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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Lookin' Live: Episode 10

  28-08-2019 23:55 via sportspyder.com
  Go behind the scenes with Mike Conley as he dons the classic jersey on the classic court for the first time.
  
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• | Go behind-the-scenes with @mconley11 as he wears the classic jersey on the classic court for the first time “It feels great … I was just staring in the mirror for 10 minutes.” #LookinLive | #MountainTimepic.twitter.com/NxgzgibGU7

  28-08-2019 23:36 via twitter.com
  | Go behind-the-scenes with @mconley11 as he wears the classic jersey on the classic court for the first time
  “It feels great … I was just staring in the mirror for 10 minutes.”#LookinLive | #MountainTimepic.twitter.com/NxgzgibGU7
  
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• Jet-car speed racer Jessi Combs dies trying to break record

  28-08-2019 23:10
  Portland, Ore. • Jet-car speed racer Jessi Combs, known by fans as the “fastest woman on four wheels,” has died in a crash in Oregon’s Alvord Desert while trying to break a speed record, local authorities said Wednesday.Combs, 36, died Tuesday afternoon while racing in a dry lake bed in a desert in remote Harney County, sheriff's Lt. Brian Needham said in a statement. The cause is under investigation.Terry Madden, Combs' teammate on the North American Eagle racing team, sa
  
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• Kim Knettles: Salt Lake City Afterschool Program is not closed and is looking to make more room

  28-08-2019 23:00
  The Aug. 27 commentary about the state of the Afterschool Program in the Salt Lake City School District contained some good information, but its headline was fatally flawed.We are not closed.We are operating and growing in over 30 school sites for the 2019-20 school year. We are also working diligently to be able to have even more qualified, dedicated and caring employee join the 130-plus coordinators and group leaders already engaging with students in the out-of-school hours.We currently have o
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Jazz to wear mountain throwbacks in honor of 90s Finals teams | SI.com

  28-08-2019 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  Utah will also debut a new court in 2019-20.
  
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• Team of Wyoming researchers is retracing John Wesley Powell’s history trip on the Green and Colorado Rivers

  28-08-2019 22:13
  This story was produced by WyoFile, an independent nonprofit news organization. It is republished here with permission.May 24, 2019, was 150 years to the day after a scraggly and ill-prepared outfit led by a one-armed Army major gathered in Green River Station, beside the outpost’s namesake watercourse, and embarked on one of the most significant river expeditions America has ever seen.On the sesquicentennial anniversary of John Wesley Powell’s historic launch, a new band of river ex
  
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• Never have we needed a #WallpaperWednesay more pic.twitter.com/ubGXiW9KP7

  28-08-2019 22:09 via twitter.com
  Never have we needed a #WallpaperWednesay more pic.twitter.com/ubGXiW9KP7
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Lolly Weed talks about the straight spouses left behind when a mixed-orientation marriage ends and how LDS theology encourages such unions

  28-08-2019 22:04
  Child-safety advocate Ed Smart recently came out publicly as gay and revealed that he and his wife, Lois, are divorcing.Such announcements from prominent newsmakers make headlines. But what about the straight spouses left behind? Some say they are the forgotten ones — that when their partner comes out of the closet, they go in.Lolly Weed knows about this experience professionally and personally. A marriage and family therapist associate, she and her gay husband, Josh, ended their 15-year m
  
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• Juvenile with a gun arrested at West High School, police say

  28-08-2019 22:04
  Police on Wednesday arrested a juvenile with a gun at West High School.No one was injured. Police received a report about 12:45 p.m. and the school was put on lockdown soon after that. The lockdown was lifted in less than an hour, when police posted on Twitter that the suspect was in custody and there was “no further danger to students or public.”Incident at West High is contained. One person in custody. No further danger to students or public. PIO in route to 300 N. 300 W. pic.twitt
  
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• Frank Bruni: Donald Trump has worn us all out

  28-08-2019 22:03
  Donald Trump’s presidency has baffled me, enraged me and above all saddened me, because I’m a stubborn believer in America’s promise, which he mocks and imperils.But last week his presidency did something to me that it hadn’t done before. It absolutely flattened me.I woke up Saturday, made my coffee, shuffled to my computer, started to glance at the news and suddenly had to stop. I couldn’t go on. Trump had yet again said something untrue, once more suggested someth
  
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• Trib Talk: Cleaning Salt Lake City’s air starts in the home

  28-08-2019 21:55
  Salt Lake City’s air quality is among the worst in the nation and by 2024, homes and businesses will be the primary source of air pollution in the state, surpassing cars, factories and power plants, according to projections by the Utah Division of Air Quality.Those trends are prompting homebuilders and business owners to consider energy-efficient upgrades, like airtight construction, electric appliances and solar panels. But most of those features come with added upfront costs, and the cur
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz released awesome player art of team in throwback jerseys

  28-08-2019 21:48 via sportspyder.com
  What does everyone look like in throwback mountain jerseys?
  
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• With a powerful team returning, Utah volleyball coach Beth Launiere has upped the scheduling ante

  28-08-2019 21:30
  If her players ever need a compliment, all Utah women's volleyball coach Beth Launiere has to do is point to the team's schedule.Launiere delivered a demanding nonconference schedule in her 30th season, all designed to test — and, theoretically, reward — a team she expects to contend for one of the 16 hosting berths in the NCAA Tournament. So the Utes will welcome No. 7 Kentucky and No. 23 Cal Poly (plus Saint Mary’s) to the Huntsman Center for this weekend’s Utah Classic
  
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• Utah man arrested for beating and killing kittens

  28-08-2019 21:24
  A West Valley City man was arrested after he reportedly admitted he strangled, beat and killed his kittens — using the body of one dead animal to beat another.The 27-year-old man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of three counts of torture of a companion animal.According to West Valley City police, the man’s roommate reported the suspect had “violently killed his cats.” When officers questioned the suspect, “he admitted that he had been str
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Bojan Bogdanovic signing was better than you thought

  28-08-2019 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  It’s the signing Jazz fans should have rooted for from the beginning
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Purple Mountain Majesty: Utah Jazz release ‘97 throwback jerseys

  28-08-2019 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  The mountains are calling and we must win.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NOT A DRILL, Utah Jazz mountain throwbacks are available for pre-sale

  28-08-2019 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  Take my money.
  
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• See the classic court for the FIRST TIME at our Purple Mountain Party presented by @KUTV2News on October 19. ℝ𝕊𝕍ℙ here » https://on.nba.com/2NEqFCU pic.twitter.com/QnnkbbuVLx

  28-08-2019 21:12 via twitter.com
  See the classic court for the FIRST TIME at our Purple Mountain Party presented by @KUTV2News on October 19. ℝ𝕊𝕍ℙ here
  » https://on.nba.com/2NEqFCU pic.twitter.com/QnnkbbuVLx
  
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• Utah’s Democratic delegates are slotted to stay in a hotel more than 60 miles from their party’s presidential convention

  28-08-2019 21:11
  Utah delegates to next year’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee have been assigned to overnight accommodations in an adjoining state, more than 60 miles away from where party members will be gathering.The state’s delegation will be staying in Lake County, Ill., along with groups from Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Northern Marianas and Pennsylvania, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Utah’s i
  
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• Another lawsuit filed over fatal Greyhound bus crash in Utah

  28-08-2019 21:09
  A second passenger has sued the Greyhound bus company and a driver who authorities say fell asleep before the bus careened off a road in the Utah desert two years ago, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring 12 other people.Clemente Velazquez of Rogers, Arkansas, said in the lawsuit filed in July that he's owed more than $75,000 in damages from medical bills and lost wages after he suffered neck and back injuries and was psychologically traumatized by the crash on New Year's Eve 2017.Like a prev
  
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• Gordon Monson: The absolute key to the BYU-Utah rivalry game turns in a most angry, violent place

  28-08-2019 20:48
  Here’s a shoutout to the big angry dudes.It’s somehow satisfying that in a modern age of nuanced and newfangled college football, the big rivalry game in the season opener for Utah and BYU on Thursday night will come down to the most primitive, the most basic of football particulars — the biggest men on the field, the ones too often referred to as big uglies, and the opportunities they create for themselves and destroy for the other guys.The best collective mass of humanity for
  
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• [NBA] - The Note: The history of the Utah Jazz's Purple Mountains

  28-08-2019 19:54 via sportspyder.com
  After two trips to the NBA Finals, a pair of MVP awards for Karl Malone, and two decades of perspective, the Utah Jazz’s mountain logo now represents some of the most significant moments in franchise
  
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• Robert Gehrke: After 32 years serving sandwiches to the poor, the Good Samaritan Program is leaving its home near Cathedral of the Madeleine

  28-08-2019 19:50
  For 32 years now, Utah’s homeless and poor have been able to get a simple sack lunch at the Good Samaritan House, a white stone building next to the Cathedral of the Madeleine on South Temple.Hundreds of people line up as volunteers make sandwiches, pack them into bags with a snack and dessert, send them out the door, sometimes feeding as many as 900 people each day over an 11 hour period, every day of the year.But after serving literally millions of sandwiches, the Good Samaritan will clo
  
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• | More than The Shot: Here are our favorite moments in the purple mountain jerseys »https://on.nba.com/2zoXJ9I 

  28-08-2019 19:32 via twitter.com
  | More than The Shot: Here are ourfavorite moments in the purple mountain jerseys
  »https://on.nba.com/2zoXJ9I 
  
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• What’s at stake when Utah, BYU meet Thursday in Provo? The loser, especially, will feel the effects.

  28-08-2019 19:30
  Preparing for his 25th game vs. BYU as a Utah football staff member, having been immersed in the rivalry for three-fourths of his life as a coach’s son, player and coach on one side or the other, Kyle Whittingham was asked this week if he enjoys it.Whittingham responded with an unconvincing smile and his own question: “Enjoy it?”And then he said, “It's competitive. It's intense. … It's still every bit as gratifying, I guess you could say, as always.”Whittingh
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz confirm the return of classic purple mountain jerseys

  28-08-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  Whether you love ’em or hate ’em, they’re back, baby.
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz Shorts: The Donovan Mitchell phenomenon continues, and the most disappointing player draft | KSL.com

  28-08-2019 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell has a new friend in Todd Gurley and we draft our lineups of the most disappointing players in Jazz history.
  
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• Jazz confirm the return of classic purple mountain jerseys

  28-08-2019 19:09
  Whether you love ’em or hate ’em, they’re back, baby.The long-rumored return of the Utah Jazz’s purple-colored mountain-themed jerseys finally was confirmed by the team Wednesday morning on social media.The jerseys, which the Jazz originally wore between 1996-2004, will be part of the team’s uniform set for the 2019-20 season.1997 🔁 2019#MountainTime
  » https://t.co/CyruuyacDM pic.twitter.com/8n3jto5saz— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) August 28, 2019&ldquo
  
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• Police officer who handcuffed Utah nurse Alex Wubbels gets hired at Weber County jail

  28-08-2019 19:06
  Jeff Payne, the former Salt Lake City police officer who handcuffed nurse Alex Wubbels, has been hired to work at the Weber County jail, a human resources employee confirmed Wednesday.The county’s human resources office said Payne was hired Aug. 9 to work part time at the jail in a position that does not include benefits. The office did not know, specifically, what Payne’s job was at the jail.Neither Payne nor Wubbels’ attorneys could be immediately reached for comment. Represe
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Utah Jazz Purple Mountain Uniform Reveal

  28-08-2019 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz Purple Mountain Uniform Reveal - YouTube Skip navigation Sign in Search Loading... Close This video is unavailable. Get YouTube without the ads. Working... Loading...
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - The classic '97 court will return for the 2019-20 season

  28-08-2019 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  The classic '97 court will return for the 2019-20 season - YouTube Skip navigation Sign in Search Loading... Close This video is unavailable. Get YouTube without the ads.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Utah unveils return of classic mountain uniform with awesome video

  28-08-2019 18:56 via sportspyder.com
  The rebuilt Utah Jazz will enter 2019-20 with as good a chance of winning a championship as any season in the last two decades. What better time, then, for the organization to hark back to its prior era of annual title contention? The Jazz released...
  
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• Sacklers Would Give Up Ownership of Purdue Pharma Under Settlement Proposal

  28-08-2019 18:50
  The Sackler family would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma, the company blamed for much of the opioid epidemic, and pay $3 billion of their own money under terms of a settlement proposal to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.The discussions have been going on for months as Purdue and the Sacklers have sought to prevent any new lawsuits against individual members of the family as well as their company.If all the parties agree and
  
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• [NBA] - Majestic Moments in the Utah Jazz's Classic Mountain Uniforms

  28-08-2019 18:50 via sportspyder.com
  Like the Wasatch Range itself, the jagged mountains that graced the front of the Utah Jazz’s uniforms from 1996-2004 are truly iconic. The logo marked major shifts for the franchise on a number of
  
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• All the heart eye emojis #MountainTime » https://on.nba.com/2UcCOQN pic.twitter.com/IcjNzUo0yM

  28-08-2019 18:26 via twitter.com
  All the heart eye emojis
  #MountainTime
  » https://on.nba.com/2UcCOQN pic.twitter.com/IcjNzUo0yM
  
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• You have your foundation. You add new pieces. Then you work. » https://on.nba.com/2UcCOQN pic.twitter.com/DsYK5gTBNN

  28-08-2019 18:23 via twitter.com
  You have your foundation.
  You add new pieces.
  Then you work.» https://on.nba.com/2UcCOQN pic.twitter.com/DsYK5gTBNN
  
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• Dana Milbank: Joe Biden is the Lamborghini of gaffes.

  28-08-2019 18:19
  Video: Former Vice President Joe Biden has entered the 2020 presidential campaign. Columnist Karen Tumulty argues that he must prove that he isn’t a politician of a different era. (Danielle Kunitz, Joshua Carroll/The Washington Post)
  Washington • There is no surer way to convince people you are going nuts than to stand in front of a crowd and announce that you are not going nuts."I want to be clear: I'm not going nuts," Joe Biden declared at a campaign stop Friday as he struggled to
  
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• They’re back. And jerseys are available for presale RIGHT NOW at the @jazzteamstore website » https://jazzteamstore.com/ pic.twitter.com/aOs2er1Woo

  28-08-2019 18:13 via twitter.com
  They’re back. And jerseys are available for presale RIGHT NOW at the @jazzteamstore website
  » https://jazzteamstore.com/ pic.twitter.com/aOs2er1Woo
  
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• In celebration of the most successful period in franchise history, we're bringing back the purple mountain jerseys worn from 1996–2004 for the 2019/20 season » https://on.nba.com/2MIx5BA pic.twitter.com/DitzrZBKxr

  28-08-2019 18:03 via twitter.com
  In celebration of the most successful period in franchise history, we're bringing back the purple mountain jerseys worn from 1996–2004 for the 2019/20 season
  » https://on.nba.com/2MIx5BA pic.twitter.com/DitzrZBKxr
  
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• 1997 2019 #MountainTime » https://on.nba.com/2Zo8bO7 pic.twitter.com/8n3jto5saz

  28-08-2019 18:00 via twitter.com
  19972019#MountainTime
  » https://on.nba.com/2Zo8bO7 pic.twitter.com/8n3jto5saz
  
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• Feds approve massive potash mine on dry Utah lakebed; it could bring hundreds of jobs, millions in sales

  28-08-2019 17:58
  The bed of Utah’s dewatered Sevier Lake soon will become a sprawling network of trenches and evaporative ponds producing a valuable form of potash under a decision signed Tuesday by the Bureau of Land ManagementAfter 11 years of environmental analysis, the Sevier Playa Potash Project still needs to secure some state permits and water rights, but Crystal Peak Minerals is poised to begin construction as soon as next year on its 125,000-acre lease, according to Kevin Oliver, the BLM’s W
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - What the Utah Jazz are getting in Bojan Bogdanovic, from a Pacers fan’s perspective

  28-08-2019 17:47 via sportspyder.com
  Who better to give Utah Jazz fans analysis of what they're getting in Bojan Bogdanovic than an Indiana Pacers fan that's watched him intently over the last...
  
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• What the Utah Jazz are getting in Bojan Bogdanovic, from a Pacers fan’s perspective

  28-08-2019 17:44
  Who better to give Utah Jazz fans analysis of what they’re getting in Bojan Bogdanovic than an Indiana Pacers fan that’s watched him intently over the last two years? The Indiana Pacers had just traded Paul George, and were seemingly entering a rebuilding phase. They acquired Victor Oladipo, but still needed someone to take George’s […]
  What the Utah Jazz are getting in Bojan Bogdanovic, from a Pacers fan’s perspective - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan
  
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• How small businesses in Salt Lake City are helping to clear the air

  28-08-2019 16:46
  Editor’s note • Through a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, The Salt Lake Tribune is examining lesser known contributors to air pollution — our homes and our workplaces — and possible solutions to mitigate the effects they have on the air we breathe. In the third of a three-part series, we focus on how some local companies are helping to reduce Utah’s air pollution. Read part 1: Homes are a big part of Salt Lake City’s air pollution problem. They also ar
  
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• Officials use road signs to alert the public about homicide suspects who escaped in Utah

  28-08-2019 16:27
  Tucson, Ariz. • Digital signs on Arizona highways alert the public that a married couple suspected in a Tucson killing remained at large after overpowering two guards and escaping while being extradited from New York to Arizona.Tucson police said 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and 59-year-old wife Susan Barksdale escaped Monday evening in Blanding, Utah.Authorities say the Barksdales may be driving through Arizona, are considered armed and dangerous and were last seen in a Red GMC pickup with
  
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• 40-minute delays on Utah’s I-15 expected Friday for early Labor Day weekend traffic

  28-08-2019 16:10
  Labor Day weekend may start slowly for Wasatch Front drivers: highway officials predict delays of up to 40 minutes Friday on Interstate 15 as motorists try to escape town amid ongoing construction projects.The Utah Department of Transportation expects those delays Friday during the evening commute south on I-15 through Salt Lake and Utah counties. Heavier than normal traffic is expected to begin about 1 p.m. and continue through 7 p.m.In Davis County, delays of up to 20 minutes are forecast for
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Donovan Mitchell vows to be better on defense next year for Jazz

  28-08-2019 16:04 via sportspyder.com
  Mitchell has been studying under the tutelage of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and a bevy of other great staff members.
  
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• Iranian president to Trump: First lift sanctions, then let’s talk

  28-08-2019 16:04
  Tehran, Iran • Iran’s president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op.Hassan Rouhani’s change of heart came a day after Trump said Monday that there’s a “really good chance” the two could meet on their nuclear impasse after a surprise intervention by French President Emmanuel Macron during the G-7 summit to try
  
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• Join us in wishing @unclejeffgreen a happy birthday pic.twitter.com/X3sMlYe82D

  28-08-2019 16:00 via twitter.com
  Join us in wishing @unclejeffgreen a happy birthday pic.twitter.com/X3sMlYe82D
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: How Trump and Xi can both win their trade war

  28-08-2019 15:43
  It is impossible to exaggerate what a dangerous cliff the U.S. and China are perched on today.If the current trade dispute tips over into a full-blown economic war — and that spreads to Chinese students and scientists being thrown out of America and American business executives out of China and that spreads to all the investments we’ve made in each other’s countries being ripped out — the world as we’ve known it for the last four decades is going to be replaced with
  
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