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Science
New Dinosaur and T. Rex Were Brothers in Tiny Arms
Gualicho shinyae was found to have evolved its stubby arms independently, suggesting there was some evolutionary advantage to the small size.Like a sports car, less weight leads to more speed.
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Travel
How to Pack a Carry-On Bag to Avoid Checking a Bag
Why bother with the hassle of checked luggage when it’s possible to travel to any destination with only a carry-on?Shipping and local purchase work wonders.
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Opinion
The University of California’s Student Body
Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California, discusses a rise in in-state admissions.Local politics.
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Travel
Bargains at the Beach
Resorts are offering off-season discounts in the Caribbean, Mexico and Florida.Depressions ruin business models.
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Opinion
Blood on Your Hands, Too
Interpersonal and systemic racism are only part of the equation. There is also class conflict between those who are better off and those who are not.Class conflict is of the desperate.
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Fashion & Style
The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy
An ‘L.G.B.T.-affirming’ philosophy in clinical psychology at one university is helping to shape the course of therapy, though not without detractors."“We’re L.G.B.T. people — we’re profoundly broken,” he said."
Broken is the wrong descriptor.
Different is not broken.
Broken implies a breaker.
Communication is difficult with the different.
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, the West Village, and Bushwick, Brooklyn.We can build pet friendly.
The modern city is not pet friendly.
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N.Y. / Region
Too Old for Sex? Not at This Nursing Home
Recognizing that some residents have intimate relationships well into their 70s and 80s, the Hebrew Home at Riverdale now offers a happy hour, a senior prom and a dating service.Not too old and not yet too decrepit.
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U.S.
Transgender Woman Is Charged With Voyeurism at Target in Idaho
Detectives said she recorded a woman changing in a fitting room. The retail chain recently changed its policy to accommodate transgender customers.The devout can be a problem but not this time.
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N.Y. / Region
Robert Kennedy Jr., in Book, Says Michael Skakel Is Innocent of ’75 Murder
Forty years after the murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley and three years after Mr. Skakel’s conviction was thrown out, his cousin claims to have definitively solved the case.A new trial seems to be necessary. There is enough doubt.
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U.S.
Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds
A New York Times/CBS News Poll indicates that relations between African-Americans and the police are so brittle that the attack that killed five officers in Dallas left many respondents unsurprised.The degeneration has taken years of effort.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City Council Will Not Vote on Police Reform Measures
The proposed changes, which have broad support but have languished in the Council, will be handled internally by the Police Department, the Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, has told her colleagues.The police like it the way it is.
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N.Y. / Region
Family of Robert Durst’s First Wife Asks Court to Declare Her Dead
Kathleen Durst’s relatives contend that Mr. Durst killed her in 1982, when she vanished. Her disappearance was the subject of the HBO documentary “The Jinx.”Having her declared dead is a necessary step.
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N.Y. / Region
At a Refuge for New York City’s Hungry, Summer Brings Scarcity
Hour Children Food Pantry in Queens, which served 24,000 families last year, has to beg or borrow to overcome a lag in available funds during the season.The government does not do charity.
The foundations do.
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Fashion & Style
At Sea, and Seeking a Safe Harbor
A woman who escaped the Cambodian genocide as a child hopes her mother can accept her for who she is now.Let us talk. My opinion is yes.
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U.S.
Amid Protests Over Police Shootings of Black Men, Latinos Note a Disparity
Some advocates say that Hispanics’ fatal encounters with law enforcement do not inspire the same kind of scrutiny, outrage or discourse.The Republicans are working on the problem.
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Opinion
‘They Will Not Drive Us Apart’
President Obama’s unifying speech at the memorial for five slain Dallas policemen will likely be remembered among the rhetorical peaks of his tenure.OK.
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Business Day
Howard Raiffa, Mathematician Who Studied Decision Making, Dies at 92
He was co-founder of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a professor at the university for 37 years who pioneered decision science.The work continues.
We can be rational if we try.
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Travel
How to Spend That Three-Day Summer Weekend
Travel companies are hoping that targeted deals will encourage a mini-vacation mind-set for stressed-out Americans.Let us leave the hotel out of it.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
Fixing the car on the road again.
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