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Arts
Uproar After ‘Survivor’ Contestant Is Outed as Transgender
A leading gay rights group and social media users roundly condemned Jeff Varner, a participant on the show, for accusing a rival of being deceptive.Trivial to me.
Both sexuality and gender are variables independent of genetics.
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Fashion & Style
Unsettled by a Sex Tape Request
That would be for a friend to record them in the act. Also: exclusion from group texts, same-sex marriage confusion and turning down a would-be weekend guest.OK
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World
China Says Its Trade With North Korea Has Increased
Trade was up overall in the first quarter, even though Beijing said it had complied with United Nations sanctions and stopped buying coal.The Trump Administration is nervous about nuclear weapons in North Korean hands.
China is not ready to force North Korea to give them up.
China does not want South Korea on its border.
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Fashion & Style
When You Know It’s Love: Her Lyrics Move You
A songwriter found love after agreeing to help a music school classmate compose a song for a dying friend.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Arts
After a Soprano’s Crisis, a Brünnhilde Is Born
Christine Goerke nearly quit opera after vocal troubles, but painstakingly remade herself into America’s reigning dramatic diva.A new soprano is built.
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World
18 Syrian Fighters Allied With U.S. Are Killed in Coalition Airstrike
The deaths were the third instance in a month of American-led airstrikes possibly killing civilians or allies in the fight against the Islamic State.Militaries do not deal gently with external politics.
It is the reason for civilian control in the U.S. system.
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Arts
City Ballet Season to Feature Jerome Robbins Celebration
The 2017-18 season will have a centennial tribute to Robbins, featuring 19 of his ballets.I am puzzled by dance in general.
I find it fasinating to watch as abstract art.
I have not found a way to abstract an interesting story from it.
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Sports
N.B.A. Playoffs 2017: Who We Think Will Win
Will the Cavaliers and Warriors meet in the finals again? Who will win the superstar battle between Russell Westbrook and James Harden?https://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129&cat=schedule
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| vs. Tulsa* | 2:30 PM ET | W 105 - 57 | ||
| 3/5 | vs. UCF* | 5:00 PM ET | W 78 - 56 | |
| 3/6 | vs. South Florida* | 7:00 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 100 - 44 |
| 3/18 | vs. Albany (NY) | 11:00 AM ET | ESPN2 | W 116 - 55 |
| 3/20 | vs.
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Syracuse |
6:30 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 94 - 64 |
| 3/25 | vs.
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UCLA* |
2:01 PM ET | ESPN | W 86 - 71 |
| 3/27 | vs. Oregon* | 7:06 PM ET | ESPN | W 90 - 52 |
| 3/31 | vs.
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Mississippi State* |
9:58 PM ET | ESPN2 | L 64 - 66 |
* - Neutral Location
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Sports
In Sports, Boston Is Second to None
It’s a good time to be a Boston sports fan. But it wasn’t always.OK.
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Arts
Jay Leno Returns to ‘Tonight Show,’ With Barbs for Both Sides of the Aisle
Mr. Leno said that Anthony Weiner must have known his life had gone off the rails when Bill Clinton was offended by his sexual behavior.Political polarization has become ossified.
There is something wrong if it is not comic for the citizenry.
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Business Day
William T. Walters, Famed Sports Bettor, Is Guilty in Insider Trading Case
Prosecutors said Mr. Walters made more than $40 million from 2008 to 2014 by realizing profits and avoiding losses based on inside information he received about Dean Foods.Fixed games are not tolerated by people who expect fair play.
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U.S.
Suburban G.O.P. Voters Sour on Party, Raising Republican Fears for 2018
A narrower-than-expected victory in Kansas and an even tougher contest next week in Georgia are highlighting Republicans’ troubles with affluent white voters.If the situation is as reported the expected response is more of the same.
These candidates are afraid of the Tea Party.
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Business Day
2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The prizes included reporting on the presidential election; a fatal fire in Oakland, Calif.; and the attempts by the Russian government to assert its power.The Pulitzer committee may have done its work.
I cannot know as most of these categories of reporting are new to me.
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