Friday, February 22, 2019

@16:00, 2/20/19

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1
Sports

In the N.H.L., Finland Is Now Here, There and Everywhere

A country of 5.5 million people is providing the league with a golden generation of young players, including Mikko Rantanen and Patrik Laine.

Ice is part of it.

2
Travel

Nine Hotel Openings to Look Out For in the Coming Year

From San Francisco to Bhutan, hoteliers are opening new properties that offer everything from on-site fashion shows to wellness spas to a prayer pavilion.

Luxury for rent.

3
Movies

‘Parkland: Inside Building 12’ Review: Recounting the Attack in Painful Detail

This documentary on the Florida school shooting makes the massacre immediate in a way that sometimes gets lost in news coverage or political debates.

A ghoulish fascination . . .


4
Sports

Denny Hamlin Navigates Crash-Filled Finish to Win Daytona 500

Hamlin, honoring the memory of the team owner J.D. Gibbs, won the race for the second time in four years. Hamlin’s teammate Kyle Busch came in second.

Drivers still matter.

5

Really, Really Short Workouts

Think you’re too busy to work out? We have the workout for you. In minutes, high-intensity interval training (H.I.I.T.) will have you sweating, breathing hard and maximizing the health benefits of exercise without the time commitment. Best of all, it’s scientifically proven to work.

Ok.

6
Smarter Living

5 Cheap(ish) Things for Cold Weather Running

Brrrrr.

Cold is a reality.

7
Theater

Glenda Jackson and Adam Driver: Performers With a License to Rage

In “King Lear” and “Burn This,” the stars have volcanic roles in productions that required patience to come together.

Drama on the stage is the place for rage.
Politics is about avoding high drama.
The attempt at drama in politics should be farce.

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Style

I Shouldn’t Have to Tell You This Is Racist

A reader wonders whether to address the black caricatures in her acquaintance’s home.

Philip Galanes treats poblems gracefully.

9
World

Yet Another Election for Spain Reveals Deeper Strains

The call for an April election — the third since 2015 — is a new sign of political polarization and the stalemate over the status of Catalonia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia

"There is always trouble in the Balkans."

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Arts

What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Marshall’ and ‘Magic Mike’

Chadwick Boseman stars in a Thurgood Marshall biopic. And it’s Valentine’s Day, so why not see “Magic Mike,” on CMT.

It is that season.

11
World

Among European Allies, Americans Offer Competing Visions

Remarks by the current vice president and his predecessor defined the dramatic change in American foreign policy that has unnerved traditional allies.

Existential war must not happen.

12 
Obituaries

Donald Smith, Who Produced ‘The Silent Scream,’ Dies at 94

His controversial anti-abortion documentary, professing to show a fetus expressing pain, became a formidable weapon for abortion opponents.

His cause did not die with him.

13
Food

Maryland Rye Whiskey Has Finally Returned. But What Was It in the First Place?

Distillers say they’ve revived a long-lost favorite, but they face a conundrum: Nobody really knows how the old stuff was made.

Ok

14
Sports

Colin Kaepernick Is Silenced by a Settlement, but His Knee Spoke Volumes

The former star quarterback took on the hostile forces of a league and a president with dignity. A confidential agreement seems an unsatisfying conclusion.

The NFL has suffered a defeat.

15
Sunday Review

Do American Women Still Need an Equal Rights Amendment?

We’re already living in Phyllis Schlafly’s nightmare.

As long as strict constructionists persist an ERA is necessary.

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T Magazine

Karl Lagerfeld, Remembered by His Friends and Collaborators

The late Chanel designer’s peers — including Florence Welch, Carine Roitfeld and Donatella Versace — reflect on his wit, generosity and boundless talent.

I will be interested to see how fashion changes.

17
World

Japan’s Working Mothers: Record Responsibilities, Little Help From Dads

Men in Japan do fewer hours of housework and child care than in any of the world’s richest nations. That keeps women from getting better jobs and holds back the economy.

Causality is a mystery to Japanese civil administration.

18 
Opinion

How to Make Peace in Afghanistan? Moscow Has Some Lessons

Thirty years ago, the Soviets withdrew, but peace didn’t follow. Let’s hope the world can get it right this time.

The world has not developed stability in Afghanistan.
Two drivers of instability are opium and religion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam

19
Sports

Knicks Come Up Short Again: Not Even the Worst Team of Last 20 Years

Just a little context for a dreadful season: By some measures, the Knicks have a ways to go to sink lower in the N.B.A. cellar.

https://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129

2/2 at Cincinnati 12:00 PM ET ESPN3 W 65 - 55
2/6 vs. East Carolina 7:00 PM ET ESPN3 W 118 - 55
2/9 vs. Temple 1:00 PM ET ESPN3 W 109 - 74
2/11 vs.
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South Carolina
7:00 PM ET ESPN2 W 97 - 79
2/17 at UCF 2:00 PM ET ESPN3 W 78 - 41
2/20 vs. Memphis 7:00 PM ET ESPN3 W 102 - 45
2/24 at Tulsa 3:00 PM ET ESPN3 
2/26 at Wichita State 7:30 PM ET  
3/2 vs. Houston 1:00 PM ET  

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U.S.

Answers to 4 Key Questions About Trump’s Declaration of an Emergency

Congress has tools to override the president’s declaration, but opponents most likely do not have the votes to overcome a veto.

Trump will be sued.

Something might work.

Delay is a certainty.

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