Plain English

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  1. Dollar stores dominate rural America (Fall out of fashion)

    Published: 6/27/2024
  2. Bad harvests are pushing up orange juice prices (Worthwhile)

    Published: 6/24/2024
  3. Lost luggage: What happens to it? (Track down)

    Published: 6/20/2024
  4. Flying cars: are they finally here? (Creep closer)

    Published: 6/17/2024
  5. Beethoven's hair provides clues to his hearing loss (Suffer from)

    Published: 6/13/2024
  6. Heat pumps: the green way to heat a home (Heat up)

    Published: 6/10/2024
  7. Mona Lisa background: mystery solved? (Stand up to scrutiny)

    Published: 6/6/2024
  8. Surge of dengue in Latin America (Buy up)

    Published: 6/3/2024
  9. Impressionism turns 150 (Fall into)

    Published: 5/30/2024
  10. Three big ideas from behavioral science (Stick with (someone))

    Published: 5/27/2024
  11. Daniel Kahneman and behavioral economics (Pass away)

    Published: 5/23/2024
  12. Updates on Iceland, Trump, and recent stories (Nod off)

    Published: 5/20/2024
  13. Quebec is squeezing Montreal's English speakers (Squeezed out)

    Published: 5/16/2024
  14. Canada's complicated bilingualism (In a pinch)

    Published: 5/13/2024
  15. The translator at the center of a sports betting scandal (Caught up in)

    Published: 5/9/2024
  16. How zoo animals behaved during the eclipse (Quiet down)

    Published: 5/6/2024
  17. Paris's Olympic dream: swimming in the Seine (Run through)

    Published: 5/2/2024
  18. Chef José Andrés and the Israel-Hamas conflict (Throw yourself into)

    Published: 4/29/2024
  19. Stephen King has been terrifying fans for 50 years (Come together)

    Published: 4/25/2024
  20. Massive bridge falls after collision with ship (Fire up)

    Published: 4/22/2024

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