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How Ukraine is holding its own against Russia — and changing warfare as we know it

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Why progressives are backing off “Woke 1”

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Maybe it was never a great idea to build so many golf courses in the desert. But in the 1990s, when Tiger Woods mania was at its peak, Las Vegas went on a fairway construction spree, dotting the city with dozens of pristine, water-gobbling green oases, most w…

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