January 2012
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“The Giants have been yap, yap, yapping all season, and this stage is too big for...”
– Sports Columnist Dan Wolken argues that, with only a few days until the Super Bowl, the New York Giants have made trash-talking a part of their identity.
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Women officially park better than men
A lot of sexist jokesters will be eating their words after reading this British study, which found that women park cars better than men.
Researchers found that women position cars more accurately, use better technique and are more likely to find an open spot in a parking lot.
The study, which looked at 2,500 drivers in the U.K. for a month, showed that, out of a maximum of 20 points, women...
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“In “Girl Land,” Flanagan does for girlhood what she once did for motherhood: She...”
– Ruth Franklin reviews Caitlin Flanagan’s retrograde “Girl Land” in our weekly Books section.
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Coquette: Bite-sized advice on life not going...
Dear Coquette,
What’s wrong with wanting life to be like a movie? Wish-thinking is for children and idiots. Grow up.
I’ve accidentally fallen in love with a man who is the single parent of his 1-year-old son. This is not what I had planned out for myself. What do I do? Get used to life not going according to plan.
If she’s 26 and he’s 18, isn’t she too old for him? Or him too young for her? I...
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“Imagine an alternative dimension where both sides of the American culture wars...”
– Columnist Jonathan Rauch spotlights a new gay rights bill in Utah that might make both sides happy.
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McDonald's will stop dousing its beef in ammonia
Happy Meals are about to get happier. McDonalds says it has stopped using “pink slime,” a product made by dousing the cheapest cuts of meat in ammonia to kill harmful bacteria.
Some health experts say the industry’s decision to back down in the face of public scrutiny is a sign that Americans are becoming increasingly aware — and concerned — about the safety and quality of their food...
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Our resident doctor will be taking YOUR questions in upcoming issues of The Daily. If you want expert advice, all you have to do is ask. Email your questions to askadoctor@thedaily.com.
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“He was selfish, and not a great father. And he has a temper. It built up over a...”
– A close friend of Heidi Klum’s dished to Flash about Seal being an absentee husband and lousy father.
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“Nobody currently running for president is poor, by any stretch. The 1 percent...”
– Columnist Michael Maiello argues that our real political problem is a tax system rigged for the rich.
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Coquette: On fear, death, and sleeping peacefully
Dear Coquette,
I’ve just recently come to the realization of my own mortality. In the time before I fall asleep, it absolutely terrifies me thinking not about how it will end, but that it ends, period. I know you’ve given this sort of advice before, but I can’t even get past this fear to the part where you realize, “This is it, enjoy it while it lasts.” I feel trapped by the inevitable, and I’ve...
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