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Well
How Do You Throw a Birthday Party When a Child Is Homeless?
For families that can’t afford necessities, birthdays are a luxury. Several charities are stepping in to help.People need the group binding fuss.
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Travel
A Bali Restaurant With Laid-Back Appeal
Spice has an affordable menu of locally inspired dishes, accented with sauces, like basa gede, a mixture of 14 to 17 ingredients.The food is composed or random. Composed is better.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Court Expands Definition of Parenthood
The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a non-adoptive, non-biological caretaker of a child could be allowed to ask for custody and visitation rights.The relationship is real. It deserves respect.
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Opinion
Back to School, in a New Country
Shopping for school supplies is still full of cultural mysteries to me. For my kids, not so much.Cultural differences.
Recursive cultural differences.
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Opinion
My Family’s Story in Georgetown’s Slave Past
How an institution that profited from slavery can make it up to me and other descendants.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_(property)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonment_(legal)
Personal revolt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt
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N.Y. / Region
Mugged With a Blow Dryer
Recalling an episode that began in a sinister way but ended in comical fashion."It might work"
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N.Y. / Region
The Miniature Donkey Therapy Meet-up
Members of group in upstate New York spend time with miniature donkeys, looking to gain confidence or a sense of calm.Pets need no excuse.
Alzheimer's is an agonizingly slow death.
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The Upshot
A Question About Friends Reveals a Lot About Class Divides
How many of your closest friends didn’t graduate from college?OK
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Books
Heroin Addiction, Anorexia, a Failing Marriage: This Novel’s Narrator Has It All
The narrator of Jade Sharma’s “Problems” aims degrading remarks at other women."Maya is not polite, and although I found her captivating and charming, Sharma’s goal is not to make her likable. Maya is as horrible, and as fully human, as men in literature have always been allowed to be."
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Your Money
Love and Burnout: Caregivers, Too, Need Care
The stress of caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other terminal illnesses can have long-lasting consequences. Reaching out for support is critical.Yes.
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Fashion & Style
A Popular Vacation Stop? This New Hampshire Liquor Store Beckons
The top grossing liquor outlet in New Hampshire attracts weekenders, foodies and people returning to ancestral cottages, in what has become a familiar pre-vacation ritual.The gas money would pay the taxes.
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U.S.
Paul LePage, Maine Governor, Now Says He’s Not Quitting
The governor, known for his tirades, said he was seeking “spiritual guidance,” and pledged never to speak to reporters again.Paul R. LePage is a racist.
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Food
Cooking Without Recipes
Returning from vacation with a few no-recipe recipes in mind.Summer food.
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Real Estate
High-End Condos for the Merely Affluent
Developers are finding a deep pool of affluent buyers who have spent the last several years shut out of a market that catered to the global elite.The market is saturated.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City Will Change Lead Testing Methods at Its Schools
A spokeswoman for the mayor said that starting in October, the city would retest every building that had at least one water sample that exceeded 15 parts per billion of lead.Replace the pipes and fittings.
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Books
Rachel Cusk Reviews Two Books About Assisted Reproduction
Julia Leigh’s “Avalanche” and Belle Boggs’s “The Art of Waiting” are memoirs about the desire for children and the psychological cost of infertility.I know more than I did.
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U.S.
Georgetown University Plans Steps to Atone for Slave Past
The school, which in 1838 sold 272 slaves, plans to award preferential status in the admissions process to descendants of slaves, among other moves.Crocodile tears.
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Business Day
Ben Chestnut of MailChimp: Learn to Love the Job You’ve Got
The C.E.O. of MailChimp credits a résumé mix-up with teaching him to embrace the opportunity that’s available, whether it qualifies as a passion or not.The job comes first.
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Opinion
Economic Resilience, Political Paralysis
Economists are calling for more fiscal stimulus and higher wages, but officials must act on those recommendations.The wealthy fear inflation more than revolution.
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Well
Why Your Granola Is Really a Dessert
Most people think granola is a health food. But commercial varieties of it are often loaded with enough added sugar to rival a slice of chocolate cake.Sugar, specifically fructose, is toxic.
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Business Day
First-Person Surfer: My Test Drive of Artificial Waves
Artificial wave pools eliminate surfing’s guesswork and waiting, which is their virtue — and their biggest drawback.There is a high surf warning. The storm is passing.
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Books
Dogs
New books about pit bulls, service dogs for children and more.Get a dog.
I would like to be involved but it is better that you be happy.
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Health
No Zika Cases Reported During Rio Olympics, W.H.O. Says
The World Health Organization said data from Brazil had convinced its experts that no infections had occurred either during the Games or after visitors and athletes had gone home.Insecticide works locally.
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Travel
What to Consider Before Renting a Vacation Home
Want to rent a home for your next vacation? Make sure you have a gathering space, service contacts and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.All the usual problems.
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N.Y. / Region
Committed to Rebuilding the World Trade Center, for 15 Years and Counting
Frank Hussey, a superintendent for Tishman Construction, has worked on four towers in the complex since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.Steady work.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Court Expands Definition of Parenthood
Child rearing is more important than child bearing.
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Opinion
Donald Trump, Deporter in Waiting
His speech described a system that works as hard to catch hotel maids and landscapers as gang members and terrorists.Yes.
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Business Day
A Plea for Plain English in Financial Documents
Stop writing solely for lawyers and professional investors and start writing so that anyone with an interest will understand.If you look around a money game and can't spot the patsy, it is you.
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World
Battling Drug-Resistant TB, and the Indian Government
Dr. Zarir Udwadia shocked the world and fought with New Delhi after identifying an untreatable form of tuberculosis. Now he’s a sought-after international expert.An ordinary hero
There has been no noise about new antibiotics.
That is probably a good policy. Keeping this group of drugs away from public attention will extend their usefulness.
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Opinion
The Real Science of Abortion Drugs
Laws in many states actually work against women’s health, by making safe drugs less accessible.The fighting continues.
Vote.
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Opinion
My Family’s Story in Georgetown’s Slave Past
The theory of debt is fevered imagination on both parties part.
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Food
Lebanese Spices Give Dinner a Boost
Baharat, a fragrant spice mix, adds warmth and depth to lamb.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018274-lamb-steak-with-lebanese-spices
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Business Day
Rising Drug Prices Put Big Pharma’s Lobbying to the Test
Drug makers have spent $2.3 billion lobbying Congress over the last decade, which may explain why lawmakers have done little to curb drug prices.Vote.
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World
Passenger Jet Service From U.S. to Cuba Starts Wednesday
JetBlue is to become the first American airline to fly scheduled service to Cuba in more than 50 years. Six airlines have been approved for flights.We should not call the campaign won.
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Opinion
An Outcry Over the Price of EpiPen
Readers express outrage that drug companies put lives at risk by setting very high prices for certain medications.The situation is usually called extortion.
Prosecution should be possible.
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