. Trump said of the students, many of whom have pushed for gun measures her husband has resisted.

The Trumps marital troubles are of little interest to me.

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Arts

Uncovering the Secrets of the ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’

By NINA SIEGAL | Feb 26th 2018

Researchers in The Hague will use technology borrowed from medicine to find the answers to lingering questions about Vermeer’s 1665 masterpiece.

A report on curation.


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Style

How to Lift Your Face With 2 Hands, 30 Needles and No Knives

By MARISA MELTZER | Feb 27th 2018

Our columnist, who isn’t taking well to aging au naturel, gives facial acupuncture and massage a go.

Time does not care.

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Arts

Stephen Colbert Doesn’t Think Trump Would Have ‘Run’ Into Florida School

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO | Feb 27th 2018

“There’s a lot in there that I doubt, but the part I really don’t believe is that he can run,” the “Late Show” host said of the president’s comments.

"Who will bell the cat?"

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Business Day

Are You Leaving Your Children an Inheritance?

By FAHIMA HAQUE | Feb 27th 2018

Parents whose adult children are doing well see little reason to leave them large sums.

I do not have the problem.
Mostly it is by my choices.

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Magazine

How Tiny Red Dots Took Over Your Life

By JOHN HERRMAN | Feb 27th 2018

Technologists are starting to fret that their creations are too addictive. They could start by doing something about the dots.

The human created world continues to evolve.
People cannot follow it.
A few can lead it for a moment.

The lemmings of legend are a model of our situation.

"Predictions are difficult, especially about the future."

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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World

Tourist From New York Is Arrested in Japan as Woman’s Body Parts Are Found

By MAKIKO INOUE and GERRY MULLANY | Feb 27th 2018

The man was being interrogated about the woman’s disappearance when he provided information that led to the grisly discoveries, the police told Japanese news media.

Crazies are no nation's monopoly.

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Well

Need a Date? Get a Dog

By RONI CARYN RABIN | Feb 27th 2018

People with dogs are often perceived to be more approachable, happier and more empathetic, research shows.

I will not dispose of another dog for my convenience.
I would share the care of your dog or dogs.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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World

Saudi King Cashiers Dozens of Security Officers

By BEN HUBBARD | Feb 27th 2018

The royal decrees appear intended to elevate a new generation of leaders as the kingdom undergoes sweeping changes in military, security and economic policy.

I expect a Wahabi coup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabism

https://www.juancole.com/

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Arts

‘The Alienist’ Season 1, Episode 6: Elimination Round

By SEAN T. COLLINS | Feb 27th 2018

This week’s episode was tense and poetically gruesome — and the best of the series to date.

Worth watching.

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World

Toilet Paper Shortage Strikes Taiwan Amid Pricing Panic

By CHRIS HORTON | Feb 27th 2018

Retailers are having difficulty keeping the daily necessity in stock, as plans for price increases have sent consumers flocking to stores.

The "Global Economy" is in trouble.

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Travel

How Skipping Hotel Housekeeping Can Help the Environment and Your Wallet

By ABBY ELLIN | Feb 27th 2018

Promoting sustainability, properties are offering food and beverage credits and other perks for guests who forgo housekeeping services.

I understand.
It means the guests are staying only a short time and living on a time shifted schedule that has them sleeping late.

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U.S.

Stacey Dash, a Star of ‘Clueless,’ Is Running for Congress

By MAGGIE ASTOR | Feb 27th 2018

In Federal Election Commission filings on Monday, Ms. Dash, a Republican, declared her House candidacy in a heavily Democratic California district.

We will see how she does.

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Science

Video: Robot Claw Shows Intricacies of Crab Courtship

By JAMES GORMAN and CHRISTOPHER WHITWORTH | Feb 27th 2018

Scientists in Australia use robotic crab claws to explore the attributes female fiddler crabs look for in a mate.

cute gadget.

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Science

For Fiddler Crabs, ‘Size Does Matter’

By JAMES GORMAN | Feb 27th 2018

Male fiddler crabs wave an outsized claw to attract females — and the faster, the better, new research shows.

I was not wondering.   It is a good show.

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U.S.

Melania Trump Parts Ways With Adviser Amid Backlash Over Inaugural Contract

By KENNETH P. VOGEL and MAGGIE HABERMAN | Feb 27th 2018

The Trumps were upset when they learned that an adviser to the first lady had won a $26 million contract to help plan the president’s inauguration.

The sponsors were happy with the result.

Prosecute Trump.

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Business Day

You Might Be a Gun Owner — Even if You Don’t Possess a Weapon

By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and STEPHEN GROCER | Feb 26th 2018

Many Americans are financially connected to the firearms industry through retirement plans or index funds that own stocks in gun companies.

I am not going to woory.
I do not own an arms maker's equity directly.

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N.Y. / Region

Caught in the Act

By MICHAEL MILTON | Feb 26th 2018

A former waiter recalls sampling a personal favorite.

sad.

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Business Day

Trump’s Tax Cuts in Hand, Companies Spend More on Themselves Than on Wages

By MATT PHILLIPS | Feb 26th 2018

The maneuver is good for companies’ stock prices, but it may not help the overall economy — undercutting a central goal of the tax cuts.

As was expected.

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Travel

What Lewis Black Can’t Travel Without

By NELL McSHANE WULFHART | Feb 26th 2018

He always brings melatonin gummy bears, moisturizer and a “goofy” necklace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation

Whatever helps.

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Science

Scientists Fear for Colombia’s ‘Melted Rainbow’

By MURRAY CARPENTER | Feb 26th 2018

An aquatic plant makes the rivers run red in a remote and diverse ecosystem. Now an oil company has sued for rights to drill in the region.

It will be a sad day.

U.S.

Trump Says He Would Have Rushed in Unarmed to Stop School Shooting

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Feb 26th 2018

President Trump said the United States needs to consider opening more mental health institutions to avert mass shootings, and he castigated the Florida police response.

Loud talk is easy and safe.

Being crazy is not unlawful as Trump often demonstrates.


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World

South Africa’s New President Names Allies and Rivals to Cabinet

By NORIMITSU ONISHI | Feb 27th 2018

Cyril Ramaphosa appointed well-regarded officials but also some allies of former President Jacob Zuma, as well as a provincial power broker.

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa may be successful in his efforts toward clean government.
I am mildly hopeful.
I wish him luck.

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Obituaries

Ensa Cosby, Who Spoke Out for Father in Sex-Abuse Case, Dies at 44

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Feb 27th 2018

In recorded statements on the radio, she maintained Bill Cosby’s innocence and said racism played a role in his prosecution.

A sad event.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_disease

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis

She refused treatment.

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World

Tempers Flare as Panama Hotel Owners Try to Oust Trump Company

By KIRK SEMPLE | Feb 27th 2018

Officials said they would investigate a dispute between the owners of a Panama City hotel that carries the Trump name and the Trump Organization.

The Panama City in question is in Panama.

Trump should have no special power there.
The owners have dismissed his company.

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U.S.

Ivanka Trump Calls Question About Father’s Sexual Misconduct ‘Inappropriate’

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI | Feb 26th 2018

“I don’t think that’s a question you would ask many other daughters,” Ms. Trump, a presidential adviser, said. “I believe my father.”

Ivanka Trump is wrong.

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Food

Say Yes to Dumplings at Columbus Circle

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Feb 26th 2018

Daa! Dumplings sells pelmeni, khinkali and more Siberian favorites to eat in or take out at the Turnstyle Underground Market.

OK,   I like the Chinese  version.

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U.S.

Maddy Wilford, Shot 3 Times in Parkland, Is ‘So Grateful to Be Here’

By JESS BIDGOOD | Feb 26th 2018

Emergency responders had to check for signs of life when they found the 17-year-old. On Monday, a cast on her arm was the only outward sign of her injuries.

Ok.
Trauma surgeons are skilled from years of practice.

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Opinion

We All Must Live With Mitch McConnell’s Proudest Moment

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Feb 27th 2018

A Supreme Court case on public-sector unions is a reminder of why it matters how Justice Neil Gorsuch landed on the court.

I am not happy with the U.S. conservatives.

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Food

New Pot Has More Room for Hollandaise

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Feb 26th 2018

Made In’s three-quart saucier has a rounded profile to aid the whisking of custards and other sauces.

A good idea.

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Style

24 Hours in Bachelor Nation

By CARLA CORREA | Feb 26th 2018

Our reporter immerses herself completely in America's favorite(?) reality television franchise.

I don't want to know.

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

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Crosswords & Games

What the Heck Is That?: CAPTCHA

By DEB AMLEN | Feb 26th 2018

A look at one of the most revealed entries from the past week of crosswords.

The device is familiar.
The name, not so much.

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