Becoming Francine du Plessix Gray
Adam Gopnik writes about the writer and literary critic Francine du Plessix Gray, who has died at the age of eighty-eight.
Adam Gopnik writes about the writer and literary critic Francine du Plessix Gray, who has died at the age of eighty-eight.
The draft consists of 32 supposedly independent businesses systematically calling dibs on a broad crop of incoming employees. At some point, the NFL managed to convince these incoming employees that being involuntarily sorted and shipped to cities and states far from where they’d prefer to live and work is an honor and a privilege. It’s [more]
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The Boston Bruins had an impressive stretch in the last 72 hours. They knocked off the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, and then played a strong game that resulted in an overtime defeat to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. Sure, losing to the Canadiens is a tough hit, but the Bruins managed to […]
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One of South Korea's oldest restaurants specializing in North Korean cold noodles could soon vanish from Seoul.
Didier Drogba has declared that Petr Cech is his hero, after the goalkeeper announced his decision to hang-up his gloves for good at the end of the current season. Cech has been at Arsenal for the last three years but made his name in English football alongside Drogba as the first-choice shot-stopper for Chelsea, and […] The post Didier Drogba Pays Tribute to ‘His Hero’ Petr Cech After Goalie’s Retirement Decision appeared first on talkingbaws.
The pound has plunged against the dollar and the euro after Theresa May's Brexit deal was overwhelmingly rejected by Parliament.
By now, you've heard about the egg, which surpassed a photo of Kylie Jenner's daughter, Stormi, on Sunday as the most-liked post on Instagram. But who did the egg? Whose dumb but ultimately successful idea was this? > View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by EGG GANG (@world_record_egg) on Jan 4, 2019 at 9:05am PST Here's what we know so far: ## 1\. The egg account holder goes by "Henrietta." Henrietta is, according to a report from BuzzFeed News, a "chicken from the British countryside." ## 2\. The account holder... Читать дальше...
By now, you've heard about the egg, which surpassed a photo of Kylie Jenner's daughter, Stormi, on Sunday as the most-liked post on Instagram.
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Hours after the last remnants of a Confederate statue were removed overnight from North Carolina's flagship public university, the state university system's governing board pushed out the official who ordered … Click to Continue »
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'I am not going to surrender the responsibilities of the attorney general'