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U.S.
Kansas Boy, 16, Is Set to Graduate in the Spring From High School — and Harvard
The teenager said he hopes to go to law school in the fall, and his goal is to one day become president.I hope he learns better.
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U.S.
Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Other Democrats Shift Into High Gear for 2020
Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand are two other Democratic senators who are also finalizing the outlines of presidential bids that may start within weeks.There will be primary elections.
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Books
New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out
Works by Marcel Proust, Willa Cather, D.H. Lawrence, Agatha Christie and Robert Frost are entering the public domain on Jan. 1. And that’s just the first wave.Time does pass.
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World
A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?
When an Israeli soldier killed Rouzan al-Najjar, Palestinians called her an innocent martyr and Israel portrayed her as a threat. The truth is more complicated.Palestine has not surrendered.
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World
Stalin’s Soaring Moscow Towers Sorely Need Body Work
The massive “Stalin High-Rises,” built to embody the victorious spirit of postwar Russia, still offer some of the best apartments in Moscow, but are now badly decayed.No building lasts forever without maintenance.
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Sports
At Notre Dame, Football Tradition Makes Room for Financial Reality
Facing an economic landscape that threatened to leave it behind, Notre Dame has begun to leverage one of its most valuable assets: its century-old mystique.https://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129
#1 Connecticut Huskies (11-0)
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV | Result |
| 11/11 | vs. Ohio State | 12:00 PM ET | CBSS | W 85 - 53 |
| 11/17 | vs. Vanderbilt* | 6:00 PM ET | W 80 - 42 | |
| 11/22 | vs. Mississippi* | 7:49 PM ET | W 90 - 50 | |
| 11/23 | vs. St. John's (NY)* | 7:56 PM ET | W 65 - 55 | |
| 11/24 | vs. Purdue* | 8:23 PM ET | W 86 - 40 | |
| 11/28 | vs.
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DePaul |
7:00 PM ET | W 99 - 63 | |
| 12/2 | at
1
Notre Dame |
4:00 PM ET | ESPN | W 89 - 71 |
| 12/4 | at Saint Louis | 7:00 PM ET | CBSS | W 98 - 42 |
| 12/8 | vs. Seton Hall | 1:00 PM ET | ESPN3 | W 99 - 61 |
| 12/19 | at Oklahoma | 8:30 PM ET | FS1 | W 72 - 63 |
| 12/22 | at
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California |
3:00 PM ET | PACN | W 76 - 66 |
| 1/3 | at
7
Baylor |
9:00 PM ET | ESPN | |
| 1/6 | at Houston | 12:00 PM ET | CBSS | |
| 1/9 | vs. Cincinnati | 7:00 PM ET | ||
| 1/13 | vs. South Florida | 1:00 PM ET | ESPN | |
| 1/16 | at Tulane | 8:00 PM ET | ||
| 1/20 | at Temple | 1:00 PM ET | ||
| 1/23 | vs. Southern Methodist | 7:00 PM ET | ||
| 1/27 | vs. UCF | 4:00 PM ET | ESPN2 | |
Health
In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication
A reluctant evolution is taking place in residential drug treatment for opioid addiction. Here’s a look at one center’s wary shift.Medication works better.
Medication with tapering works better.
The disease model is better.
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Opinion
The Sidney Awards, Part I
The best long-form essays on a brutal year.David Brooks is an editor with an attitude I dislike.
He recognizes good work.
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U.S.
Trump Renews Attack on Fed as Mnuchin Tries to Calm Markets
An attempt by Steven Mnuchin to calm jittery markets did little to stop volatility.I have not acted.
I am waiting for a bottom.
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U.S.
He Was a Gay Man on Staff at a Catholic Parish. Then the Threats Began Coming In.
Some Catholic parishes have quietly welcomed gay parishioners and staff. But in the aftermath of the sex abuse crisis, there is a campaign to push them out.Homosexuality and child abuse are not causally connected.
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Food
A New Way to Spaghetti and Meatballs
It may not necessarily save time, but making the dish in an electric pressure cooker will spare you the mess and the fuss.I do not own a working pressure cooker.
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World
Fake Islands Bring a Dutch Lake Back to Life
More than 40 years after the Netherlands caused an environmental calamity, an ambitious if costly solution is showing signs of enormous promise.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring#Fisheries
Fisheries are mostly wetland dependent.
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New York
How Deepak Chopra, Wellness Expert, Spends His Sundays
There is yoga, there is walking, there is meditation. There is mindfulness, there is reflection, there is detachment. And there is also coffee, lots of coffee.OK
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Movies
Bringing to Life the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Only Her Family Knows
Her nephew wrote the new biopic about her, “On the Basis of Sex.” Her grandson has a part. And the justice and her daughter reviewed draft after draft.I can be convinced to see the film.
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U.S.
In Latest Shutdown, Some Lawmakers See a Diminished Congress
As the partial government shutdown bled into Christmas, lawmakers from both parties lamented that the legislative branch had ceded so much power to the executive branch.Congress is lazy.
The executive is greedy.
People do not pay attention.
News is not doing all of its job.
This is not new.
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Fashion
How Did They Know? (The Signs Showed the Way)
So many clues before they finally took notice of what was right in front of them.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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World
On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen: Child Soldiers From Darfur
Led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudis have used their oil wealth to outsource the war, primarily by hiring desperate survivors of Sudan’s conflict.A ~1340 year old religious war continues.
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Obituaries
Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79
One of Israel’s most prolific writers, he published numerous works of both fiction and nonfiction, and his writing was translated into more than 35 languages.Time does not stop.
It is never good to lose a mind.
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Opinion
Bad Faith, Pathos and G.O.P. Economics
On professionals who sold their integrity, and got nothing in return.It seems to be the case that the facts to the right wing
are what Trump says they are.
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