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Business
This Week in Business: G.M. Idles Plants, and Sundar Pichai Goes to Washington
The week started with a surprise in the manufacturing sector and ended with new Silicon Valley revelations.GM and the other traditional car companies are making a difficult transition to electric vehicles.
Batteries have gotten good enough.
Sundar Pichai of Google should have no real difficulty with the Republican party.
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World
Israeli Police Urge Bribery and Fraud Charges Against Netanyahu. Again.
For the third time this year, the prime minister is accused of corruption. But this time, his governing coalition is already teetering.Benjamin Netanyahu is probably guilty.
It may not matter.
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U.S.
Bush Found ‘Kindred Spirits’ at Texas A&M, His Final Resting Place
In some ways, Texas A&M seemed like an unlikely match for George Bush’s presidential library and final resting place. But he forged a deep connection with the university.Bush 41 did the best he could.
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World
Epic Battles, Palaces and Concubines: A Chinese Studio’s Vast World of Fantasy
Hengdian World Studios, in a small town in central China, churns out scores of movies and television series from each period in the country’s history.I have not seen the work.
Translations usually clunk.
The C.C.P. has more power over the story line than I like.
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Real Estate
Homes That Sold for Around $1,000,000
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.Talk to me.
I am in salvage mode here.
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Climate
Betting on a new way to make concrete that doesn’t pollute
A New Jersey firm is experimenting in a small town inEngland with a new formula that reduces the carbon dioxide emitted in the making of the building material.
I think Solidia is in thermodynamic trouble. There is no easy fix. It still may be worth doing.
Limestone does not do well in acid environments.
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Travel
The Airports of the Future Have Arrived
Two of the biggest airports in the world — Istanbul and Beijing — aim to make travel easier and faster for the passengers who use them.I want to see them work.
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Climate
Solar Mini-Grids Give Nigeria a Power Boost
Six pilot mini-grids are providing steady electricity to rural residents in Africa’s most populous country, cutting emissions and offering more energy security.There is no such thing as an excess profit.
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Climate
Travel Tackles Climate Change
Across the globe, hotels, operators, cruise lines and tourists are encountering the effects of global warming.I suspect propaganda.
The low carbon way to tour is stay home.
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Arts
On ‘S.N.L.’, Alec Baldwin and Ben Stiller Return to Play President Trump and Michael Cohen
The show also paid tribute to George Bush, who had been a fan of Dana Carvey’s well-honed impression of him.It is hard to make fun of clowns.
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U.S.
He’s Built an Empire, With Detained Migrant Children as the Bricks
The founder of Southwest Key made millions off of housing migrant children. His nonprofit has stockpiled taxpayer dollars and possibly engaged in self-dealing with top executives."Doing well by doing Good." A tradition.
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Arts
What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’ and ‘Home Alone’
The Victoria’s Secret Angels return to the runway, and watch your wildest childhood dreams come true in “Home Alone.”I will get Spotlight from a library.
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Trump Says He Plans to Withdraw From Nafta
The move is intended to force Democrats to accept a revised version despite concerns that it does not protect American workers.Blackmail is not good policy.
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Sports
Canadiens, With 2 Goals From Shea Weber, Keep Rangers Reeling
Arttturi Lehkonen also scored twice in a 5-2 victory over the Rangers, who have lost four of five. The Devils rallied against the Jets but lost, 4-3, in overtime.https://www.nytimes.com/section/sports/ncaabasketball
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/sports/uconn-notre-dame-women.html
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Arts
How George Bush Befriended Dana Carvey, the ‘S.N.L.’ Comedian Who Impersonated Him
In 1992, George Bush invited Dana Carvey to the White House for a surprise parody act. “I will miss my friend,” the comedian said on Saturday.George H.W. Bush did the best he could.
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Arts
Neil deGrasse Tyson Denies Misconduct Accusations
In a lengthy Facebook post responding to three women’s accounts, the well-known astrophysicist described two as benign and suggested the third did not occur.Wait for facts.
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Sports
U.S. Soccer Hires Gregg Berhalter as Coach of National Team
The long-rumored hiring is now a done deal, ending a search that began with a World Cup qualifying humiliation and dragged on for more than a year.https://www.theguardian.com/football
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