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Fashion & Style

Drake’s Will Make You Want to Dress Up

By JON CARAMANICA | Aug 29th 2017

How very fey.

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Opinion

‘Donald Trump’s Unpresidential Sojourn at the White House’

Aug 28th 2017

Readers discuss Frank Bruni’s assertion that Mr. Trump, by abdicating his responsibilities so recklessly, has, in effect, already resigned.

Vice President Mike Pence, is likely to promote, with greater success, the agenda of his right-wing allies on the Hill.

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Opinion

Moderation Reflects Courage, or Cowardice

Aug 28th 2017

Readers discuss a column by David Brooks praising moderation and the ideas it embraces.

This is a new position for David Brooks.
He does not understand "facts".

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World

Stranded on Norwegian Island, Rowers End Their Arctic Mission

By MEGAN SPECIA | Aug 28th 2017

A team of international rowers set records on a journey to the Arctic ice shelf, but poor weather conditions set in on their way back to Norway.

Comfortably cast away.
A small wind charger would be worth the space.

5

Food

In Brooklyn, a Chance to Enjoy Factory-Fresh Ice Cream

By TEJAL RAO | Aug 28th 2017

If you wish.

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Movies

Venice Film Festival Opening Stars Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig

By NICOLAS RAPOLD | Aug 28th 2017

Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing” is among the most-anticipated films this year.

None of the above.

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Books

In This Beautiful Debut, a Boy Takes Flight in a Bleak World

By NATALIE SERBER | Aug 28th 2017

In Jesús Carrasco’s “Out in the Open,” a young boy tries to survive tormentors who are unrelentingly cruel.

Adventures in reading.

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Sports

U.S. Open Today: Matches to Watch

By DANIEL GENDLER | Aug 28th 2017

Maria Sharapova, Simona Halep, Venus Williams and Alexander Zverev are among the players in action on Monday, the first day of the United States Open.

https://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/standings.asp

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Watching

Why Is Jon Snow the Next in Line?

By JENNIFER VINEYARD | Aug 29th 2017

And could White Walkers have feelings, too?

Aegon Targaryen is legitimate and the surviving male of his generation.

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Times Insider

Why the Paywall Came Down for Hurricane Harvey

By REMY TUMIN | Aug 29th 2017

Because of public safety concerns, the editorial and business staff at The New York Times made coverage of the storm free to access.

My cynicism says free advertising.

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Business Day

The Amazon Effect: How Prices Dropped at Whole Foods

By KEVIN GRANVILLE | Aug 28th 2017

Amazon promised lower prices at Whole Foods starting Monday. We went shopping to see if prices really got cheaper.

Promise kept.

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Arts

Gwendoline Christie on ‘Game of Thrones’ and Brienne’s Love Triangles

By JENNIFER VINEYARD | Aug 28th 2017

Ms. Christie discusses the Season 7 finale, Brienne’s moral compass and her recent reunions.

Pay attention.

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U.S.

Moments of Hope and Inspiration Rise Above the Chaos of Harvey

By DANIEL VICTOR | Aug 28th 2017

In the face of the dire conditions wrought by Hurricane Harvey, moments of humanity, heroism and selflessness have been documented on social media.

Drama is almost as salable as sex.

Global warming is real.

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Fashion & Style

Allison Walsh, Christopher Ryan

Aug 27th 2017

The bride appears in “Anastasia” on Broadway, the groom is the bassist for the band Deer Tick.

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

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Real Estate

Shopping for Dressers

By TIM McKEOUGH | Aug 28th 2017

Dressers offer valuable storage space no matter where you put them.

They are situation dependent.

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World

In Canada, a Searing Debate Over Monuments to a Founder Who Was Also a Racist

By IAN AUSTEN | Aug 28th 2017

The broad use of the name and image of Canada’s first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, is being challenged because of his policies toward indigenous people.

Canada has been much more rational about native peoples than the U.S.
Ask the questions and move on to better policies.

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N.Y. / Region

No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes

By WINNIE HU | Aug 28th 2017

A generation of dockless bikes has promised to make riding more convenient but raises concerns in New York and elsewhere.

The City of New York has a contractual obligation to CitiBike.

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Fashion & Style

Liza Reynolds, Justin Merolla

Aug 27th 2017

The couple met on the first day of orientation at Columbia, just as the groom’s parents met on their first day of orientation at Harvard.

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

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Arts

Actor John Bradley From ‘Game of Thrones’ on Whether White Walkers Have Feelings, Too

By JENNIFER VINEYARD | Aug 28th 2017

Team Sam and Bran? The man behind Samwell Tarly talked about the beginning of what could be a beautiful friendship.

The novels will be different.

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N.Y. / Region

Jewish Community Mourns Couple Killed in House Fire

By SARAH MASLIN NIR | Aug 28th 2017

After a fire in Borough Park, Brooklyn, left a husband and wife dead, neighbors recalled the caring nature of the victims, who would often give gifts and volunteer their time.

Community.    It has a price.

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Travel

Five Secret Hotel Rooms You Now Know About (Don’t Pass It On)

By ALYSON KRUEGER | Aug 23rd 2017

At properties in Las Vegas, New York, Nashville and elsewhere are suites that are way under wraps. Some are hidden, and all of them have a story.

Secrets cease to be when advertised.

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Technology

Why Leasing a Smartphone May Be Better Than Buying One

By DAMON DARLIN | Aug 23rd 2017

Don’t want to spend $700 on the latest smartphone? Leasing one can keep you up-to-date on the newest phone models, with other benefits besides.

I am fighting the fashion business.
The latest fashion accessory has little appeal.

Phones and computers are tools.

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Magazine

How to Run With a Jogging Stroller

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Aug 24th 2017

How you run behind a stroller may determine how much physical benefit you actually experience.

We have been told again and again that the benefit of moderate exercise is cardiac fitness and apetite control.
The calories expended are not significant.

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Science

How Horses Got Their Hooves

By STEPH YIN | Aug 28th 2017

A new study suggests horses lost all but a single toe per foot as they evolved larger bodies and longer legs millions of years ago.

Hooves came before size.
Riding horses are relatively recent.
They were bred in central Asia where saddles and stirrups were invented.

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Crosswords & Games

Notable Declaration

By DEB AMLEN | Aug 27th 2017

Dan Margolis rides in on a ... well, you’ll see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0QATz8aEAc

Ok.

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Food

What to Cook This Week

By SAM SIFTON | Aug 27th 2017

Long-cooked wax beans, mustard-glazed pork, spicy shrimp salad: It’s going to be a good few days.

I cook.

7

Books

How I Rebuilt My Childhood Library, Book by Book

By J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN | Aug 24th 2017

A novelist and new mother recreates her book collection for the next generation.

It is a human readers rite of passage.
It only works on four year olds.
At about six they read to themselves.

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Opinion

We’re Journalists, Mr. Trump, Not the Enemy

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF | Aug 24th 2017

The president inexplicably finds it easier to condemn reporters than neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

Donald Trump is an American racist.

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Fashion & Style

Rachel Zabar, Scion of Saul, Eschews Lox for Vintage Couture

BROOKS BARNES | Aug 26th 2017

Outfitting A-listers and dealing to archivists, the latest entrant into a small but fiercely competitive industry got her start at the caviar counter.

"The rag trade" has been Jewish for a century in New York.

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Well

Safer Cars Help Keep Older Drivers on the Road

By JANE E. BRODY | Aug 28th 2017

Many features of new cars like lane guidance and backup cameras accommodate the needs of older drivers.

I am less intrepid than I have been.


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N.Y. / Region

Always Idlewild

By BRENDA STEINBERG | Aug 23rd 2017

Getting used to a new name.

That wild is no longer idle.
The signs all say Kennedy.

2

Real Estate

Homes for Sale in New York City

By STEFANOS CHEN | Aug 24th 2017

This week’s properties are condos in Hell’s Kitchen, the Gramercy area and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The decorators worked.

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Travel

Travel and Dogs: The Good, the Bad and the Itchy

By JUSTIN SABLICH | Aug 24th 2017

With National Dog Day on Saturday, Aug. 26, here are a few ways our canine friends (and enemies) put their paw prints on our travel plans.

I am dog tolerant.
A dog gets me to stop often enough.

4

Well

Mothers, Fathers and Obesity in Offspring

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Aug 24th 2017

Evidence that the mother’s weight alone determines her children’s future metabolic health is weak.

Ok,   Feeding, not maternal fat, produces fat children.

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Opinion

Cure Yourself of Tree Blindness

By GABRIEL POPKIN | Aug 26th 2017

Once you can identify a few species, you find yourself beginning to pay attention.

yes    

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

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Travel

In Belgium, Lessons in Edgy Design (and Italian)

By SETH SHERWOOD | Aug 26th 2017

A onetime art school that opened as a hotel in June 2016, JAM offers lessons in industrial design, foreign cultures, Brussels geography and economics.

Yes.        Give up industry, give up design.

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World

Founder of Australia’s Sex Party Rebrands It the Reason Party

By JACQUELINE WILLIAMS | Aug 24th 2017

Fiona Patten is an unconventional politician with a background in the sex industry. Now she is trying to gain more followers by going mainstream.

It can work in a parliamentary system.

In a working representative system the parties are coalitions.  I believe Reason is to be found among Democrats.

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U.S.

Pregnant and Far from Home, a Sisterhood of the Expecting

By KIRK JOHNSON | Aug 24th 2017

At a prematernal home operated by a hospital in Alaska, caregivers try to avert the dangers of childbirth in a state whose medical resources are far-flung.

The doctor cannot come to the patient.
The patient must come to the doctor.

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Crosswords & Games

Thick as Thieves

By DEB AMLEN | Aug 26th 2017

Peter Wentz lets us in on a secret.

"19A: Here’s another example of an entry looking for a prefix. “Introduction to science?” sounds like a class you might take, but today it’s asking you for a prefix for the word “science.” The answer here is OMNI."

No, but I try.

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Travel

Joyce Maynard: On Love, Motorcycles and the Art of Being a Passenger

By JOYCE MAYNARD | Aug 23rd 2017

One summer, the novelist and the man who would become her husband embarked on an unlikely journey through the heart of New England.

We could do that.
Six and a half years is less than I hope for.


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Food

Pork That’s Fast on the Grill, and Flavorful Too

By MELISSA CLARK | Aug 25th 2017

This butterflied pork loin, flavored with plenty of garlic, cumin and herbs, cooks quickly and feeds a crowd.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018900-grilled-pork-loin-with-herbs-cumin-and-garlic

Tell me when.

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U.S.

A Reporter’s Tale in Houston: When a Story Becomes Your Own Disaster

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Aug 27th 2017

When a quiet Houston-area neighborhood turns into a raging river, the lines between reporter and disaster victim completely blur.

Your skills are needed.

3

Well

Oral Contraceptives Tied to Lower Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Aug 23rd 2017

Women who took oral contraceptives were less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis.

Another piece of information.

4

The Learning Network

Word + Quiz: castigation

By THE LEARNING NETWORK | Aug 25th 2017

This word has appeared in two articles on nytimes.com in the past year.

yes.

Donald Trump deserves castigation.

5

Opinion

Plea to Obama: Speak Up!

Aug 25th 2017

A reader endorses an Op-Ed writer’s call for the former president to offer solace and words of unity.

Mr. Trump is upsetting and a racist.

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U.S.

Different Day, Different Audience, and a Completely Different Trump

By MARK LANDLER | Aug 23rd 2017

President Trump’s speech on Wednesday in Reno, Nev., was a day-and-night contrast to his performance on Tuesday in Phoenix, where he ignored his prepared remarks.

We know Donald Trump can read.
I wish he would read his instructions.

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Food

Dumbo Stakes Its Claim as a Dining Destination

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Aug 23rd 2017

Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill from Miami and Las Vegas, Celestine from a team of experienced restaurateurs, and a brewpub from the group behind Randolph Beer are all opening in the area.

"Not again"

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Style

One ‘Last Look’ at a Changing Street in Panama City

By ROSE MARIE CROMWELL, KERRI MacDONALD and EVE LYONS | Aug 26th 2017

Rose Marie Cromwell, who has lived in Panama, returned to photograph life on Avenida Central, a busy street near the city's old town.

The color is saturated.

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Real Estate

A Queens Apartment With Room for 18 Guitars

By JOYCE COHEN | Aug 24th 2017

Ivan Bodley, a bass player, and Julie McBride, a pianist and music director, went looking for a home in Queens.

I continue to not like city living.

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Opinion

Brain Injury and the Civil Right We Don’t Think About

By JOSEPH J. FINS | Aug 24th 2017

Minimally conscious patients suffer a segregation we would not permit for any other group of people.

The minimally conscious state is a horror
I would like to avoid.
At the moment I hope I would be allowed to die.
I might feel differently if I were trapped in an unresponsive body.

How much should we torture people for our guilt?

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U.S.

Trump’s Morning Targets: McConnell, Ryan, Obama and the Media

By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Aug 24th 2017

Another lie.

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Opinion

The President Turns On His Own

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug 24th 2017

The very Republican leaders in Congress whom Mr. Trump will need to pass legislation are the focus of much of his ire.

Impeachment is more possible.

3

Today’s Paper

Quotation of the Day: Trump’s Feuding With McConnell Becomes Hostile

Aug 23rd 2017 

Standby.

4

Food

A Smoky Lobster Salad With a Tapa Twist

By DAVID TANIS | Aug 25th 2017

I can make this dish.

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Opinion

Cure Yourself of Tree Blindness

By GABRIEL POPKIN | Aug 26th 2017

Once you can identify a few species, you find yourself beginning to pay attention.

Yes

6

Health

Hunting a Killer: Sex, Drugs and the Return of Syphilis

By JAN HOFFMAN | Aug 24th 2017

Outbreaks of a deadly, sexually transmitted disease confound health officials, whose obstacles include drug shortages, uneducated doctors and gangs.

Sex education has failed.

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U.S.

Right and Left on the Fractures in the Republican Party

By JUSTIN BANK | Aug 25th 2017

Writers from across the political spectrum take on President Trump’s increasingly contentious relationship with his own party’s congressional leaders.

Encourage those fractures.

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Style

When’s the Wedding? It Already Happened (Shh).

By PHILIP GALANES | Aug 24th 2017

And: Longtime couple friends disappear without explanation after a spouse dies; letting the bugs in; keeping baby photos off social media.

Talk to your senator's office about immigration problems.

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Food

Afghan Delights, Delicate and Rugged, at Sami’s Kabab House in Queens

By LIGAYA MISHAN | Aug 24th 2017

As convienient.

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Opinion

Behold Our ‘Child King’

By PETER WEHNER | Aug 26th 2017

Republicans need to start thinking of themselves as a shadow government.

Impeachment is more probable.

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