The New York Times
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Michael R. Bloomberg
– Nov 18, 1:00 PM
Here's a simple idea I bet most Americans agree with: No qualified high school student should ever be barred entrance to a college based on his or her family's bank account. Yet it happens all the time. When colleges review applications, all but a…
The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It's still waiting. In the uncertain years after Mao's death, long before China became an industrial juggernaut, before the Communist Party went on a winning streak that…
Los Angeles Times
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Paige St. John
– Nov 18, 4:00 AM
Before there was a spark, there was the wind. On the morning of Nov. 8, as the sun rose over the isolated mountains in the Sierra Nevada, gale-force winds tore through the canyon. A fire outpost on the Feather River recorded blasts of 52 mph…
The New York Times
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Kim Tingley
– Nov 13, 9:07 PM
Off a vacant stretch of highway in Daytona Beach, Fla., a line began to form outside the sales center for the first Latitude Margaritaville “55 and better” community. Those waiting dragged folding chairs, coolers, tents and dog-eared…
New Delhi: On November 14, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the PIL questioning the Modi government's controversial decision to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France in flyaway condition by cancelling the then 95% negotiated RFP for…
