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Opinion
Facing Death and the Dying
Citing their own illnesses or those of loved ones, readers offer advice on how to talk to and help the dying.Love is all the dying need.
If you cannot, pretend, and provide comfort.
Experience teaches in time.
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Arts
Witnesses Shed New Light on Natalie Wood’s ‘Suspicious Death’
The actress’s 1981 death was recently reclassified. “She got in the water somehow, and I don’t think she got in the water by herself,” an investigator said.The witnesses are still unnamed.
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Books
Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: William Vogt’s “Road to Survival.”Do read the Road to Survival.
also read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus
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World
4,000 Opera Costumes. One Giant Fantasy Sale.
What’s an opera house to do when it runs out of closet space? Let the public (and wallets and purses) in.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Wintour_Costume_Center
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Business Day
Federal Reserve Shackles Wells Fargo After Fraud Scandal
After a scandal involving fraudulent accounts, the central bank restricted the growth of Wells Fargo, which said it would replace four board members."Let the punishment fit the crime" . . .
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Opinion
America’s Last Slave Ship, and Slavery’s Stain
The discovery of what may be the Clotilda’s wreckage has reawakened the pain of enslavement among descendants of its human cargo.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Passage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade#Seasoning_camps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_red_rice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti#Haitian_Revolution_(1791%E2%80%931804)
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Real Estate
Possible Mold in the Walls and an Unresponsive Board
A tenant in a co-op wants to see mold reports, but the board will not help.The lease holder could sue the board but a bankruptcy would probably be the result.
Keep pushing the board.
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Business Day
Leading Private Equity Firm Accused of Misusing Funds
The Abraaj Group, a top investor in the developing world, faces questions from the World Bank and other investors.Failures of due diligence are the investor's responsibility.
Get the terms in writing with notarized signatures.
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Style
Remind Me, Why Was It That We Ever Watched Infomercials?
In the ’90s, the commercial became the show as infomercials ruled the night. Were we all just looking for televised Prozac?I have never watched more than a few minutes of "infomercial"
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U.S.
Kashyap Patel, Main Author of Secret Memo, Is No Stranger to Quarrels
Mr. Patel, a staff member on the House Intelligence Committee, was once berated by a judge for being a “bureaucrat” who “causes trouble.”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/republican-nunes-memo-questions-and-answers.html
The rest is distracting noise.
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