Thursday, May 3, 2018

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U.S.

White House Said to Be Mulling Further Action to Curb Chinese Telecoms

By ANA SWANSON and CECILIA KANG | May 2nd 2018
An executive order is being considered to raise the barrier for sales of equipment in the United States by companies like Huawei and ZTE, people briefed on the discussions said.
Style

Meghan Markle, Future Princess? Not on This Instagram Account

By STEVEN KURUTZ | May 2nd 2018
Through his clever, snarky use of royal family photos, the TV writer Gary Janetti has created a drama starring 4-year-old Prince George.
Opinion

The Summer of ’78

May 2nd 2018
A reader writes that the photographs are a reminder of what we have lost.
Opinion

Israel and Iran

May 2nd 2018
A reader says Iran’s “past behavior does inform us about likely future behavior.”
World

Furor Over an American Teen’s Prom Dress Puzzles Chinese

By AMY QIN | May 2nd 2018
After a Utah high school student wore a Chinese-style cheongsam, Asian-Americans’ reactions were blistering. But that perplexed many on the other side of the world.
Fashion & Style

Romancing the Stone

By KAREN STABINER | May 2nd 2018
Grandmother’s ring is perfectly imperfect and it will most certainly be my daughter’s. But first, a small betrayal.
Style

Where Is Design Going?

By JULIE LASKY | May 2nd 2018
A gazillion objects were introduced at last month’s design fair in Milan. Here are a dozen or so that stood out.
Style

All We Want to Do Is Eat Junk and Watch Each Other Play Fortnite

By NELLIE BOWLES | May 2nd 2018
Gamers are the new stars. Esports arenas are the new movie theaters.
Real Estate

$375,000 Homes in West Virginia, Minnesota and Connecticut

By JULIE LASKY | May 2nd 2018
A 1770 house in Middleway, a Spanish-Tudor revival home in Minneapolis and a Cape Cod in Sharon.
Food

Cook Without Recipes

By SAM SIFTON | May 2nd 2018
Let your imagination soar with a batch of mac and cheese loaded with ground beef or pork, or riff on shallow-fried chicken thighs.







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World

What is Telegram, and Why Are Iran and Russia Trying to Ban It?

By PALKO KARASZ | May 2nd 2018
The app, which promises that messages will be kept secure from official scrutiny, is facing bans in Russia and Iran. Here are some of the reasons.

People are talking.  Governments can't listen.
Revolution makes authoritarian governments nervous.

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Magazine

‘There Were Really No Other Women at All’

By KELLY KENNEDY | May 2nd 2018
Women speak out about what it was like to be among the first female fighter pilots in the military.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looting
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rapine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabines

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Well

Even a Little Exercise Might Make Us Happier

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | May 2nd 2018
People who work out even once a week or for as little as 10 minutes a day tend to be more cheerful than those who never exercise.

Yes.

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Fashion & Style

What to Wear to the Met Gala? Maybe Falguni Shane Peacock

By SHEILA MARIKAR | May 2nd 2018
Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna and Beyoncé are all clients of this tradition-upending Indian design duo.

Sooner is better.

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Food

French Cafe Food, Not So New but Very Much Improved

By PETE WELLS | May 1st 2018

As convenient.

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Real Estate

Northport, N.Y.: Old-Time Charm in a Waterfront Village

By MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER | May 2nd 2018

Get the real thing.

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Style

The Hostess With the Mostess at the Odeon

By STEVEN KURUTZ | May 1st 2018
Movies

An Unlikely Sex Symbol, Poised for a Breakthrough

By THOMAS ROGERS | May 2nd 2018
A childhood operation left Franz Rogowski with a speech impediment, and his clown school asked him to leave. Now, he’s one of Germany’s most admired leading men.
Well

Love Your Cancer Doctor? Get a Second Opinion

By ELIZABETH S. BENNETT | May 2nd 2018
Doctor 1’s proposed path seemed cleaner, easier. Doctor 2’s was a nightmare. What to do?

Get a diagnosis and check it throughly.
N.Y. / Region

Veterinarian Charged With Smuggling Heroin Inside Puppies

By AL BAKER and SEAN PICCOLI | May 1st 2018
More than 12 years after the dogs were found, Andres Lopez Elorez was arraigned on federal charges of conspiring to import and distribute narcotics.

Junk news.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

@20:45, 5/1/18

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Well

Adopt 5 Healthy Habits, Live 12 to 14 Years Longer

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | May 1st 2018
A healthy diet, not smoking, regular physical activity, moderate alcohol consumption and normal weight were tied to a longer life span.

It has been a couple of decades since age fifty.

I am following these rules.

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Style

I Have a Real-Life Wicked Stepmother. How Do I Handle Her?

By CHERYL STRAYED and STEVE ALMOND | May 1st 2018
A young woman wants to model healthy relationships for her half brother, but she can hardly stand his mother.

The step relationship is not a choice.

It comes from other's choices.


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Fashion & Style

A Carefree Life With a Few Bumps Along the Way

By ALIX STRAUSS | May 1st 2018
The decade-long marriage of Laura Bird and Gareth Hall, who were born and raised in South Africa, thrives on adventure.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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Business Day

Amazon, Not Waiting for HQ2, Announces Projects in Boston and Vancouver

By TIFFANY HSU | May 1st 2018
The e-commerce giant, while mulling 20 finalists for its second headquarters, has kept up a “blistering” pace of expansion for technology jobs and fulfillment centers.

Amazon is a large retailer.

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T Magazine

How to Cleanse for Spring, the French Way

By MERRELL HAMBLETON | May 1st 2018
Isabella Capece Galeota, of Paris’s vegan and gluten-free Café Maisie, recommends juices for the changing season.

The concept is in error.
It is all in the mind.

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Style

The Hostess With the Mostess at the Odeon

By STEVEN KURUTZ | May 1st 2018
Is Roya Shanks what gives this classic downtown restaurant its special oomph?

The front of the house is the public face.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeon_(building)

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Food

French Cafe Food, Not So New but Very Much Improved

By PETE WELLS | May 1st 2018
At La Mercerie in SoHo, the chef Marie-Aude Rose makes simple classics with every detail in place.

There is something there.

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N.Y. / Region

Veterinarian Charged With Smuggling Heroin Inside Puppies

By AL BAKER and SEAN PICCOLI | May 1st 2018
More than 12 years after the dogs were found, Andres Lopez Elorez was arraigned on federal charges of conspiring to import and distribute narcotics.

An ugly story.

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Food

Is This Artichoke Kosher? Rome Defends a Classic Jewish Dish

By JASON HOROWITZ | May 1st 2018
Since an Israeli rabbi put the kibosh on Jewish-style fried artichokes, Italian Jews have mounted a fierce defense of their beloved treat.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016229-fried-artichokes
A silly  fight.

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Opinion

The Truth Is Coming for Trump

By DAVID LEONHARDT | May 1st 2018
Robert Mueller seems to know the president’s game: He lies, and he obstructs.

Early days.

I can hope.

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Business Day

‘We’re in the Money’: Sainsbury’s Chief Sings Himself Into Trouble

By MARK A. WALSH | May 1st 2018
The head of the British supermarket chain has had to apologize for “an unguarded moment” before a TV interview about a merger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw

Just swell.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swell
Etymology 2

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Real Estate

Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions

By ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY | May 1st 2018
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.

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Business Day

New York Times Metro Editor Resigns, Citing ‘Mistakes’

By TIFFANY HSU | Apr 30th 2018
Wendell Jamieson, who had led The New York Times’s metro section for five years, issued an apology before leaving the paper. But the reason for his departure was not disclosed.

https://nypost.com/2018/04/30/new-york-times-metro-editor-resigns-after-investigation/

Rupert Murdoch does not love the Times.

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Style

How to Wear Spring’s Most Inventive New Makeup

By BEE SHAPIRO | Apr 30th 2018
A primer on some of the freshest products and how to use them.

Wear it on film.

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Arts

French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Fake

By ELIAN PELTIER and ANNA CODREA-RADO | Apr 30th 2018
The Terrus museum in the South of France collected what curators thought were the works of a local painter. But many of them are counterfeits.

The curator was not competent or corrupt.

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Food

Grinding Out the Details of a Good Cup of Coffee

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Apr 30th 2018
“Coffee Isn’t Rocket Science,” an illustrated book by Sébastien Racineux and Chung-Leng Tran, is a thorough brew.

Overkill.  

I will not do without.  I like it.

Good is enough.

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N.Y. / Region

New York Today: Why Do New Yorkers Wear Black?

By JONATHAN WOLFE | May 1st 2018
Tuesday: The unofficial uniform of the city, a May Day Beltaine celebration, and Governors Island opens.

It does not show the dirt.
It stays wearable from season to season.

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Food

Founder of Jacob’s Pickles Goes After the Dumpling Crowd

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Apr 30th 2018
Jacob Hadjigeorgis has a new store, Lucky Pickle Dumpling Co.

As convenient.

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Food

What to Cook Right Now

By SAM SIFTON | Apr 30th 2018
Tonight, make David Tanis’s recipe for asparagus frittata, salmon burgers, or beef and broccoli.

I am overloaded.

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Travel

Where Giada De Laurentiis Loves to Go in Italy

By KATHRYN O’SHEA-EVANS | May 1st 2018
The Food Network host and cookbook author recommends pizza bianca in Rome, gelato in Florence and pasta near Naples.

Good luck to her.

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Business Day

New York Times Metro Editor Resigns, Citing ‘Mistakes’

By TIFFANY HSU | Apr 30th 2018

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Style

How to Wear Spring’s Most Inventive New Makeup

By BEE SHAPIRO | Apr 30th 2018

paint

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Arts

French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Fake

By ELIAN PELTIER and ANNA CODREA-RADO | Apr 30th 2018

I hope it is corruption.

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Food

Grinding Out the Details of a Good Cup of Coffee

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Apr 30th 2018

Pay attention to the coffee.

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N.Y. / Region

New York Today: Why Do New Yorkers Wear Black?

By JONATHAN WOLFE | May 1st 2018 

It saves thought.

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Travel

Where Giada De Laurentiis Loves to Go in Italy

By KATHRYN O’SHEA-EVANS | May 1st 2018

Fashionable.

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Food

What to Cook Right Now

By SAM SIFTON | Apr 30th 2018 

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Founder of Jacob’s Pickles Goes After the Dumpling Crowd

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Apr 30th 2018

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Style

Bright Lights, Big Sofas

By PENELOPE GREEN | Apr 30th 2018
The reactionary and radical ’80s are being celebrated at an Upper East Side institution, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House.

A toy house.

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Food

Sullivan Street Bakery Gets a Makeover

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Apr 30th 2018
Jim Lahey has added a cafe to his wholesale bakery in Hell’s Kitchen.

As convenient.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

@9:00, 4/30/18

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Style

A Book of Emails Women Love to Hate

By JESSICA M. GOLDSTEIN | Apr 30th 2018
“Hey Ladies” charts a year of correspondence between eight women as they plan for a wedding, and everything a wedding requires.

Not my department.
Do what works.

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Books

The First Lady of the Confederacy Considers Her Painful Past

By BRENDA WINEAPPLE | Apr 30th 2018
In Charles Frazier’s novel “Varina,” a late-life meeting with a former slave triggers painful memories for the much younger wife of Jefferson Davis.

The book asks the wrong questions and supplies wrong answers.

She felt little through the opium fog.   

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Smarter Living

How Your Brain Can Trick You Into Trusting People

By TIM HERRERA | Apr 30th 2018
Knowing that you have hidden biases is the first step to getting around them.

Talk before you act.

Contracts begin with discussions.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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Real Estate

When the Downstairs Neighbors Become Best Friends

By KIM VELSEY | Apr 30th 2018
Sharing the downstairs washing machine and the upstairs coffee maker brings eight strangers together in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

A very unstable mess.

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Food

What to Cook This Week

By SAM SIFTON | Apr 29th 2018
Line up your meals for the days ahead, starting with ginger-scallion chicken, roasted chicken thighs or stir-fried beef and sugar snap peas.

I may not get to cook tonight. 

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Crosswords & Games

And Underwear for All

By DEB AMLEN | Apr 29th 2018
Bruce Haight folds his laundry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BttXQJ_gDnc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3-PmML699E

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Opinion

A Woman’s Beauty: Who Gets to Decide?

Apr 29th 2018
Readers applaud a new film that addresses the issue of women and their physical appearance.

I have spent many years with the history of art.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
Is a true statement.

The gay men tend to like boys.
They design for their boys.

Thus the androgynous standard of beauty.

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U.S.

They Survived a Massacre. Then the Lawyers Started Calling.

By JACK HEALY | Apr 30th 2018
“We’ve all gotten a thousand phone calls from lawyers,” said one Las Vegas shooting survivor.

It is called "ambulance chasing".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulance_chasing

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N.Y. / Region

The Sheldon Silver Trial: Take Two

By BENJAMIN WEISER | Apr 29th 2018
The former New York Assembly speaker’s retrial on federal corruption charges will begin on Monday, after his previous conviction was overturned.

Sheldon Silver did corrupt acts.

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Well

On Being an Orphan, Frequently

By PERRI KLASS, M.D. | Apr 30th 2018
There are mornings I wake up and think, as the world and the day come into focus, that I no longer have a parent living.

The repair of minds is a problem I find hard to define.

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