Articles filed under Washington Post
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How to enjoy wine — and have a little fun with itJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - “I drank a bottle of wine for company,” Ernest Hemingway wrote in “The Sun Also Rises.” “It was Chateau Margaux. It was pleasant to be drinking slowly and to be tasting ...
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In a time of social distancing, robots could be just what the doctor orderedJul 11, 2020 6:22 am - TOKYO -As the coronavirus pandemic rewrites the rules of human interaction, it also has inspired new thinking about how robots and other machines might step in. The stuf...
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Virtual try-ons are replacing fitting rooms during the pandemicJul 11, 2020 6:21 am - Andrea Dragna's pre-pandemic pastime of scouting new makeup colors at Sephora has given way to a new, more socially distant ritual: trying on lipstick, eye shadow and bl...
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Black YouTubers ask why they're left out of YouTube KidsJul 11, 2020 6:19 am - About a year ago, Zerius Zontay discovered that his family's work was no longer appearing on YouTube Kids. He and his wife, Symphony, regularly post short clips on the g...
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Back at work, but facing a 25 percent pay cutJul 11, 2020 6:15 am - With everyone scrambling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, businesses and employees are operating under less-than-ideal conditions. (The same can also appl...
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Shopping around can help lower mortgage rates, report findsJul 11, 2020 6:12 am - When it comes to making the most expensive purchase most people will ever make, many homebuyers miss out on substantial savings. They'll spend countless hours searching ...
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'The Old Guard' on Netflix rises above usual comic-book thrillerJul 09, 2020 11:00 pm - Violence isn't the answer? Tell that to Andy, the leggy, deadly serious leader of a mercenary gang in “The Old Guard.” Adapted from Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández's g...
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Book review: Camilla Läckberg's 'The Golden Cage' is a psychological suspense story about vile people doing vile thingsJul 09, 2020 6:00 am - “The Golden Cage” by Camilla Läckberg, translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith (Knopf) Camilla Läckberg has been dubbed “the Swedish Agatha Christie” f...
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Warm, soft, homemade naan is the no-fuss bread for the no-fuss bakerJul 08, 2020 6:00 am - We know, we know, people are baking lots of bread these days. In my social media feed anyway, it's lots of big crusty loaves - sourdough, no-knead and everything in betw...
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Marinated ramen eggs are simple to make and a sheer joy to eatJul 08, 2020 6:00 am - The last decade brought many eggs to the forefront of national conversation. Instagram's inception in 2010 inspired endless looping videos of eggs fried and poached, wit...