Little of that common wisdom encourages employers to embrace multigenerational workplaces. It’s unfair and I wish you had more recourse. I hope you find a great new employer that embraces all you bring to an organization. Middle School Never Really Ends A few years ago, a colleague whom I considered a friend, although not a…
DetailsA woman in Thailand lost part of her leg after it was caught in an airport walkway this week. The accident has gotten a lot of attention, but such injuries are extremely rare.
Maggie McCormick, office manager, 1985-1993: There were just so many moments at Paper when you knew the world was being changed. I saw one of LL Cool J’s first performances. Fenton Bailey, producer, former Paper columnist: The vibe was, “Hip-hop is a fad. It’ll come and go.” And that was not the attitude of Paper.…
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Maggie McCormick, office manager, 1985-1993: There were just so many moments at Paper when you knew the world was being changed. I saw one of LL Cool J’s first performances. Fenton Bailey, producer, former Paper columnist: The vibe was, “Hip-hop is a fad. It’ll come and go.” And that was not the attitude of Paper.…
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On a recent morning at the Louvre, Anya Firestone handed out bottles of Evian. “Because ‘the art of drinking’ begins with hydration,” she said. Ms. Firestone, 34, a museum guide-conférencière (tour guide) and art integration strategist, wore rhinestone earrings in the shape of olive martinis, pink Manolo Blahniks, the Mini Bar clutch by Charlotte Olympia…
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The day after Elon Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg on social media to “a cage match” this month, Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, received a text. It was from Mr. Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta. He asked Mr. White, who heads the world’s premier mixed martial arts competition, which is fought in cage-like…
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Incluso muerto, tus dientes son perfectos. Estoy junto a tu tumba abierta casi seis años después que me dejaste. El sepulturero está frente a mí, esperando. Lo acuso de haber retirado a propósito tus huesos sin esperar a que yo estuviera aquí, porque no veo más que tierra en la fosa. Eftyhios me responde: “No,…
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In its second season, the hit FX show “The Bear” ventures into the world of fine dining. As the scrappy Chicago restaurant crashes toward a reopening, two of the employees leave to apprentice at top restaurants in Chicago and Copenhagen. They wake up early and stay late. One polishes forks for hours, the other practices the same…
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Three decades have passed since Billy Joel released his hit single “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” a song that chronicled cultural and historical events from 1949 to 1989. Its rapid-fire lyrics took listeners through a time machine, with references to figures such as Harry Truman and Marilyn Monroe and events such as the Korean War…
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For more than a year, since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, pregnant women have faced a radically altered landscape of challenges and choices as the number of abortion providers dropped to zero in more than a dozen states. But the precise impact of the decision has been difficult for researchers to…
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