What My Mother Taught Me My mother, Wilma, adored Lifetime movies. Sick days away from school meant sleeping in, waking to the hum of television. Sporting an oversized T-shirt and fever, I would inch into the hall, listening for those sentimental melodramas. I’d creep to the living room couch and burrow against my mother. Though…
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Headliner Pekarna This spacious new Upper West Side restaurant eventually intends to feature the food of Slovenia, with dishes like brodet, a kind of fisherman’s stew, Bohemian squash and mushrooms, and kremsnita, a creamy, custardy cake. For now, while the restaurant waits for gas for cooking, it’s more generally American and European. Though the chef,…
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Nina Garcia’s’s Holiday Gift Guide 2020 Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Dec 8, 2020 Courtesy In an effort to make this year’s holidays as festive as possible, ELLE editor-in-chief Nina Garcia handpicked some of her favorite…
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Not all women feel comfortable in the classic role of the seductress. But this is for the best. Because not all men find this image attractive. Give up stereotypes Let’s start with a simple question: what does a seductive woman look like and how does she behave? Nine out of ten people will probably imagine…
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WASHINGTON — The coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech provides strong protection against Covid-19 within about 10 days of the first dose, according to documents published on Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration before a meeting of its vaccine advisory group. The finding is one of several significant new results featured in the…
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Ms. Oud also notes the importance of proximity when dating. With video, there is no established distance. “If I gently want to come a bit close to touch you, maybe in real life you would just say, ‘Hey, go away,’” she said. “Or maybe you would accept it and like it. But that whole rapport…
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In the United States, collecting immunization data has been a purely state-by-state effort. A push two decades ago to develop a federal registry imploded after an uproar over patient privacy and how the data would be used. “The general philosophy in this country is states manage public health, so the concept that federally we are…
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On the Georgia coast, Maurice Bailey is making sugar cane syrup as a way to preserve a tradition, and the community, of his enslaved ancestors. Dec. 8, 2020 SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Fall is cane syrup season in pockets of the Deep South, where people still gather to grind sugar cane and boil its juice…
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The holidays look different this year. And with the pandemic putting an end to parties and limiting the number of familiar faces around the dinner table, it may be tempting to scale back on seasonal décor. But in a year when it feels as if so much has been taken away, many designers are doing…
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The new Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna seem to be remarkably good at preventing serious illness. But it’s unclear how well they will curb the spread of the coronavirus. That’s because the Pfizer and Moderna trials tracked only how many vaccinated people became sick with Covid-19. That leaves open the possibility that some vaccinated…
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