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A $10,000 Surgery Gave Me Perfect Vision–and a New Vanity

In junior high, I began suspecting that I couldn’t see as well as I should, but the idea of wearing glasses felt devastating, so I kept it to myself. That summer, during a family trip to Rome, I declared the Sistine Chapel “lame,” triggering the angriest reaction I’d ever seen from my father. He grabbed my shoulders and shook me. …

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Stock market plunge not as ‘meaningful’ as business moves

The White House on Monday downplayed the weekslong stock market sell-off, insisting that recent moves by business leaders suggest a brighter outlook for the U.S. economy. “We’re seeing a strong divergence between animal spirits of the stock market and what we’re actually seeing unfold from businesses and business leaders,” a White House official told reporters Monday afternoon. “The latter is …

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Where is Florian Wirtz? Bayer Leverkusen star out due to injury for Champions League matchup vs. Bayern Munich

For most teams the priority after a three goal hammering at Bayern Munich’s hands would simply be to avoid any further embarrassment in the second leg. Then again Bayer Leverkusen have long since imbued the idea that there is no comeback that is beyond them, even without missing star Florian Wirtz.  Xabi Alonso said on Tuesday: “The team is convinced …

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