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The Amish have negotiated a pact with modernity. Whereas much of the contemporary world sees technological progress as inevitable, even a moral imperative, the Amish ideal lives in the past, circa 185
Shuichi was 30 years old and working as a systems engineer at a tech company in Tokyo when he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that triggers growths in the body’s major organs.
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Die äußeren Gründe, warum die Eingeschlossenen in der Höhle Menschen in aller Welt berühren, sind schnell gefunden. In der Erde gefangen, vom Ertrinken bedroht - das trifft menschliche Urängste. Die S
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Subscribe Digital Print February 16, 2024 My Account Subscribe for more access LIFE / Lifestyle Premium Shoji Okubo, head of the Metropolitan Police Department's lost and found center in Bunkyo Ward,
In November of last year, I read an article in the New York Times about disturbing videos targeted at children that were being distributed via YouTube. Parents reported that their children were encoun
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