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Let’s say you and some of your friends decide to gather your young children together a couple of days a week for a few hours of free play. Maybe you switch off who leads the gaggle of kids each week, allowing for some shared free time and flexibility. Sounds like a great arrangement for all,
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There were more heroes on D-Day than can be counted. The vast majority of them died long ago, their lives marked by little more than a stone cross at a quiet commune in northwestern France. Juan Pujol García—aka Agent Garbo—is one of the few heroes of D-Day whose story has been told. And though the
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When Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 – a bold invasion of Nazi-held territory that helped tip the balance of World War II – they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports. To stage what was then the largest seaborne assault in history, the American, British
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Stand a random American on a scale, and odds are we’ll find someone overweight or obese. Increasingly, America is a nation of men, women, and children where the word husky is a compliment. Many statistics confirm this expansion of our waistlines: More than 42 percent of adults over the age of 20 are now officially
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You’ve either heard of a situation like the following or been in it yourself: The 29-year-old head of the customer service department walks down the hall and passes a hand-written complaint to a middle-age employee. “Here,” she says, “can you read this note for me? I can’t read the woman’s handwriting.” Puzzled, he looks at
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On the morning of Sunday, Nov. 5, Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire on the congregants of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The attack killed 26 people, including a pregnant woman and a number of children. A man living nearby heard the shots, grabbed his own firearm, and pursued Kelley. Kelley was found dead
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