Sunday, October 22, 2017

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Opinion

I Am Sorry for This Scraggly Mess on My Face

I knew my beard would turn out badly. But I had to grow it.

"The unexamined  life is not worth living."
           Socrates

2
Travel

How to Have a Romantic Vacation

Plan surprises (a sunset cruise), stay off your phone, write (really write) a love letter.

https://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/king.html

You lead.

3
Travel

A Rare Gem of a Restaurant in Lagos

The celebratory feel at Nok by Alara in Lagos, Nigeria, owes equally to its hip ambience and its new take on regional staples.

I have little interest in going to Lagos.

4
Opinion

A Male Infertility Crisis Is Coming. The Middle East Can Help.

The region has made huge progress in viewing the condition as a medical problem, not a manhood problem.

Does not compute.

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N.Y. / Region

For the First Time, Hearing the Birds Chirp and the Wind Whistle

Charlen Evans, who has been hearing-impaired her whole life, got a cochlear implant in 2012. She has since returned to college in hopes of someday working with deaf students.

The federal government does not admit to charity.

Christmas is months away.


Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

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U.S.

The E.P.A.’s Top 10 Toxic Threats, and Industry’s Pushback

The Environmental Protection Agency published toxic chemicals it will evaluate first under a new law. Here is a look at those chemicals, how they are used and the health threats.

The industries and the E.P.A. must do the studies.
The E.P.A. is diligent.  Industry must get real data.
The default must be to regulate.


World

Memoir of Growing Up Fat Forces France to Look in the Mirror

Gabrielle Deydier’s plaintive account and sociological study exposes the many ways the obese face censure and insensitivity.

Blame fructose and alcohol.

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Opinion

Trump Is Inspirational ... for Poetry

Here are the winners from the thousands of submissions in my Trump poetry contest.

I need to trump up a limerick.

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U.S.

McCain in Twilight: An Unfettered Voice Against Trumpism

Senator John McCain, the irrepressible Arizona Republican, has long felt free to speak his mind. But since his cancer diagnosis, he has been a vocal defender of national ideals.

Too late a hero.
Trump is president.

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Style

She’s 26, and Brought Down Uber’s C.E.O. What’s Next?

In her first interview since the essay that started a wave of sexual-harassment revelations, Susan Fowler tells her life story and looks to the future.

There will be a next.
That is enough.


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1
Crosswords & Games

Exquisite Gem

Samuel “Not the Newscaster” Donaldson and Brad Wilber team up to offer an exquisite Saturday puzzle.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imaret#English

2
Opinion

I Am Sorry for This Scraggly Mess on My Face

Travel

How to Have a Romantic Vacation

Plan surprises (a sunset cruise), stay off your phone, write (really write) a love letter.

Your project.

4
N.Y. / Region

For the First Time, Hearing the Birds Chirp and the Wind Whistle

Charlen Evans, who has been hearing-impaired her whole life, got a cochlear implant in 2012. She has since returned to college in hopes of someday working with deaf students.

Lost in the noise.

5
Opinion

Trump Is Inspirational ... for Poetry


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Travel

A Rare Gem of a Restaurant in Lagos


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U.S.

Political Guardrails Gone, a President’s Somber Duty Skids Into Spectacle


I am trying to ignore the noise.

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Style

She’s 26, and Brought Down Uber’s C.E.O. What’s Next?

In her first interview since the essay that started a wave of sexual-harassment revelations, Susan Fowler tells her life story and looks to the future.

Continue.

9
Opinion

Well, Actually, Frankenstein Was the Name of the Doctor

Scary facts only special people know.

More research!

10
Opinion

The Democrats in Their Labyrinth

A party that will do anything to beat Trump except try to woo his voters.

Ross Douthat is still lying.

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