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As plague swept through Europe in the mid-1300s, wiping out more than a third of the region’s population, a glacier in the Alps was recording the upheaval of medieval society. While tens of millions of people were dying, pollen from the plants, trees and crops growing in Western Europe were being swept up by the…
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Cindy Su Pan and Colin Alexander Sullivan were married Sept. 15 at Academy Mansion, an events space in New York. Kevin T. Sullivan, a brother of the groom who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The couple met at Columbia, from which they graduated, the groom cum laude. The bride, who is…
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Getty ImagesJames Devaney Possible newlyweds Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin stepped out for some Starbucks last night in New York, and well, you couldn’t miss them. Justin, whose fashion choices have become a spectacle this year, dared to wear his most colorful outfit yet: a technicolor tracksuit. Getty ImagesJames Devaney Advertisement — Continue Reading Below…
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