Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, a food historian who as Puerto Rico’s leading gastronomy expert sought to define the island’s cuisine and educate the world about it, died on March 8 in San Juan, P.R. He was 67. His brother Carlos Ortíz Cuadra confirmed the death, in a hospital. He said that Mr. Ortíz Cuadra had…
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WASHINGTON — In the spring of 2021, with studies of the coronavirus pandemic’s origins going nowhere and the issue embroiled in bitter partisan politics, David Relman, a microbiologist at Stanford, quietly made a request of his congresswoman. He told his representative, Anna Eshoo, that he was organizing a letter from leading scientists calling for an open…
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Break out the Girl Scouts cookies and bonfire songs. The Art Production Fund held a camp-themed gala at the Pool and the Grill on March 15, complete with slushy machines, chicken fingers, lobster rolls and bags of Lay’s potato chips served on fine china. The art and fashion crowd embraced the dress code with gusto,…
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The products, which were sold at Trader Joe’s, Costco, Aldi and other retailers, have been linked to five cases of illness, a federal agency said.
WASHINGTON — Unable to fly through Russian airspace because of the war in Ukraine, U.S. airlines are stepping up a lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill and at the White House to address what they say is a growing problem: They are losing business to foreign competitors who can take passengers between the United States and…
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The fall 2023 fashion shows finished up earlier this month, and after four cities and hundreds of collections, one thing was clear: There will be an abundance of long, statement-making coats available to buy … in six months or so. Yes, that’s a long way away, and it may feel counterintuitive to think about new coats…
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ORANGE, Va. — Jeannette Walls could have had a life of leisure after the big success of her 2005 memoir, “The Glass Castle,” but she has too much energy for that. She walks fast and talks fast. Her laugh can be as loud as a gunshot. She worked as a journalist in New York for…
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Moving Forward From a Step Back I took a lower-level job than my previous work because of good benefits. The job is restrictive in that it’s part of a union; also, there are mandatory deductions from my paycheck for retirement, which is really cutting into my budget. It was supposed to be a hybrid position…
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Es una perogrullada que el tiempo parece expandirse o contraerse según nuestras circunstancias: cuando tenemos miedo, los segundos se pueden estirar. Si pasamos un día en soledad, puede pasar lento. Cuando queremos entregar algo a tiempo, las horas transcurren con rapidez. Un estudio publicado este mes en la revista Psychophysiology a cargo de psicólogos de…
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