Articles filed under Washington Post
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Morning sickness for a man, fake eyelashes stuck together: The craziest late-to-work excusesApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - "Better late than never?" I'm not so sure. But, of course, we all have those situations when we just can't get to work on time, right? In fact, a new survey by human res...
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Prank calls at work aren't just a jokeApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - Q: One of our colleagues is known for hiring internet services to make prank calls to others in our department. Apparently, she tells some colleagues when she's chosen h...
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Analysis: Warren Buffett's employees can't practice what he preachesApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - Warren Buffett, the most successful investor of our time, is a huge fan of low-cost index funds - funds that replicate a market index rather than try to outperform it - ...
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College left me in debt. I'm making sure my son can get a degree - without loans.Apr 01, 2018 1:00 am - I graduated from college in 2006 with $89,000 in student-loan debt. With no family help, I relied on a blend of federal and private loans to earn the journalism degree I...
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5 parental feeding styles - which type is yours?Mar 31, 2018 7:00 am - Yes, feeding children can be challenging. They can be picky eaters. They may start rejecting foods they once loved or feel too afraid to try new ones. They may refuse ve...
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Genetics may make some babies vulnerable to SIDS or 'crib death'Mar 31, 2018 7:00 am - Sally Clark tragically lost both her infant sons shortly after their births. In 1996, 11-week-old Christopher fell unconscious after being put to bed and never woke up. ...
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Is it OK to tell an Alzheimer's patient a white lie?Mar 31, 2018 7:00 am - A reader dealing with the strains of a family member suffering from Alzheimer's raised this interesting question: "Our father always stressed how important it was to tel...
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Facebook, longtime friend of data brokers, becomes their stiffest competitionMar 31, 2018 1:11 am - Facebook said late Wednesday it would stop data brokers from helping advertisers target people with ads, severing one of the key methods marketers used to link users' Fa...
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This retailer built a $33M business on Amazon and pickleballMar 31, 2018 1:10 am - Little Alexandria, Virginia-based Amify is the 21st-century version of the thousands of enterprises that thrived around the railroads 150 years ago. Meatpackers, farmers...
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Analysis: How Zuckerberg's Facebook is like Gutenberg's printing pressMar 31, 2018 1:08 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. - When historian Niall Ferguson moved from Harvard to Stanford two years ago, he was struck by Silicon Valley's indifference to history. The hubris he ...