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Could I give a seller extra time in a property to make my offer to buy more attractive?
Ed Carey
Im in my late 20s and Ive been saving to buy my first place. On a single income Im hoping to buy just a one- or two-bed in a Dublin commuter town. Recently I was talking to my cousins in the US, and ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
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Mike Piazza Is Alive and Well and Living in Italy
Adam Elder
Blessed with opposite-field power, hunky looks, and an admirable joy in hamming it up off the field, Mike Piazza was a household name in baseball from 1992 to 2007 a career span that coincided with o ...[Continue Reading]
New York Magazine
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What connects Fredric Chopin, Marcel Proust and Jim Morrison? A final resting place
Heller McAlpin
The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Pre Lachaise. This slim volume by Benot Gallot, its enthusiastic head conservator since 2018, is as crammed with quirky f ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
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My Husband Doesnt Want to Allow Our Daughter to Lock Her Door. But I Think She Might Have a Good Reason.
Allison Price
Care and Feeding is Slates parenting advice column.Have a question for Care and Feeding?Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I have a 10-year-old daughter Zoe, and a 3-year-old ...[Continue Reading]
Slate Magazine
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Scientific Americans 1925 Coverage of Eclipses, Mediums and Inventions
Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. I was out of the office taking a little break last week, so I didnt have the chance to write a ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
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In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism
Michael Tomasky
First and more obviously, we have the prospect of the impact of Trumps tariffs policy on real people. Will they cause inflation and a recession, as most experts now believe? As fate would have it, ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
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