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Science
For Gordon Hamilton, a Life of Discovery and Danger
Dr. Hamilton, who was killed in Antarctica over the weekend, studied glaciers with our future in mind, and with a smile.Dr. Gordon Hamilton will be missed.
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Books
Why Are Americans So Anxious?
In “America the Anxious,” the British observer Ruth Whippman argues that Americans’ striving for happiness makes us miserable.https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/happy
- Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
- Music makes me feel happy.
- Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.
- Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
- Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
- Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
- Are you happy with your internet service provider?
- (as a suffix to a noun) favouring or inclined to use, as in trigger-happy.
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N.Y. / Region
Haggling in the Rain
A sidewalk negotiation yields a modest bargain, and something more.A hug is better than a handshake.
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The Learning Network
What’s Going On in This Picture? | Oct. 24, 2016
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.Meat cutters are participating in a mandated stretch session.
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U.S.
Fearing Trump, Bar Association Stifles Report Calling Him a ‘Libel Bully’
Critics of the American Bar Association said the decision was ironic since the group is supposed to explore issues about threats to free speech."Alarmed by Donald J. Trump’s record of filing lawsuits to punish and silence his critics, a committee of media lawyers at the American Bar Association commissioned a report on Mr. Trump’s litigation history. The report concluded that Mr. Trump was a “libel bully” who had filed many meritless suits attacking his opponents and had never won in court.
But the bar association refused to publish the report, citing “the risk of the A.B.A. being sued by Mr. Trump.”"
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Well
Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food?
When companies hide produce in pizza or pasta, kids aren’t learning healthy habits, experts say."The food industry" has only the goal of maximized profit.
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N.Y. / Region
Report Highlights How Guns Flow Into New York From States With Weaker Laws
An analysis by the state attorney general’s office found that 75 percent of the weapons seized in crimes that could be traced were bought outside New York.As long as guns can be freely purchased they can and will be moved across state lines.
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Food
A Guidebook to Chef Tattoos
Stories and drawings decode the popular adornments of the modern chef.I would like to understand the impulse to get a tattoo.
It would add to my understanding of people.
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Opinion
Health and Jobs
A cardiologist writes that behavioral health care can alleviate depression, reduce pain and speed a return to work.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/opinion/millions-of-men-are-missing-from-the-job-market.html
Unemployment is depressing.
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Fashion & Style
Samantha Wolf, Benjamin Ryan
The couple, who met via Tinder, were wed at the W Hotel in New York.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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