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Well | Where Have All the Ear Infections Gone? - New York Times (blog) - Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 16:58

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Well | Where Have All the Ear Infections Gone?
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My older son had had quite a few ear infections, and we'd gone through any number of bottles of amoxicillin, which, fortunately, he rather liked. My daughter had one or two ear infections; she hated all liquid medicine, and resisted it so successfully ...
Earthquake Leaves a Trail of Destruction in Ecuador - New York Times - Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 04:01

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Earthquake Leaves a Trail of Destruction in Ecuador
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Carlos Chávez watched over the wrapped body of his 31-year-old daughter, Vicky Chávez, on Monday after it was retrieved from the rubble of a building severely damaged by the earthquake in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Credit Meridith Kohut for The New York ...

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Americas|Vote to Impeach Rousseff Prompted Cheers, But Won't End Turmoil in Brazil - New York Times - Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 02:56

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Americas|Vote to Impeach Rousseff Prompted Cheers, But Won't End Turmoil in Brazil
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Opposition lawmakers celebrated after the lower house of Congress voted to impeach Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, on Sunday. Credit Eraldo Peres/Associated Press. BRASÍLIA — To those unfamiliar with the cacophonous tenor of Brazilian politics ...

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Books|Review: David Means's 'Hystopia,' Not Your Average War Novel - New York Times - Monday, April 18, 2016 - 21:38

Books|Review: David Means's 'Hystopia,' Not Your Average War Novel
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“Hystopia,” David Means's dark acid trip of a novel, reads like a phantasmagorical — and sometimes pretentious — mash-up of David Foster Wallace's “Infinite Jest,” Charlie Kaufman's screenplay “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and Michael Herr ...

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Book Review|'The Universe in Your Hand' and 'Seven Brief Lessons on Physics' - New York Times - Monday, April 18, 2016 - 09:30

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Book Review|'The Universe in Your Hand' and 'Seven Brief Lessons on Physics'
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The collision of two black holes is seen in this still image from a computer simulation. Credit Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes, via Reuters. Have you heard the joke about the elderly rabbi who tries to settle a bitter dispute between two men? The rabbi ...
Scenes of Ruin After Ecuador Earthquake Kills Hundreds - New York Times - Monday, April 18, 2016 - 04:02

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Scenes of Ruin After Ecuador Earthquake Kills Hundreds
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At least 230 people were killed and hundreds more were wounded in one of the strongest earthquakes to strike Ecuador in decades. By REUTERS on Publish Date April 17, 2016. Photo by Guillermo Granja/Reuters. Watch in Times Video ». embed. QUITO ...

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Americas|Sperm Donor's Profile Hid Mental Illness and Crime, Lawsuits Say - New York Times - Monday, April 18, 2016 - 01:16

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Americas|Sperm Donor's Profile Hid Mental Illness and Crime, Lawsuits Say
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They thought they had found the perfect match in Donor 9623, described as a man with an I.Q. of 160 who was healthy and working toward his Ph.D. But in 2014, about seven years after Ms. Collins gave birth to their son, she and her partner, Elizabeth ...

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Books|Review: 'Black Hole Blues' Recounts the Quest to Find the Cosmic Kazoo - New York Times - Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 21:06

Books|Review: 'Black Hole Blues' Recounts the Quest to Find the Cosmic Kazoo
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Janna Levin, the author of “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs From Outer Space.” Credit Sonja Georgevich. Just two months ago, scientists announced that they had heard, for the very first time, the sound of two black holes colliding in outer space. The ...
Books|A 'Mockingbird' Reopens in Alabama, and Drama Plays Out - New York Times - Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 18:39

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Books|A 'Mockingbird' Reopens in Alabama, and Drama Plays Out
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The cast of the play “To Kill a Mockingbird” is introduced after a performance in Monroeville, Ala. Credit Jeff Haller for The New York Times. MONROEVILLE, Ala. — The play unfolded here Friday at the Old Monroe County Courthouse pretty much as it has ...

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Americas|Dilma Rousseff's Former Supporters in Brazil Express Disillusionment - New York Times - Saturday, April 16, 2016 - 17:13

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Americas|Dilma Rousseff's Former Supporters in Brazil Express Disillusionment
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BRASÍLIA — They are at once ubiquitous and invisible here, the street cleaners, landscapers, hotel maids and traffic police who make sure Brazil's meticulously designed capital stays true to the national flag's slogan of “order and progress.” But as ...

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