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Bring a Loupe: A GMT-Master With Political Provenance, A 1930s Reverso, And A Curious Piece Of Girard-Perregaux Ephemera Paul Newman

Bring a Loupe: A GMT-Master With Political Provenance, A 1930s Reverso, And A Curious Piece Of Girard-Perregaux Ephemera

To say it's been a weird week would be an understatement of epic proportions, but just as life goes on, so does the hunt. You've just gotta stay positive, keep washing your hands, and look in areas others might not be for watches and/or toilet paper. With all this in…
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March 13, 2020
For Labour, Rishi Sunak’s Budget is an opportunity – but also a danger Tories and Labour

For Labour, Rishi Sunak’s Budget is an opportunity – but also a danger

Some of the commentary on the Budget suggests that had Labour won the general election, a new chancellor would have presented a similar financial and economic package: focusing infrastructure spending on roads, neglecting to fix Universal Credit, failing to lift working people out of poverty and deprioritising investment in green technologies. Counterfactuals…
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March 13, 2020
How Hawaii’s Japanese Population Was Spared Internment During World War II Peace

How Hawaii’s Japanese Population Was Spared Internment During World War II

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s infamous February 1942 Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internment of approximately 120,000 persons of Japanese descent from the West Coast — citizens and aliens alike — remains a tremendous blight on the nation’s history. Yet, virtually unremembered is that on March 13, 1942, Roosevelt issued an…
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March 13, 2020
Anti-Trumpism Is Now Enough Matteo Salvini

Anti-Trumpism Is Now Enough

I was in Paris in the spring of 2017 when the French voted in their first round of presidential elections. Friends of mine who typically voted for the Socialist party announced at dinner parties that they would be casting a vote utile—a practical vote, rather than an act of conviction—for…
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March 13, 2020
After Attempts to Stay Open, Louvre in Paris Closes Indefinitely as Coronavirus Spreads in France Rijksmuseum

After Attempts to Stay Open, Louvre in Paris Closes Indefinitely as Coronavirus Spreads in France

Over the past week, the Louvre in Paris has made various attempts to stay open as the number of coronavirus cases climbs in France. There was a ban placed on cash at the museum, followed by a new ticketing policy through which only bookings submitted on the museum’s website would…
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March 13, 2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Negative for Coronavirus Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Negative for Coronavirus

(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile. Concern about Bolsonaro’s exposure to virus — and possibly that of U.S. President Donald Trump — had grown after confirmation that the Brazilian leader’s communications…
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March 13, 2020