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Help! I’m 93, My Postponed Cruise Has Been Postponed Again, and I’d Like My Money Back.
Dear Tripped Up, My travel companion and I booked a river cruise and tour to Portugal and Spain for this past July with Vantage Deluxe World …
Four Ways to Think About Wine
Drinking is thinking. That is, the way you think about wine affects what you choose to drink and how you generally approach wine. To give wine …
Delft Tiles Get a Playful, and Sometimes Raunchy, Update
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This Fall’s Fashion Is a Study in Contrasts
Louis Vuitton top, sweater and miniskirt, price on request, louisvuitton.com; Ann Demeulemeester skirt (worn underneath), $1,310 …
Europeans Debate Barring Russian Tourists Over the Invasion of Ukraine
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‘A Last Act of Intimate Kindness’
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Think the Economy Is Hard to Predict? Try the Midterms.
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Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Act Gets Pushback in Court
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed the Individual Freedoms Act this year.Credit…Chris O’Meara/Associated PressChallenging a Florida law on …