There are few moments of political theater as grand as a state dinner, essentially a pantomime of diplomacy and national pride from the set to the staging to the scripts — and the costumes. In that drama, the first lady is cast as both hostess and symbol, her dress a part of the decorative storytelling…
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At 87, Pat Seftel has a thought to share about almost everything. On Tinder: “If you want to meet somebody for a real relationship, that’s not the way to do it.” On artificial intelligence: “It could get out of control.” On climate change: “This is destroying our planet.” For more than 10 years, Ms. Seftel…
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Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent, is headed for another scorching summer, meteorologists warn. And travelers, once again, are heading to the hot spots. Last year, large parts of southern Europe experienced prolonged periods of extreme heat with temperatures reaching 118 degrees and lasting up to two weeks or more. The sweltering conditions upended vacations throughout…
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The Southern California restaurateur Kwini Reed has spent years tying herself — and her business model — in knots trying to meet the competing needs of her customers and her staff. Sometimes it seems like everything from state law to inflation is conspiring to force her to charge $35 for a hamburger, which Ms. Reed…
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Just a few months after the pandemic sent Americans indoors, Mia Graber received a lidded nonstick skillet the color of spruce pine needles, complete with a steamer basket and a wooden spatula on the handle, as a gift from her husband. “I was immediately like, ‘Oh, this is the pan I had been seeing all…
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A fines del año pasado, Zackary Smigel, un creador de contenidos en YouTube, hizo un video titulado “¿Por qué YouTube es así?”. Se refería a que la plataforma estaba repleta de videos con títulos sensacionalistas, contenidos muy editados e imágenes en miniatura muy llamativas, a menudo con la cara emotiva de una persona. Una manera…
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My divorce, though comparatively gentle and humane, still left me shattered, bone-tired and distrustful. Throughout our 12-year marriage, I felt like I had been playing the role of a high-society Hollywood wife and mother, and I no longer knew who I really was. The combination of a domineering stepfather (who was overly concerned with propriety)…
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