Give Prince Harry and Meghan Markle credit: The monarchs of Montecito, Calif., managed to come up with a name — Lilibet — for their new baby daughter that is so distinctive that it is all but unheard-of outside of Buckingham Palace or “The Crown.” (For the uninitiated, Lilibet is a royal family nickname for the…
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Ms. Morin’s own entrepreneurial journey started at 25, when she quit her product marketing job at Google to start Brit + Co. She also hosted a podcast called“Teach Me Something New” and helped found Offline Ventures, a seed fund that invests in early stage technology companies. Enrollment in Brit + Co’s classes spiked after Ms.…
DetailsIMAGE: A) Axial CT images through the mouse lungs at 7 and 14 days after intratracheal administration of bleomycin or saline (as a control), demonstrating increased lung fibrosis in the bleomycin… view more Credit: Image created by CA Ferreira et al., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Reston, VA (Embargoed until 4:30 p.m. EDT, Saturday, June 12,…
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Celebrity Cruises, set to be the first U.S. cruise ship to restart operations on June 26 from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said it’s optimistic that a resolution would be reached in time. It is requiring that guests 16 years and older be vaccinated, while children will be tested at the terminal. Carnival Cruises said on Monday…
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Christian VierigGetty Images The Luxury Stores at Amazon—its impeccably curated, ultra-luxe area with a rotating edit of established and emerging designers—surprised us with a sale earlier this week. The mix includes some labels that you rarely see marked down (like Mark Cross and La Perla), playful picks that would slot perfectly into this summer’s party…
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I anticipate, sadly, attending funerals — older family members, very close relatives and friends — in the coming warm-weather months and, most probably, into the fall and winter, Covid-related and not. Can you advise what to wear? I need to be prepared. — Edith, New York. N.Y. This is indeed a sad situation but one…
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The pandemic made dating a lot more complicated for many, but it didn’t stop Joy Morrow-Nulton and John Shults Jr. from falling in love, getting engaged and tying the knot. The couple, both 95, met through Ms. Morrow-Nulton’s son in May 2019 and began a courtship that included frequent lunch dates, mostly in their homes.…
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If you’re looking for a sign of the End Times, here’s one: Las Vegas, the city where seemingly anything and everything is condoned, has made grass — the ornamental kind — illegal. Much of the West is experiencing the worst drought in decades, a “megadrought” that has kindled early wildfires and severe water shortages —…
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Okra is a kind of culinary education bound in sturdy, ridged pods. When prepared with the right techniques, okra can take on crispy, silky and stretchy textures few ingredients can replicate. Learning how to approach okra in creative ways — taking cues from its uses in the cuisines of Africa, Central and South America, Asia,…
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