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Circa 1955: Bobby, whose two front teeth dropped out recently, with his twin brother Jerry. Nocella/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Inflation under the pillow

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A Eurasian eagle owl looks at students from a local school after the release of a 5-month-old red-tailed hawk September 29, 2010 in New York's Central Park. STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The owl that became a New Yorker

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Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez speaks to the press at the Santo Cristo de Esquipulas church in Managua, on May 20, 2022. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: A bishop of immense courage

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Sean Payton is introduced as the new head coach of the Denver Broncos during a news conference this week. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Who are the real winners in the NFL?

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A tug of war-style "Divorce" machine is seen in the "Novelty Automation" gallery on February 15, 2017, in London. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: No, a cockroach does not deserve to be named after your ex

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Two young German-Jewish refugees at the porthole of the liner St. Louis finally arrive at Antwerp, after being refused entry to Cuba and Miami prior to the start of World War II. Gerry Cranham/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: A Holocaust remembrance — and lessons we have yet to learn

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This detailed view shows inscriptions on a sandstone rock that's believed to be the world's oldest runestone, inscribed almost 2,000 years ago, making it several centuries older than the earliest known ones. Javad Parsa/NTB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The lessons we can learn from 'idiberug'

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Poet Charles Simic is photographed at the City University of New York, May 13, 2003. Richard Drew/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering poet Charles Simic

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Bagels are displayed for sale at a Manhattan grocery store on Aug. 6, 2010, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: UNESCO, consider the bagel

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Opinion: The light of Hanukkah shines in Ukraine

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Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, Columbus Drive and Michigan Avenue double-leaf trunnion bascule bridges, top to bottom, are seen over the Chicago River on April 3, 2006. Tim Boyle/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering Chicago's famed Walking Man

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LONDON, ENGLAND - Ai-Da Robot, an ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist, paints during a press call at The British Library on April 4, 2022 in London, England. Hollie Adams/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Machine-made poetry is here

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Bouquets of flowers are left near Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs, police said on November 20, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Our tragic new normal

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President George W. Bush prepares for his State of the Union Speech with Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President, and Michael Gerson, Director of Presidential Speech Writing, outside the Oval Office January 29, 2002 in Washington DC. The White House/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering Mike Gerson, Washington Post columnist

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State Rep. Barbara Cooper, D-Memphis, watches the vote board as her bill to limit license restoration fees passes during House session on April 12, 2006 in Nashville, Tenn. Cooper, who served in the General Assembly, died on Oct. 25, 2022. She was 93. John Russell/AP hide caption

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Opinion: A life lesson from these midterm elections

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Opinion: An 8,000-year-old lesson

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In this illustration photo, a voter fills out their ballot n Los Angeles on Monday. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Where did all of the political debates go?

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Pumpkins are pictured in a field in Germany. Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Yes, I am basic

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Russian missiles roll in Red Square in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin has warned that he wouldn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine's attempt to reclaim control of its occupied regions. AP hide caption

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Opinion: The specter of nuclear Armageddon

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A man walks through the rain during an intense afternoon thunderstorm in 2012 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Observations from a quiet and rainy New York

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Family members of Tony Hughes, one of the 11 victims found at a serial killer's apartment, comfort each other during a remembrance vigil held at Junea Park in Milwaukee in 1991. Bill Waugh/AP Photo hide caption

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Opinion: Remember the victims, not the killer

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