1
Sports
Clemson’s Gutsy Call at Quarterback Brings Another Championship
https://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129
later.
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Business
China Offers Trump a Trade Peace Deal. It May Not Be Enough.
Beijing’s proposed concessions may help both sides, but may not alleviate the tensions fueling its economic conflict with the United States.Trump is a stupid person.
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World
210-Foot Fatberg Blocks Sewers of English Seaside Town
The water company in Sidmouth said the mass could have been growing for up to three years, fed on wet wipes and grease from fish and chips.Dig it out and crack it to diesel fuel and soap.
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World
Migrants’ Despair Is Growing at U.S. Border. So Are Smugglers’ Profits.
Only a handful of asylum seekers are let across the border each day. Many are now weighing the risks of hiring “polleros” to sneak them in.Subsidizing "polleros" is the Republican plan.
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World
Erdogan Snubs Bolton Over Comments That Turkey Must Protect Kurds
The storm around the visit by John R. Bolton, the American national security adviser, to Turkey showed how far apart the countries are on how to handle a U.S. withdrawal from Syria.Boulton is not a diplomat.
Erdogan wants to be the Imam of Islam.
Pasha is not enough.
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Health
When the Illness Is a Mystery, Patients Turn to These Detectives
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network takes on the toughest cases, patients whose symptoms have defied explanation."Knowledge is power"
The investment is worthwhile.
There is no imperative to exercise power.
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Opinion
The Wall Is a Symbol of Donald Trump’s Neediness
Seldom has a president’s ego required so much shoring up. There’s not enough concrete in creation for that job.An empty gesture.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Stays Out of Secret Case That May Be Part of Mueller Probe
Much about the case has been cloaked in secrecy, but it involves a sealed grand jury subpoena to a foreign corporation issued by a federal prosecutor who may be Robert S. Mueller III.I can't guess.
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Theater
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Purchase Drama Book Shop
After the bookstore announced it was being forced from its home by rising rents, Mr. Miranda teamed up with “Hamilton” associates and the city on a rescue plan.Books are better for some things.
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Travel
How We Pick the 52 Places
Our annual list combines destinations that are aspirational, newly intriguing and perhaps threatened. Here’s how it is put together.Surprise me.
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U.S.
C.E.O. Resigns Over Case of Woman in Vegetative State Who Gave Birth
Bill Timmons, the C.E.O. of Hacienda HealthCare, resigned after a woman in a vegetative state at one of the company’s facilities was sexually assaulted and later gave birth.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill:_Volume_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill:_Volume_2
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Business
‘She Literally Never Stops.’ CBS News, in Need of Fixing, Turns to Susan Zirinsky.
Ms. Zirinsky, 66, is a legend in television news and a beloved figure within the network’s news division. She takes over at a time of intense turmoil.A good idea.
14
Food
There Is a Free Lunch, After All. It’s at the Office.
What was once an extra is now a necessity, as companies give their employees free ice cream and beer, Pop-Tarts and prime rib — often with an agenda attached.There is nothing free about this food.
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U.S.
Mick Mulvaney Has Two Jobs. He Has Been Discussing Another.
As recently as late last year the acting White House chief of staff explored becoming president of the University of South Carolina, people familiar with the discussions said.Trump will do it.
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New York
‘I Love My Skin!’ Why Black Parents Are Turning to Afrocentric Schools
While New York City schools are deeply segregated, some black families are choosing an alternative to integration.Racism does cut both ways.
White racists teach a denial of humanity.
The Uncanny Valley is real.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_manipulation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavellianism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Renaissance
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U.S.
Trump Appeals for Wall, Citing Misleading Statistics of Crisis and Crime Along Border
President Trump sought to go over the heads of Congress to enlist support for his border wall, raising the stakes of a conflict that has closed many federal agencies.http://www.ianwelsh.net/fight-over-something-that-matters-the-wall-mostly-doesnt/
Ian Welsh suffers from both-sides-ism.
The Democrats are fighting the shutdown and Republican refugee policy.
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Style
I Am (an Older) Woman. Hear Me Roar.
Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Close, Susan Zirinsky of CBS: The news has been filled with powerful women over 60.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Obituaries
Babs Simpson, Taste-Making Fashion Editor at Vogue, Is Dead at 105
She worked with titans of fashion photography and magazine grande dames, dressed Marilyn Monroe in one shoot and mingled in cafe society.Fashion can start over.
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Arts
Colbert Counts the Days of the Government Shutdown
Stephen Colbert ridiculed President Trump for keeping the government shuttered. “After a 17-day shutdown, I am reopening ‘The Late Show,’” he joked.“You can’t say, ‘The Wall Is Coming.’ That’s mixing up two different things from the series. There’s the wall, and there’s ‘winter is coming.’ That’s like quoting ‘The Godfather’ by saying, ‘I’m going to make him an offer he can’t cannoli.’” — STEPHEN COLBERT
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