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At 18, Pat Lightizer joined a Massachusetts company where letters were still drawn by hand; 53 years later, she retired and her colleagues surprised her with a font bearing her name

Lightizer joined the company’s type division straight out of high school at age 18. At the time, the business was known as Compugraphic Corp. For most people, retirement comes with a card, a cake or perhaps a watch to mark the occasion. For Pat Lightizer, it came with something far more fitting: a typeface with…

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Should Indian students abandon the ‘American Dream’ amid F-1 visa volatility? 4 things immigration experts suggest

Students planning to study in the US in the next 1-2 years should prepare differently, immigration experts suggest. International students in the US faced immense volatility this year because of several new rules — some are being proposed, some are coming into effect. Amid fears that this would significantly reduce the number of foreign students…

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Yasin Malik’s lawyer files plea to withdraw from Sarla Bhat murder case | India News

Malik has been accused in the Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat killing case SRINAGAR: Advocate Abu Adil Pandit, representing JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik in the Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat killing case, Saturday filed an application before a Srinagar court, seeking permission to withdraw his power of attorney and cease representing Malik in the…

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T. rex had a body temperature of 36.3°C, almost the same as humans; fossil tooth chemistry reveals the 66-million-year-old predator was warm-blooded and could survive in cold climates

Representative Image via Canva For 66 million years, the body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) lived only in speculation. Now, a new study has taken the dinosaur’s temperature using chemistry locked inside its fossilised teeth, finding an average of about 36.3°C (97.3°F), strikingly close to the human norm. The research, published in Science Advances, offers…

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Mehbooba, Mirwaiz oppose proposed ‘spiritual’ retreat in J&K, ask CM to step in | India News

Mehbooba Mufti and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday sought intervention of CM to intervene and stop “Tantra Silence” SRINAGAR: Public representatives and the clergy in J&K have expressed outrage over a proposed four-day “spiritual” event in the scenic Gurez Valley being organsied by a self-styled godman whose similar event in Goa last year was cancelled after…

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J&K crippled by ‘lame duck’ assembly & CM: Former CEC Quraishi | India News

Quraishi stressed that Kashmir needs democracy, reconciliation and revival of its old sense of shared belonging SRINAGAR: J&K has a “lame duck” assembly and chief minister with limited powers, former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi said Saturday.“What is the meaning of an elected chief minister when representative institutions remain outside his direct control?” Quraishi asked…

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BSF truck overturns, 5 officials hurt in Ramban; man dies in Doda accident | India News

Five BSF jawans injured after vehicle overturns on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway JAMMU: Five BSF officials were injured after their truck, headed to Jammu from Srinagar, overturned on National Highway-44 near Chamba Seri in J&K’s Ramban district Saturday. The driver sustained critical injuries, a source said.In another accident, a man died and five other occupants of…

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Congress set aside Washington’s East Potomac land for public recreation in 1897; 129 years later, a plan costing up to $49 million could transform its public golf course into a championship venue

The East Potomac Golf Links opened in 1919 Congress set aside Washington’s East Potomac Park for ‘recreation and the pleasure of the people’ in 1897. The park includes the East Potomac Golf Links, a historic public golf course that opened in 1919. Now, 129 years after the park was created, the Trump administration has started…

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J&K Congress stages protest against picture linking Rahul, Akhilesh with terrorism | India News

The protest was led by state Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra. JAMMU: J&K Congress Saturday staged an anti-BJP protest in Jammu for allegedly linking Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with terrorism.The protest was led by state Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra.A picture has been circulating on social media for past few days…

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