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Opinion

What’s Lust Got to Do With It?

By MAUREEN DOWD | Apr 7th 2018

Why would a woman go home with a man, decide she’s not attracted to him but have sex with him anyway?

I am willing to talk extensively. 
I have been as undistorted as I can manage.

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N.Y. / Region

Fire at Trump Tower Critically Injures One, Officials Say

By JACLYN PEISER and LOUIS LUCERO II | Apr 7th 2018

Video on social media showed smoke billowing from an upper-level window.

I cannot say anything nice about Donald.

3

World

Russell Crowe Holds a ‘Divorce’ Auction (‘Gladiator’ Stuff Included)

By YONETTE JOSEPH | Apr 7th 2018

There were life-size prop horses and a trove of guitars, paintings and jewelry among the 227 lots put up for sale at Sotheby’s Australia on Saturday.

Less to move.

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World

He Killed a Red Cross Worker: ‘I Will Go to Hell for What I Did’

By ROD NORDLAND | Apr 7th 2018

Why did an Afghan polio patient shoot a Spanish physiotherapist in the heart last year? The motive is still a mystery.

Faith does strange things.
The health workers are blamed for polio in Afghanistan.

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Arts

A ‘Howards End’ True to Then and Now

By ROSLYN SULCAS | Apr 7th 2018

Kenneth Lonergan’s adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel delivers a bracing, and contemporary, vision of a tale about class, money and sexual mores.

Yes.
I have not read it.

6

Style

Watch These Dancers Find Spontaneity in the Circle

Apr 7th 2018

Part party and part performance, a semi-monthly event convenes dancers and musicians for a night of improvisation and bonding.

Jazz is a process after a life of practice.

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World

Vatican Arrests Monsignor on Suspicion of Possessing Child Pornography

By REUTERS | Apr 7th 2018

Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, who was recalled from the Vatican Embassy in Washington in August, was arrested by the Vatican police on Saturday.

Nothing stays hidden.

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Health

Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

By BENEDICT CAREY and ROBERT GEBELOFF | Apr 7th 2018

Long-term use of the medications is surging in the United States, according to an analysis by The Times. One reason: withdrawal symptoms that make it difficult to stop.

Drugs extract a price.

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Travel

In Verona, Pizza That Is All About the Crust

By SETH KUGEL | Apr 7th 2018

Saporè DownTown is an intriguingly experimental contemporary pizzeria that is easy to miss — but make sure you don’t.

Maltose goes to glucose.

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Technology

‘Big Brother’ in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances

By VINDU GOEL | Apr 7th 2018

The government requires its people to submit finger, eye and facial images. The ID is mandatory for many services, but opponents say it infringes privacy.

Illiteracy.