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Sports
At Wimbledon, Married Women Are Still ‘Mrs.’
Wimbledon sticks with its traditions, including one that makes sure to delineate a woman by her marital status.Last remnants of Victoria's empire.
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Books
Captain America No. 1, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Annotated
This month, the writer takes the helm of the Marvel Comics series. He breaks down where he’s taking the Star-Spangled Avenger.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_second_inaugural_address
Ta-Nehisi Coates is wrong in many ways as I may be wrong.
It always is important to consult the surviving documents.
No honest person presumes to prophesy.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/presume
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prophesy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton
Global warming will kill us all eventually if it is not stopped.
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Fashion & Style
Viktor & Rolf: Fall 2018
The fall 2018 couture collection.Elizabeth's court all died.
Scrofula is thought to be the reason for ruff collars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculous_cervical_lymphadenitis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_%28clothing%29
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World
Great Barrier Reef Imperiled as Heat Worsens Die-Offs, Experts Say
By the 2030s, the world’s largest reef system could face huge coral die-offs every two years unless climate change is curtailed, a new report says.Global warming.
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Times Insider
The Times at Gettysburg, July 1863: A Reporter’s Civil War Heartbreak
Revisiting a rare and tragic dispatch from a war correspondent whose son, a Union officer, was among those killed on the battlefield.I do not need another tear jerker.
Lee retreated from Gettysburg.
The Union forces did not pursue him.
The Army of Northern Virginia fought on for another year.
The end was logistic.
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World
What Movies to See (or Skip) in Australian Cinemas in July
Not sure what films to see in Australia this month? Let The New York Times’s critics help.Your choice.
I feel no need to pay for any of these.
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Times Insider
With Our World Cup App, Fans Are Part of the Action
For this year’s World Cup, the Interactive News and Sports desks created a tool to let readers directly chat with Times reporters on the ground in Russia.Ask people who care.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport
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Today’s Paper
Quotation of the Day: New York Asians Say City’s ‘Blind Spot’ Leaves Them Overlooked
Quotation of the Day for Thursday, July 5, 2018.The facts of political life.
"There is no royal road to education".
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Style
Mellany Sanchez Started on Instagram and Is Now Drake’s Image Director
Ms. Sanchez, a 26-year old Brooklyn native, was the creative director of Kith before she became the rapper’s image director.She is a fashion designer.
There must be more to it than fashion.
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Fashion & Style
Maison Margiela: Fall 2018
The fall 2018 couture collection.I would not do that to anyone.
The joke is not funny.
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Business Day
Wang Jian, Co-Founder of Chinese Giant HNA, Dies in France
The death of a key figure in the firm’s rise as a global conglomerate comes as it continues to grapple with high debt after a huge shopping spree.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_%28sociological_concept%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_%28sociological_concept%29#Chinese_%E8%84%B8%E9%9D%A2_and_%E9%9D%A2%E5%AD%90
Trump must listen to diplomats.
They are professionals.
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Sports
Andrés Cantor Thinks Everything Sounds Better in Spanish (Especially ‘Gooool’)
Expanding the World Cup field to 48 teams from 32 amounts to “killing the sport,” the Telemundo announcer says. And, no, he doesn’t rehearse his calls, though people ask him to do it all the time.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport
Drama can be all of life.
Living brings enough drama.
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U.S.
Being Poor Can Mean Losing a Driver’s License. Not Anymore in Tennessee.
A federal district judge has ruled that a Tennessee law revoking drivers licenses from people too poor to pay court fines is unconstitutional.The judge in Tennessee has ruled properly.
Debtors prison is properly eliminated.
Bankruptcy should be easier even for less than sovereign governments.
Puerto Rico should be able to discharge its debts.
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Smarter Living
How to Keep Up with the World Cup if You Can’t Watch Live
Maybe the match you want to see was played while you were sleeping. Maybe you want to see that stunning shootout all over again. Here’s how to watch matches after they’ve aired.https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2018
Ask people who care.
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World
On Brexit, It’s Decision Time for Theresa May (and for Her Critics)
Mrs. May is set to present a plan to her cabinet. If she wants to keep Britain aligned with Europe’s rules, will hard-liners like Boris Johnson bolt?The E.U. has refused to bargain.
The exit will be hard and complete.
Ireland will be happy to have the six counties.
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Technology
How to Change a Batch of File Names at Once
If you want digital photos to have names that are more descriptive than something that looks like a license plate, you don’t have to type them one at a time.Name the file you put them in.
Rename them when you copy them.
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Books
When It Comes to Politics, Be Afraid. But Not Too Afraid.
In “The Monarchy of Fear,” the philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum writes against a tradition of philosophical and political thinking that minimizes emotions.I know that I get sloppy, lazy, and self indulgent.
I do not sleep enough.
I do not read enough or fast enough.
My attention does not split effectively.
I want an argument I can understand with evidence to support it.
I get those from the liberals.
I get little from argument based on faith of any kind.
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Business Day
China Frees Australian Executive at Center of Diplomatic Dispute
Stern Hu, who worked for Rio Tinto, was convicted of corruption and jailed in 2010. But many of the tensions that framed his trial have not gone away.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_%28sociological_concept%29#Chinese_%E8%84%B8%E9%9D%A2_and_%E9%9D%A2%E5%AD%90
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Real Estate
A Verdant Costa Rican Oasis
A seven-bedroom, 9,100-square-foot home with panoramic ocean views is on the market for $3.9 million.I dont have it.
Do you?
We would then be there.
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