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Smarter Living

3 Gadgets You Didn’t Know You Needed, but Are Worth Buying

By ANN-MARIE ALCÁNTARA | Apr 24th 2018

If you don’t have one of these — or you’ve waited until the options were good enough before investing, now’s the time to buy.

Not yet.

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Real Estate

The House They Weren’t Going to Buy

By TIM McKEOUGH | Apr 24th 2018

For a pair of designers in Brooklyn, getting a place in East Hampton just before the birth of their son was out of the question. They did it anyway.

Post processing destroys any sense of the space.

White is a temporary condition.

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Crosswords & Games

A Quote Disproved

By DEB AMLEN | Apr 24th 2018

Peter Gordon takes on a metaphysical poet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Mizrahi

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=ISAAC+Mizrahi&chips=q:isaac+mizrahi,online_chips:fashion&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCws3yvNXaAhULS6wKHWOhBI4Q4lYILCgE&biw=1920&bih=943&dpr=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devotions_upon_Emergent_Occasions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Sonnets

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Well

My Life-Threatening Bout With E. Coli Food Poisoning

By MAGGIE MENDITTO | Apr 24th 2018

Before my illness, I was a healthy 22-year-old. But, my doctors speculated, I must have eaten some leafy greens contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

A cautionary tale.

Living alone can kill.

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Well

Think Biking or Walking to Work Would Take Too Long? Think Again

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Apr 24th 2018

People often overestimate the time required to commute actively.

Think carefully.

Walking 3 mph
Biking   7 mph (without sweat)
Parking 0 mph
Rush hour traffic  ~3 mph in town

Cost of ownership   significant

Better use a spreadsheet.

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Science

Why It Seems Like Everyone Is Always Angry With You

Apr 24th 2018

It’s possible that they aren’t, it’s just that you have trouble reading neutral facial expressions because of your family experience, a new study suggests.

Sometimes everyone is angry.
Sometimes they are just less than happy.

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Style

How Bossip Makes a Headline

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH | Apr 24th 2018

The Atlanta-based gossip website boldly goes where some of its stodgier media siblings fear to tread. Here’s a lesson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakewalk

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Watching

Four Shows to Watch This Week

By MARGARET LYONS | Apr 23rd 2018

A finale and a few premieres — including the return of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Enjoy?

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Travel

How to Really Experience Paris

By SHIVANI VORA | Apr 24th 2018

The authors of a new book say that walking is the best way to discover everything the city has to offer — and have seven routes to recommend.

A city can only be seen on foot.

Subways have no views.

The distances get large.

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Magazine

Jimmy Carter Knows What North Korea Wants

By DAN AMIRA | Apr 24th 2018

The 39th president of the United States on international relations and life after cancer.

I could not trust Trump and his party.