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U.S.
A Paper Tears Apart in a City That Never Quite Came Together
The turmoil at the Los Angeles Times is the latest setback for Los Angeles, a region that has long suffered from a lack of civic institutions.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mulholland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison#Motion_pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_%281974_film%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_%28film%29
The city state of Los Angeles was and will not be again.
After decades of effort the company town has perished.
Long live Silicon valley.
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Arts
Candles and a Cake? This Is a Much Better Way to Honor a Birthday
For the interior designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, one particular piece in their collection of Modern and contemporary art has special meaning.I have no wish to stop your evolution.
I want to be near it.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Business Day
Exxon Mobil Tripling Its Bet on the Hottest U.S. Shale Field
The company will increase its output of oil and natural gas in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico to 600,000 barrels a day by 2025.Fracked petroleum is expensive and limited.
Exxon thinks they can recover more of their sunk costs.
Exxon is betting on a Republican dynasty.
"In the long run we are all dead"
Keynes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes
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Fashion & Style
A Clothing Line Based on Her Great-Grandmother’s Aprons
Paris Starn, the young daughter of New York artists, debuts her line at Opening Ceremony."The Art of Fashion: As a little girl, she would frequently spend afternoons at Chelsea art galleries with her parents. Toward the end of those jaunts, she was encouraged to choose a final gallery to visit. “I would take them to Comme des Garçons,” she recalled. “My parents always laughed at me and I didn’t understand why, because I genuinely thought those clothes were art, which they are.”"
Artists learn early not to try to define art.
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Arts
James Corden Responds to Nikki Haley’s Grammys Criticism
After Hillary Clinton appeared on the Grammys, the U.N. ambassador tweeted that the awards show should not “ruin great music with trash.” James Corden fired back.Nikki Haley has demonstrated her blind spot.
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Opinion
Melania Trump Is No Radical
Two readers disagree with an opinion writer’s assertion that Mrs. Trump is redefining the role of first lady.Melania Trump is trying . . . very.
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World
Anguish in New Delhi at Rape of an 8-Month-Old Girl
The infant was hospitalized in the Indian capital after she was raped, the police said. A cousin who was babysitting her has been arrested.India is changing.
India does not like it.
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Watching
Three Shows to Watch This Week
Choose from something soapy, something sporty and something surprising.I am fascinated by blinking lights.
These story lines are not my favorites at the moment.
I don't what my favorites will be next week.
I can make more satisfying pictures in my head than any director has made on a screen.
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U.S.
Melania Trump, Out of Sight Since Report of Husband’s Infidelity, to Attend State of the Union
The reports of a payoff to an adult actress blindsided the first lady, who was furious with her husband, according to two people close to the couple.She has not filed for a divorce.
Her prenuptial agreement must certainly be restrictive.
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U.S.
Attacks Reveal What U.S. Won’t: Victory Remains Elusive in Afghanistan
In his State of the Union address, President Trump is expected to promote his strategy to win the war in Afghanistan. He’ll be the third president to do so."Victory" in Afghanistan is not possible.
Henry XII of England had difficulty displacing the Pope.
Oliver Cromwell could not change the faith of Ireland.
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