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World

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Reported Hospitalized

By REUTERS | May 21st 2018

Palestinian officials and doctors gave conflicting accounts of the condition of Mr. Abbas, who is 82.

I doubt he is being assassinated.
Gaza is the rouble spot.
Concentration camps need internal guards.
Israel knows and knows that would be a worse disaster.

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World

Ireland, Enthusiastic About Gay Rights, Frets Over Abortion

By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA | May 21st 2018

While the once-profound influence of the Catholic Church has faded, abortion is an exception, leaving the results of the coming referendum unpredictable.

It is a woman's right to choose.

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Arts

‘Billions’ Season 3, Episode 9: Bear Market

By SEAN T. COLLINS | May 21st 2018

Their focus off each other, Bobby and Chuck enter into new high-stakes rivalries — this time with fish significantly bigger than themselves.

Reality is exciting enough.
Banking should be boring.

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Obituaries

Billy Cannon, Football Hero With a Troubled Life, Dies at 80

By FRANK LITSKY | May 21st 2018

He won the 1959 Heisman Trophy and played professionally for 11 years. Then his involvement in a counterfeiting operation landed him in prison.

Possibly it was C.T.E.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

The presentation is not correct.

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Fashion & Style

Fashion’s Woman Problem

By VANESSA FRIEDMAN | May 20th 2018

Why is it that an industry aimed at women and buoyed by female dollars is still run mostly by men? A new study tries to find out.

Blame the schools.
Teach women business administration. 

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Watching

‘Westworld’ Season 2: Seven Big Things We Still Don’t Know at Midseason

By SCOTT TOBIAS | May 21st 2018

Just when the dots were starting to connect, Season 2 introduced a whole new batch of mysteries. Here’s what we hope gets answered.

I want a hard science fiction story rather than a fantasy.

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U.S.

Man Intentionally Plowed Vehicle Into a Restaurant, Killing His Daughter, Police Say

By MATT STEVENS and JACEY FORTIN | May 21st 2018

The crash in North Carolina killed two people, including the daughter, who was a sheriff’s deputy, the police said. Several others were injured.

A vehicle is a blunt instrument for murder.  
We will be told more.

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Opinion

Thanks, Meghan Markle, We Needed That

By MARA GAY | May 20th 2018

Pride in the name of love.

OK

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U.S.

Cougar Attacks Two Bicyclists in Washington State, Killing One

By MATT STEVENS | May 20th 2018

When two friends got off their bikes and made noise, it scared off the cougar that was chasing them, but it returned and dragged one of them into the woods.

Get on your bicycle and ride.

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Food

What to Cook This Week

By SAM SIFTON | May 20th 2018

Make a great new recipe for a simple fish fry from Archana Pidathala, and maybe knock out a black-bean soup for the days ahead.

Fine by me.

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