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Discover the modern phrases that make Boomers want to run—whether that's from family dinners or corporate boardrooms.

My daughter-in-law gave them to me and, besides the fact that I am fool for native hydrangea, the words on the Sister Homage website read, “May you live from a place of abundance, beauty and grace.” I ...

There’s no shortage of anger and meanness in the world these days. Sometimes it feels as though we’re mad at each other about absolutely everything. It’ll take some hard conversations and complex ...

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EVEN AS AMERICA’S relationship with China enters a new, less predictable era, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping see the value in talking. On January 17th the leaders had a “very good" phone call, wrote Mr ...