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It took five weeks and three attempts, but around 7 a.m. Sunday, the Ever Forward, a 1,095-foot container ship owned by the same company whose… Read More »After five weeks, container ship is liberated in the Chesapeake
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When Kevin Lippert graduated in architecture from Princeton in 1981, he and his fellow students were encouraged to study historical texts. But these books were… Read More »Kevin Lippert, publisher of architecture books, dies at age 63
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There are things that newsletter writer Kirsten Han misses about Substack. They just aren’t enough to outweigh the drawbacks. She didn’t like how the platform… Read More »Does Substack go beyond newsletters? A company weighs its future.
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Since its inception in 1923, Disney has stood alone in Hollywood in one fundamental way: Its family-friendly movies, television shows, and theme park rides, at… Read More »Disney, built on fairy tales and fantasy, confronts the real world
