Articles filed under Washington Post
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How readers can access books from home during the coronavirus crisisMar 25, 2020 6:00 am - If there's a silver lining to the sudden need to hunker down as the novel coronavirus upends normal life, it's that maybe - finally - you'll have time to read. Provided ...
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If you binge 'World War Z' and 'Contagion' right now, watch with cautionMar 24, 2020 6:00 am - Since the dawn of storytelling, humans traded tales of pandemics. From the Bible's punishing plagues to George Romero's zombies, humanity's appetite for watching the wor...
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Help often needed when selecting paint colorsMar 22, 2020 7:00 am - As director of color marketing and development at Benjamin Moore, Andrea Magno monitors the role of color in the interior design and architecture industry and helps deve...
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As layoffs skyrocket, America's unemployment safety net is underpreparedMar 22, 2020 6:24 am - U.S. workers are getting laid off at an unprecedented pace as the coronavirus outbreak shuts down much of the economy, and the government safety net to help the newly jo...
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My co-worker burps loudly and engages in self-talkMar 22, 2020 6:00 am - A couple of pre-coronavirus queries to remind us what office life was like in the not-too-distant past. - - - Q: My younger co-worker, "Richard," is extremely difficult ...
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Exceptional perennial varieties keep a garden fresh, interestingMar 21, 2020 7:00 am - Almost everything we encounter in life has three stages — anticipation, experience and memory. Of these, anticipation is the most satisfying, one could argue, because it...
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Low-wage workers could be especially hard hit by this recessionMar 21, 2020 6:19 am - The coronavirus recession is likely to do something that we haven't really seen before: It's going to hammer services, like restaurants and retailers, first. The closing...
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Coronavirus means many US workers are making no-win choicesMar 21, 2020 6:18 am - When Javier Parodi returned home from a nightmare vacation in Egypt complete with several days of quarantine on a coronavirus-infested ship, he yearned to go back to wor...
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Scam robocalls are pitching fake coronavirus tests to vulnerable AmericansMar 21, 2020 6:11 am - The deadly coronavirus outbreak has shuttered schools and businesses, wreaked havoc on the stock market and left some grocery store shelves bare. And if that isn't enoug...
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One approach to coronavirus: Staffers work 20 hours a week, get paid for full-timeMar 21, 2020 6:11 am - As employees across the country juggle remote work and childcare, the nonprofit that operates Wikimedia has told workers they can work just 20 hours a week and continue ...