Wednesday, February 28, 2018

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U.S.

Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump

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.

2
Fashion & Style

She Knows His Crazy, and He Knows Hers

“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.

3
Real Estate

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

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.

4
Style

How Women Are Rethinking the Tattoo Parlor

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.


5
Magazine

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

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.

6
Travel

How to Bypass Airport Lines With the Tips of Your Fingers

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

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.

8
Sports

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

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

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

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

I try to practice moderation.


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