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World

Pakistan Sentences Indian Spy to Death for Operating Terrorism Ring

By SALMAN MASOOD and HARI KUMAR | Apr 10th 2017

The spy, a naval officer named Kulbhushan Jadhav, was arrested in March 2016 in a case that will further strain Indian-Pakistani relations.

Pakistan is a sovereign nation.

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U.S.

Video: Spicer Spinning Spicer

By SHANE O’NEILL and MARK SCHEFFLER | Apr 12th 2017

Sean Spicer, the press secretary for President Trump, went on the defensive after making poorly received comments that compared President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to Hitler.

Sean Spicer is a poor choice for his position.

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U.S.

Neil Gorsuch Is Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Apr 10th 2017

He is now the 113th justice of the high court, a victory for President Trump in his push to shape the institution for decades to come.

It is a fact.
People must deal with it.

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Opinion

Empowering the Disabled

Apr 11th 2017

A reader writes that a quiet movement that is gaining momentum is called the Inclusion Revolution.

The A.D.A. is half a century old.
New construction must follow the rules.
Cost is a barrier to retrofitting old work.

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Opinion

Outed as Transgender on ‘Survivor’ — and in Real Life

By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN | Apr 13th 2017

Do transgender people have an obligation to be open about their history?

There is no obligation to explain or excuse ones existence.
Civil behavior is required.

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Well

Rude Doctors, Rude Nurses, Rude Patients

By PERRI KLASS, M.D. | Apr 10th 2017

If a rude remark throws off a highly trained intensive care team, what happens to the rest of us?

Be polite.

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Real Estate

$1.25 Million Homes in Connecticut, Arizona and North Carolina

By VIVIAN MARINO | Apr 12th 2017

A 1929 Tudor in West Hartford, Conn.; a stone-and-stucco house in Phoenix; and a chalet-style home in Hickory, N.C.

Other people's young dreams.
We should build after designing.

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U.S.

A Who’s Who List of Agencies Guarding the Powerful

By NICHOLAS FANDOS | Apr 12th 2017

Protecting top government officials involves a patchwork of more than a dozen federal agencies and offices.

If Republicans are not threatened they are not important.
Or so the thinking goes.

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Business Day

With O’Reilly on Vacation, the Murdochs Assess the Damage

By EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT | Apr 13th 2017

Bill O’Reilly has left Fox News for a planned trip while his employers decide whether they should force him from the network over sexual harassment accusations.

I expect O'Reilly will soon be gone.

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The Upshot

Answer to Better Health Care: Behavioral Economics?

By DHRUV KHULLAR | Apr 13th 2017

People don’t always act “rationally.” Nudges might be able to lead to better doctors and healthier patients.

It can help.


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