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New York
At Lord & Taylor, Everything Must Go. A Daughter’s Guilt Will Remain.
Her mother wrote a letter about plaques at the Fifth Avenue store that honored workers who had served in the military. She never sent it. So, where will the plaques go?All New York buildings are temporary.
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U.S.
Too Old to Be a Freshman in Congress? Donna Shalala Doesn’t Care
The freshman class of representatives is historically young and diverse. It also includes Ms. Shalala, a former Clinton administration official who at 77 will be one of the oldest true freshmen.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams#Later_congressional_career_%281830%E2%80%931848%29
She has him beat in years.
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New York
A Closed Brooklyn Bridge and 40,000 Pounds of Deli Meat: New York Is That Crowded
An influx of tourists is synonymous with New York’s holiday season. But this weekend, some of the city’s institutions seemed to hit their tipping points.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_River#Crossings
Take the Manhattan Bridge avoid the Ed Kotch. The north side trolley way is a bicycle path. I don't know where the ends are.
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U.S.
Kelly, on His Way Out, Says Administration Long Ago Abandoned Idea of Concrete Wall
The outgoing White House chief of staff’s comments come as a partial government shutdown caused by a fight over a border barrier drags into a second week.I would object to a bead curtain.
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U.S.
Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: ‘Just Deal’
Ms. Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, says America is not the golden land she learned about as a Somali refugee. “I wasn’t comfortable with that hypocrisy.”One Revelation is as good as another.
I expect she will do a good job.
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Food
Our Critic Wants You to Try These Supermarket Wines
They sell millions of bottles every year. How do these mass-produced bottles differ from small-production wines, if at all?I like wine.
I don't dare open a bottle by myself.
I will drink it at a sitting and be drunk.
I don't like myself drunk.
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U.S.
Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown
The president has repeatedly called allies, reassuring them that he will not yield on his wall demands. But he has not reached out to Democrats, whose votes he needs for a deal.Donald Trump is not listening.
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World
‘Exhibit A’: How McKinsey Got Entangled in a Bribery Case
The consultancy’s report became key evidence in a battle over the extradition of a powerful Ukrainian oligarch charged in a scheme to help Boeing.The Austrian judge has properly decided the prosecution is political.
It is an attempt to manipulate Ukrainian politics through the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act
The evidence may be hearsay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearsay
McKinsey will have to back the report.
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U.S.
Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say
The man stopped at a restaurant restroom for 30 minutes before emerging wearing a surgical face mask and gripping a loaded handgun, witnesses and the police said.A grand jury is appropriate. There may be no crime.
It is Texas.
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New York
Epic New Year’s Eve Photos: Vintage Fashion and Ecstatic Crowds
Why is Times Square on New Year’s Eve such a destination? As one New Yorker who actually went once discovered, you just have to experience it to understand it.The numbers did change.
11
Well
4 Ways to Be Happier in 2019
Small changes in our behavior, our surroundings and our relationships can help set us on course for a happier life.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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U.S.
In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic
The Democratic sweep in Orange County is the latest sign of a huge political and cultural shift in a former Republican stronghold.Population change will do that.
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Business
‘Help, My Boss Has Breasts!’
How can we continue to let women into offices while they insist on occupying human bodies?Yes; Solipsism is uncomfortable.
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World
C.I.A.’s Afghan Forces Leave a Trail of Abuse and Anger
The fighters hold the line in the war’s toughest spots, but officials say their brutal tactics are terrorizing the public and undermining the U.S. mission.Eventually the C.I.A. cowboys section goes home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
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New York
N.Y.’s New Attorney General Is Targeting Trump. Will Judges See a ‘Political Vendetta?’
Letitia James has been unusually forthright in her desire to use her office to pursue President Trump and his family.There should be no surprise in her Trump hunt.
It is not new or undeserved.
She was elected state wide.
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New York
The Year That Bill de Blasio Became Donald Trump* and 9 Other Improbable Transformations
Sure there are some qualifiers to be made but here are 10 instances in which people and things went into turnaround in 2018, often not for the betterIf you wish . . .
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World
Frenchman, 71, Aims to Cross the Atlantic in a Giant Barrel
Jean-Jacques Savin set off from the Canary Islands this week for the Caribbean, propelled only by currents and winds, in an orange capsule he built himself.The French are all mad.
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Style
Famous Photographs of Fabulous People
The best photos of 2018 that captured fame, fortune, fashion, fantasy and garbage fires.I am reading compositions.
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Business
The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn
Mr. Ghosn, the ousted Nissan executive, wasn’t supposed to succeed in Japan, but he never expected to fail like this. He faces charges of financial wrongdoing at the company he helped save.Nissan is feeling better.
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U.S.
No More Bread and Water: U.S. Navy Scraps an Age-Old Penalty
A law taking effect Jan. 1 that updates many facets of military justice will put an end to a disciplinary practice left over from the era of sailing ships.No loss.
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