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Partisanship and the Pandemic

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Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:43:17 +0000

Can political leaders put partisanship aside to govern in a crisis? The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be a crucial test of politicians’ willingness to put state before party. Acting swiftly to slow the spread of a novel virus and cooperating with cross-partisans could mean the difference between life and death for many state residents. […]


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Your Top 5 Relationship Questions: Answered!

By galadarling.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:48:53 +0000

In this episode, we talked about… How to cope if you’re feeling uncertain and anxious because you are apart from your partner, as well as how to deal with boredom and frustration because of too much togetherness… What to do if you have a mismatched vision of what you both want… How to stay in […]

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Elon Musk shows off Starship prototype's rocket engine ahead of test fire (photo)

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Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 19:39:24 +0000

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk just tweeted an image looking up at the belly of the latest Starship prototype, the SN4, which is on the test stand ahead of a key engine firing.


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grammar is relationships

By separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:22:00 +0000


This is not a post about American versus British English. I hope you’ll indulge me. It's come out of some Twitter conversations this afternoon.

It started when I read this sentence in James Pennebaker’s book The Secret Life of Pronouns:
Function words require social skills to use properly.

And I wondered how it had got(ten) past a copyeditor. So I did a Twitter poll to see if other people were happy with the sentence. The poll looked like this: 


So, 25% of more than 300 people thought it sounded fine. 75% felt there was something weird about it. Given how I phrased the question, it's possible that the 75% had 100 different reasons for thinking it weird. But considering some of the tweet-replies I had, I know that at least some people had the same reaction that I did. 

The problem with the sentence for me is that there is no reasonable subject for the verb to use. Compare it to this sentence with the same kinds of parts in the same order:  
 The law requires every driver to drive safely.

In that case, the subject of the infinitive to drive is every driver—every driver is to drive safely. So, what you've got is:
  • Main verb: requires
  • Subject of main verb: the law
  • Object of main verb = infinitive clause: every driver to drive safely

But that doesn't work for Pennebaker's sentence. Social skills to use properly is not a complete clause because (a) there's no object of the verb to use (to use what properly?), and (b) social skills is in a position where it could be the subject of to use (as in the driving example), but it's not.  The sentence could be "fixed" in a number of ways that involve making it clearer that function words are the things being used.
  1. Make the infinitive into a passive, so it's clear that function words is the object of use: Function words require social skills to be used properly.
  2. Move use closer to function words so that it's clear how they relate to each other: To use function words properly requires social skills. (Or Using function words properly requires social skills.)
  3. Move function words closer to use:  It takes social skills to use function words properly.
Number 1 is a little ambiguous (it sounds a bit like function words are bossing social skills around), so I'd prefer 2 or 3, where it's really clear that function words is the object of use. 

But there are sentences with require that do work more like Pennebaker's sentence:
Crops require water to grow.

Here, it's not the water that's growing, it's the crops. So it doesn't work like the driving sentence—the object of require is not water to grow. In both sentences, I've put the object of require in blue, so you can see that the sentences have different structures. Another way that you can tell they're different structures is that you can replace to with in order to in one and not the other and can rephrase one with that and no to, but not the other.
The law requires every passenger in order to drive safely.
Crops require water in order to grow.
 The law requires that every driver drive safely. [or drives if you're not a subjunctive user]

Crops require that water grow.

So one of the reasons I wanted to write this post is to make this big point:
Grammar isn't just where words go in a sentence, it's how they relate to each other.
The fact that the crops sentence is the same shape as Pennebaker's sentence doesn't mean that Pennebaker's sentence is grammatical, because it still has the problem that there is no subject for to use. Notice that it can't be rephrased in either of the ways that the other two can:
Function words require social skills in order to use properly
Function words require that social skills use properly
The last possibility is to interpret use as being in middle voice (as opposed to active or passive voice). This is when the verb acts kind of like a passive (where what would have been the active object becomes the subject), but doesn't get the passive be +past participle form. English has some verbs that work this way.
I cut the bread easily. (active voice: subject is the cutter)
The bread is cut easily. (passive voice: subject is what's cut)
The bread cuts easily. (middle voice: subject is what's cut)
Grammar Girl has a podcast and post on middle voice in English if you're interested. English has more of a 'middlish' voice than a 'middle', as we're really limited in how we can use it and it doesn't have a special verb form, as it does in some other languages. As Grammar Girl notes:
[English] middle-voice sentences usually include some adverbial meaning, negation, or a modal verb, or a combination of the three. “The spearheads didn’t cast very well” has both negation (“didn’t”) and an adverb phrase (“very well”). “The screw screwed in more easily than I thought it would” has the adverb phrase “more easily than I thought it would.”
While Pennebaker's sentence does have an adverb, properly, it's not one that I'm super-comfortable using with a middle construction (?The bread cuts properly), but maybe some people would like it better than I do. (Proper is used more as an adjective and adverb of intensity in some colloquial BrEs than in my AmE.)

So, are the 25% who like the sentence reading it as having middle voice? I'm not totally convinced, because I think that the English middle doesn't do well with fancier sentence constructions as with require:
?That bread requires a good knife to cut easily.
?That bread requires a steady hand to cut easily.
Putting an object between requires and to makes it confusing—is it the bread or the knife/hand that is cutting easily? If it's the knife or hand, then the sentence would usually require an it to stand for the bread: The bread requires a good knife to cut it easily. 

So, anyhow, when I put the Pennebaker sentence up, some people wondered if it was like this dialect phenomenon, found in some parts of the US (particularly western Pennsylvania) and some parts of the UK (particularly Scotland):
The car needs washed.
It was natural for them to make that connection because both Pennebaker's sentence and the needs washed sentence would work in other dialects if the final verb were made passive. But note that what needs to be added to the sentences to create a passive is different in the two cases. In needs washed, the washed is in the past participle needed for a passive. But in Pennebaker's sentence the infinitive verb is not in any way in passive form.
The car needs to be washed.
The function words require social skills to be used properly.

So, I asked the 25% who accepted the sentence to write back and tell me where they were from. And it turns out they're from anywhere.... New Jersey, California, New England, southeastern US, eastern and western Canada, up and down the UK, the Caribbean. That makes it look like it's not a dialect feature. 

An interesting thing about the 25%, though, was that a few got in touch to say: "I clicked that the sentence was fine for me, but once I started thinking about it, I was less sure."

After the dialect idea didn't pan out, I joked that the next step was to give personality tests to people who didn't like the sentence. And while it was a joke, I think there is probably something to the idea  that some people read for meaning and don't get the grammatical 'clang' that I got because getting the meaning is good enough. If they can get the meaning without a deep look at the grammar, the grammar is irrelevant. I'd wonder if people who get a 'clang' with this sentence are also more likely to also notice misplaced modifiers and dangling participles. A lot of us who notice these things notice them because we've been trained in looking at language analytically, or we're just very literal readers. Had I heard Pennebaker's sentence, I probably wouldn't have noticed that there was no workable subject for the verb use. I would have just understood it and gone merrily on my way. But in reading, CLANG.


Anyhow, the main reason I wanted to blog this was to make that point that Grammar is how words relate to each other. That two sentences with the same shape can be working in very different ways. And on that note, I'll leave you with an experiment that Carol Chomsky did way back when. She gave children a doll with a blindfold over its eyes and asked them if this sentence was true—and if not, to make the sentence true.
The doll is easy to see. 
Notice how that sentence doesn't work like this sentence:
The doll is eager to see.
In the first, the doll is being seen. We can paraphrase it as The doll is easy for me to see. In the second, the doll is who will do the seeing. We can't paraphrase it as The doll is eager for me to see, because it means The doll is eager for the doll to see. The words easy and eager determine how we interpret the relations of the other words in the sentence. In linguistic terms, they license different relationships in the sentence. (In these sentences it's adjectives doing that relationship-determining, but in most sentences, it's the verbs. In our requires sentences above, we can see that require licenses a range of possible sentence structures—words do that too.)

Understanding that a blindfolded doll is easy to see is something that most kids don't master till they're into their school years. When asked to make the doll easy to see, the younger kids take off the doll's blindfold. This shows us that kids take a while to fully take account of the grammar, not just the words, in sentences.

Hope you didn't mind my little grammatical foray...
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Despite relatively small numbers, more women are assuming leadership roles in the US fire service

By community.nfpa.org
Published On :: 2020-02-25T17:00:56Z

It will come as no surprise to women in the fire service but the number of female firefighters in the U.S. remains relatively low, according to the most recent U.S. Fire Department Profile from NFPA. The newest data was released today on the heels of a


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VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls 3: Friendship Games (2015)

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Published On :: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:20:27 +0000

[IMDB link] RATINGS: Claire: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 7/10. Carolyn: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 7/10. The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: N/A/5 stars, IMDB: 7.5/10. CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: This one seemed lackluster compared to the other two. It doesn’t have the same “oompf” as the previous two movies. Different writer might explain some […]


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Poor people experience greater financial hardship in areas where income inequality is greatest

By www.princeton.edu
Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:36:01 -0400

Study shows how a lack of community support caused by inequality exacerbates cycles of poverty


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‘She Roars’ podcast talks to journalist Juliet Eilperin about partisanship, the environment and the news business

By www.princeton.edu
Published On :: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:15:01 -0400

Washington Post journalist Juliet Eilperin, Class of 1992, talks in the latest episode of the “She Roars” podcast about her unusual pair of specialities: congressional politics and the environment.


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EPA releases new booklet to help houses of worship identify and reduce environmental health hazards

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Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

WASHINGTON (October 2, 2019) — In accordance with Children’s Health Month, U.S.


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Shiplife during lockdown

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When the news came out that the pandemic had take over Europe I was still working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Now almost two month later we are still stuck on the ship. I know that this is a very hard time for everyone and while I would have lik


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Paul Krugman: An epidemic of hardship and hunger

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:15:34 +0000


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Utahns return to worship services

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:49:55 +0000


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Banjo CEO steps down after news of past KKK membership

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 03:16:10 +0000


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Covid-19 impacting 'well-being and relationships'

By www.rte.ie
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:53:51 +0000

The Covid-19 outbreak is having a negative impact on personal relationships and well-being, while it has also led to an increase in the consumption of alcohol.


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Late-life literary success makes Brooklyn College teacher one of three CUNY profs to win Guggenheim Fellowships

By www.nydailynews.com
Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:30:32 +0000

Sigrid Nunez, 69, authored the National Book Award-winning novel “The Friend," which depicts a woman’s grief over the death of a close friend as she cares for his dog. She’s among 175 recipients of this year’s grants, which aim to give awardees the financial freedom to pursue their creative work.


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Solskjaer plans Pogba-Fernandes partnership

By www.rte.ie
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:27:27 +0000

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes playmaker Bruno Fernandes and record signing Paul Pogba can form a strong midfield partnership when the Premier League season resumes following the Covid-19 disruption.


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GAA to discuss 2020 Championship possibilities

By www.rte.ie
Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:37:45 +0000

The GAA's management committee and chairpersons from each county board will meet remotely today to discuss the future of the 2020 All-Ireland Championships.


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Tony Kelly relishes winter championship prospect

By www.rte.ie
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:39:37 +0000

Clare hurler Tony Kelly tells RTÉ2fm's Game On that he is open to the idea of an All-Ireland Championship in the winter months.


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Vampire bats form lasting bonds of ‘friendship,’ just like us

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The relationships these winged mammals forge in captivity are strong enough to survive the jarring transition back into the wild.


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Mavic Placed into Receivership in France

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Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT



Courts place Mavic into receivership as they try to work out who actually owns the French wheel brand.
( Photos: 2, Comments: 225 )


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Editorial: Trump finally shows some leadership in the coronavirus fight. Let's hope it lasts

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:43:28 -0400

After weeks of dithering, Trump finally seems to have gotten the message that Americans are desperate for more than empty assurances on coronavirus.


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Editorial: Closing houses of worship during the pandemic is an act of faith and charity

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 06:00:07 -0400

Communing online is a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Breaking down the Lakers' and Clippers' biggest competition for the NBA championship

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:54:28 -0500

Giannis Antetokounmpo's outstanding skills are one reason why the Milwaukee Bucks are fully capable of beating the Lakers or Clippers for the NBA title.


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Clippers coach Doc Rivers speaks to Rams players about leadership and winning

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Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:15:16 -0400

Clippers coach Doc Rivers spent time Thursday speaking to Rams players and answering questions about winning through teamwork.


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Lakers and Sparks championship games to be featured on ESPN

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:59:20 -0400

Lakers games from the 2009 and 2010 NBA Finals as well as Sparks games from the 2016 WNBA Finals will be rebroadcast on ESPN this week.


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Shades of 2002: Can coaches with championship rings and gray hair return Angels to glory?

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 14:25:31 -0500

With manager Joe Maddon and coaches Jose Molina, Matt Wise and Mickey Callaway, the Angels have four members of their 2002 World Series team on staff.


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L.A. Times expands leadership, adds Mitra Kalita as M.E.

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:21:00 -0400

Times Publisher Austin Beutner and Editor Davan Maharaj have announced an expansion of the newsroom leadership and the hiring of S.


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Women's hockey world championships canceled because of coronavirus outbreak

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 14:19:30 -0500

The IIHF announces it is canceling this year's women's hockey championships in Canada because of the coronavirus outbreak.


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Men's hockey world championships canceled because of coronavirus outbreak

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 14:45:36 -0400

The 2020 men's hockey world championships have been canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak.


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Florence Pugh dismisses ‘hurtful’ remarks about Zach Braff relationship

By www.nydailynews.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:13:38 +0000

Florence Pugh still doesn’t need your approval. The Oscar nominee is sounding off on the "bizarre" practice of the public dissecting her personal life.


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Struck on cruise ships during coronavirus pandemic, crews beg to go home

By www.nydailynews.com
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:34:51 +0000

Long after passengers disembarked from cruise ships, tens of thousands of crew members are still trapped on vessels.


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Amid coronavirus, cruise ships idle away off SoCal coast

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 11:15:17 -0400

Many mothballed ships have to maintain crews. They're looking for docks in California


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A world cruise ended abruptly. Now the ship is hoping to dock in L.A.

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:30:20 -0400

The Pacific Princess left on Jan. 5 for a 111-day world cruise that was cut short in mid-March. It's currently making its way to L.A.


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Championships for sprinter Kenroy Higgins II, UCLA teammates come to premature end

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:14:32 -0400

UCLA sprinter Kenroy Higgins II's hopes of winning the 60-yard dash crumbled when the Pac-12 announced it was halting events due to the spread of the coronavirus.


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Where are they now? A look at UCLA's 1995 NCAA men's basketball championship team

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:11:57 -0400

A look at the players and coaches from UCLA's 1995 NCAA men's basketball championship team and what they are up to today.


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UCLA rewards tight end Greg Dulcich with scholarship on his birthday

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:19:57 -0400

UCLA tight end Greg Dulcich played it cool when he was on the phone with coach Chip Kelly. But when he got off the phone, it got loud in his house.


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UCLA's 1995 basketball championship team goes virtual for its 25-year reunion

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 19:22:37 -0400

With the coronavirus outbreak putting tradition reunions on hold, the 1995 UCLA men's basketball NCAA title team improvises by meeting and reminiscing on Zoom.


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Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, dies at 98

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:21:13 -0400

Joseph E. Lowery, civil rights leader who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 98.


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London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade announce blue light partnership to tackle Covid-19

By www.london-fire.gov.uk
Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 10:06:41 +0100

London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade have announced a new partnership to boost the Covid-19 emergency response which will see firefighters helping with a number of roles across the ambulance service


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Column: Sick of religious limits on care, a hospital seeks to end partnership with Catholic system

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:00:53 -0400

The prestigious Hoag Hospital wants to exit its partnership with a Catholic healthcare system.


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Letters to the Editor: Hubris and bad leadership made America a perfect target for the coronavirus

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:57 -0400

Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act?


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Letters to the Editor: Austin Beutner's LAUSD leadership amid crisis is winning over skeptical teachers

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:00:52 -0400

An LAUSD teacher who once campaigned against Austin Beutner gives the superintendent credit for his leadership during the pandemic.


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Thelma Schoonmaker on editing 'Irishman' and her long partnership with Martin Scorsese

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:00:59 -0500

Thelma Schoonmaker began working with Martin Scorsese in 1967. Over the years, she says, it has become more of a collaboration.


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Oscar-nominated animation shorts tackle relationships, connection and disconnection

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:00:56 -0500

The Oscar-nominated animation shorts often share emotional themes, but they are a creatively diverse collection.


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McNamara: Our love-hate relationship with the Oscars only proves how much they matter

By www.latimes.com
Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:00:19 -0500

I've spent 20 years covering the Oscars, and yes, they're splendid and ridiculous, flawed and inspirational. That's why they still matter.


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'It has been so hard to be alone': Crew stuck on quarantine cruise ship forced to stay in cabins for nearly a month

By www.independent.co.uk
Published On :: 2020-05-05T14:09:38Z

'It's really hard for your mental health,' says crew member


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Kilmarnock vs Rangers TV channel and live stream: How to watch Scottish Premiership match

By www.express.co.uk
Published On :: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:56:00 +0100



KILMARNOCK host Rangers in the Scottish Premiership today and Express Sport is on hand with all the live stream and TV information.


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Kilmarnock vs Rangers live stream, TV channel: How to watch Scottish Premiership match

By www.express.co.uk
Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:58:00 +0000



Kilmarnock host Rangers in the Scottish Premiership today and Express Sport is on hand with all the live stream and TV information.


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Celtic vs Kilmarnock live stream, TV channel: Can I watch Scottish Premiership match?

By www.express.co.uk
Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 12:26:00 +0000



Celtic host Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership today and Express Sport is on hand with all the live stream and TV information.


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Leeds go top of the Championship after stunning Luke Ayling strike against Huddersfield

By www.express.co.uk
Published On :: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:45:00 +0000



Leeds went top of the Championship with a brilliant win over Huddersfield.


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