The pandemic in the United States, now more than a year old, is starting to hit some calendar milestones for a second time, including St. Patricks’ Day parades across the country. The sudden cancellation of the parades last year was one of the first big signs of how disruptive the pandemic would be to normal…
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Wine is hard to imagine without the alcohol. It’s integral to its texture, flavor, complexity and, of course, the buzz. Yet interest in alcohol-free wine has grown rapidly over the last couple of years. According to Nielsen data, retail sales of nonalcoholic wines in the United States shot upward during the year ending on Feb.…
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“Promise, Witness, Remembrance” — an exhibition opening April 7 at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Ky., in honor of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old medical worker killed by police there nearly a year ago — came together fast, yet in a manner “tempered by conversations,” said its curator Allison Glenn. These involved, centrally, Tamika Palmer,…
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CAIRO — There’s a TV commercial from the 1980s that some Egyptians remember well: Two women stand at a mirror, one with thick, dark curls, the other draped in sleek, glossy tresses. “My hair is curly,” says the first, pouting slightly as she struggles with a comb. “I would love to style it nicely for…
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Your apartment has long begun to resemble a junk dealer’s warehouse, but you do not have the courage to get rid of old stuff that has become unnecessary for a long time? We will tell you how to part with it painlessly. A warehouse of unnecessary things This is what our parents did, and we…
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About 3,700 years ago, a man and a woman were buried together in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Their tomb was an ovoid jar beneath the floor of a grand hall in an expansive hilltop complex known as La Almoloya, in what is now Murcia, Spain. It’s one of many archaeological sites associated with…
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Getty Images A look at Miss. Blue Ivy Carter’s best outfits (and moments) in the public eye over her nine year life. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Febuary 17, 2021 March 8, 2020 July 9, 2019 January 30, 2018 April 29, 2017 At the Wearable Art Gala with her Aunt Solange. February 19, 2017 Oct…
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About 300,000 people are expected to descend on Daytona Beach, Fla., this week for a large annual motorcycle rally called Bike Week that is taking place during a pandemic in a state with few restrictions to slow its spread. Excitement about the event has been tempered by pushback from some motorcycle enthusiasts in a Facebook…
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“I immediately took it off, and my skin was more red and irritated than ever before,” Ms. Puig said. After reviewing the ingredient list, she became convinced that the peppermint and citrus oils were the culprits. In January, Summer Fridays posted an apology to customers after receiving a slew of negative reviews that mentioned rashes…
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Ironically enough, in Simone Rocha’s early days showing at London Fashion Week, the most truly subversive thing you could do was go against the punk-influenced grain of the time. Back when the leather-and-chain-clad off-duty model ruled, Rocha presented a counter-narrative larded with lace, bows, pearls, and, yes, even the dreaded pink. A look from the…
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