Those factors can add up in interesting ways: Many of the cheapest products tend to be manufactured in regions of India and China where they are inexpensive to produce, but the concentration of facilities creates an extra layer of vulnerability to problems such as natural disasters or political unrest. Ms. Raghavendran said efforts to diversify…
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Discussions of recent vintages often center on the challenges posed by the climate crisis. Wine has been a leading indicator of how the world is changing, whether you measure by intense heat, drought or once-rare disasters that now seem to occur regularly, like spring frosts, summer hail and forest fires. This plunge into a new…
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KlevanG Everything Harry Styles wears becomes news fodder. Whether he’s rocking a dress or a Halloween costume, his fearless sartorial statements only make him more lovable in the eyes of his ever-growing fan base. You could argue his style is what he’s become known for in recent years—pre-Don’t Worry Darling press tour, at least—but OG…
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It was March 1827 and Ludwig van Beethoven was dying. As he lay in bed, wracked with abdominal pain and jaundiced, grieving friends and acquaintances came to visit. And some asked a favor: Could they clip a lock of his hair for remembrance? The parade of mourners continued after Beethoven’s death at age 56, even…
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it seeks to break up the network that has long run the nation’s organ transplant system, as part of a broader modernization effort intended to shorten wait times and reduce the number of patients who die while waiting. More than 100,000 people in the United States…
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Hello all, New York Times Food reporter Julia Moskin here filling in for the vacationing Melissa Clark this week. (Next week will bring Tejal Rao to the dance floor, and then Melissa will be back.) Ramadan begins tonight in the United States, a holy month of fasting for Muslims that culminates with Eid al-Fitr on…
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Plus, any culture that has just produced “MILF Manor” is going through something Freudian. ‘You’re Working With People’s Fantasies’ In her 1981 book about psychoanalysis, “The Impossible Profession,” Janet Malcolm interviews a pseudonymous analyst. “The insights of psychoanalysis are never taken for granted from one generation to the next,” he says. “Each generation has to…
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I started dating a new guy two months ago. Things have been going very well. I also have $5,000 in credit card debt that I am working hard to pay down. The subject came up when he asked me why I always use a debit card. (I don’t want to add a penny to my…
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The babydoll dress swept through the spring 2023 runways like no other silhouette. From Loewe’s dynamic striped wonders to Versace’s Courtney Love-esque little nothings, loose-fitting, pint-sizes dresses with major volume quickly became the garment on everyone’s minds. And then, there was M3GAN, 2023’s lifelike AI doll horror heroine who proudly sports a pale pink silk…
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