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“My late husband wished me to re-marry,” said Judy Brown, “but it took me sixteen years. At first, I couldn’t even think about a second marriage, and then when I was ready, there was no one waiting in line to meet me.” She started asking friends about setting her up. Brown, 67, a teacher, dancer […]

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A severe sandstorm struck Israel this week for the second time in two years, disrupting air travel, increasing air pollution and forcing persons with respiratory problems to remain indoors. Because of a depression over the eastern Mediterranean, heavy winds and dust carried to Israel from North Africa. “High concentrations of air pollution, above air quality […]

The night clerk at my hotel in Lisbon’s port district was complaining. Too many immigrants, he groused. Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, Angolans — the breadth of Portugal’s erstwhile empire is visible on every street in downtown Lisbon. The clerk darkly suggested a link to increased prostitution. Outside on the street, protesters marched and chanted, waving anti-austerity […]

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