#Mets’ offense has chance to be dynamic this season

#Mets’ offense has chance to be dynamic this season

“#Mets’ offense has chance to be dynamic this season” Lost in the wreckage of the Mets’ last-place NL East finish in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season was the team’s offensive heft. Though maddening struggles to hit with runners in scoring position early in the season pushed their runs total toward the middle of the pack, the…

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#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support

#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support

“#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support” If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, what does it mean when a phone doesn’t ring? This philosophical chestnut recurs whenever a new American president phones his allies and clients or, if you’re Joe Biden, when the calls are to your deepest frenemy…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021” COVID cleanseIt doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the transit system was and is a possible spreader of COVID (“Fight over scrubways,” Feb. 11). But City Council members and transit advocates know better. Really? I didn’t know they were infectious-disease experts. They should have…

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#WH spokesman TJ Ducklo resigns after allegedly threatening reporter

#WH spokesman TJ Ducklo resigns after allegedly threatening reporter

“#WH spokesman TJ Ducklo resigns after allegedly threatening reporter” White House spokesman TJ Ducklo — who reportedly threatened a reporter who planned to write about his relationship with another journalist — has resigned, it was announced Saturday. “We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo after a discussion with him this evening,” White House Press Secretary…

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#Manhattan DA probing loans to Trump buildings

#Manhattan DA probing loans to Trump buildings

“#Manhattan DA probing loans to Trump buildings” Manhattan prosecutors are probing nearly $300 million in loans to some of Donald Trump’s iconic properties in the city, according to a report. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is investigating loans the former president took out on the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, the Trump International Hotel and…

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