PARIS — It was 1927, and Le Corbusier had already declared, “The house is a machine for living in.” But like Charlie Chaplin in “Modern Times,” he hadn’t quite figured out how to live with the machine from a practical, everyday point of view in the living room, for example, or the bedroom. Yes, the […]
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In almost any other year it would be hailed as a public health victory: The smoking rate among U.S. high schoolers took its biggest hit ever this year, federal figures show, falling to a new low. Instead the milestone was relegated to a lone figure at the bottom of a government press release and went
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All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal agreed to a $73 million, four-year contract with the Chicago White Sox, finding a more lucrative free-agent market now that he no longer is burdened by draft-pick compensation By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer November 21, 2019, 6:13 PM 3 min read All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal agreed to a $73 million,
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Twitter can’t tell us whether, or how, Wednesday’s MSNBC/Washington Post debate will change voters’ minds. But it can give us the perspectives of some of the people with expertise on primary races: veteran campaign strategists, consultants and advocates from both parties. Here is a sampling of their reactions. Harris regained her first-debate shine Senator Kamala
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Experts warn there are not enough available vaccines in the country Measles has killed nearly 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, authorities said, after the disease spread to all the provinces in the country. Close to a quarter of a million people have been infected this
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Image copyright Getty Images Model Slick Woods has revealed she is undergoing chemotherapy, but says she doesn’t wanted to be treated like a “victim”. The model shared the news on her Instagram with a photo of herself partying with friends, but hasn’t revealed what type of cancer she has. “How I feel about chemotherapy, shout
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Image copyright Getty Images Labour’s manifesto includes a pledge to be building 100,000 council houses and at least 50,000 affordable homes through housing associations a year by the end of the Parliament. Housing is devolved, so the party is talking about England only. This is a properly large number of homes to be building. To
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Walking into a Broadway theater at show time is something special — the electricity, the excited murmurs, the shared anticipation. But, it turns out, walking into an empty Broadway theater can be just as fun. A newly launched tour of the Hudson Theatre offers a rare chance to wander around the interior of Broadway’s oldest
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WeWork said on Thursday that it was laying off 2,400 employees around the world, a move that comes weeks after huge losses at the co-working company brought it close to financial collapse. The layoffs are equivalent to nearly 20 percent of the 12,500 employees WeWork said it had at the end of June. The company
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Davis Cup organizers are moving forward the start times of sessions to minimize the chance of late finishes at the new Davis Cup Finals November 21, 2019, 4:22 PM 2 min read Organizers at the Davis Cup Finals are switching to earlier start times to minimize the chance of late finishes. The change comes after
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