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| Welcome to Grapevine, our weekly look at the most thought-provoking and original feature stories from The Wall Street Journal. As the coronavirus pandemic reshapes life in the U.S. and world-wide, we will continue to bring you important stories from across the WSJ to enhance your understanding of relevant issues, people and events. Please stay healthy and continue to read. — Lisa Bannon, Wall Street Journal |
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Companies Target a New Market: The Stressed Out |
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| With so much of the population stressed out during the pandemic, more consumer product companies see soothing anxiety as an opportunity, writes Ellen Byron. Makers of everyday goods from cars and note paper to makeup, cereal and beverages are framing marketing messages and launching products to target worried consumers. READ FULL STORY >> |
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 | | Cassandra Nickels, in the middle wearing a green jacket, hosted a surprise collective birthday party during a Memorial Day picnic. PHOTO: CASSANDRA NICKELS |
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'Alliday' Parties Combine Multiple Missed Events into One Giant Bash |
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| With pandemic restrictions easing and vaccinations well under way, families and friends are combining multiple celebratory occasions that had been postponed or canceled into one giant bash, writes Ray A. Smith. “We are starting to see people go all out for their gatherings,” said Sherri Yukel, founder and chief executive of Big Dot of Happiness, a party-supply business in Menomonie, Wis. READ FULL STORY >> |
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 | | Biles says that by competing and remaining in the public eye, she is forcing the world to continue to address the Larry Nassar scandal and the many failures that allowed him to prey on gymnasts for years. PHOTO: RAHIM FORTUNE FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE |
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Simone Biles Will Not Be Denied |
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| At 24, the most powerful gymnast in history has defied expectations to become even stronger—after surviving abuse, enduring a family ordeal and overcoming her own doubts, writes Louise Radnofsky. “Simone goes to work, I go to work, and you would never know that there’s something really mentally bothering us... because we have our own jobs to do, and we go and we do those things," said Nellie Biles in an interview. READ FULL STORY >> |
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 | | La Vonna Jasso named her 1985 Buick Regal ‘El Sancho.’ She says, ‘This car’s gonna be with me.That’s my sidepiece.’ PHOTOS: MATT ODOM FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL |
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 | | Ms. Jasso had the springs on her Buick Regal heated to lower the car’s frame, and she loves to hit the hydraulic switches to make the car rise and fall when riding past crowds. ‘It’s a feeling of euphoria,’ she says. |
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 | | Ms. Jasso behind the wheel of her custom 1985 Buick Regal, fresh from receiving a touch-up paint job, in Forest Park, Ga., where she lives. |
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Meet ‘El Sancho,’ the Lowrider She Always Wanted to Build |
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| La Vonna “Guera” Jasso, 40, a medical lab tech assistant and member of Down South Rollers car club, tells Mike Jordan about her 1985 Buick Regal. READ FULL STORY>> |
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 | | Pre-pandemic, it took two to three weeks for expedited passport applications and six to eight weeks for regular applications. PHOTO: JIM LO SCALZO/SHUTTERSTOCK |
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Passport Renewals Are Taking Months—Have You Checked Yours Lately? |
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| International travel is ramping up, but Americans whose passports expired during the pandemic are finding their trips might be in jeopardy, write Allison Pohle and Courtney McBride. Here's how to navigate the passport logjam. READ THE STORY >> |
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 | | Real-estate prices are up 5% this year on Mykonos, says Engel & Völkers Greece. PHOTO: ALAMY |
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As U.S. Home Prices Surge, American Buyers Set Their Sights on Europe |
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| From Lisbon to the Greek islands, the Americans are back, ready to take advantage of the buyer’s market in many of Europe’s leading resort areas. There are bargains to be had at the entry and mid-levels, with prices buoyant at the top end, writes J.S. Marcus. READ FULL STORY >> |
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Your B.S. Detector Is Rusty. Time to Sharpen It. |
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| We’ve been isolated for so long, interacting in narrow circles, often of like-minded people. We’re unprepared for the assault of someone spewing false information right to our face, writes Bonds columnist Elizabeth Bernstein. But detecting B.S.—shorthand for a coarser version of what my grandmother called hogwash—is a crucial skill, also known as critical thinking, as we head back out into the world. READ FULL STORY>> |
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 | | Scientists are starting to explore what some believe may be a tantalizing clue to the mysterious symptoms of long Covid-19: the reactivation of latent viruses. PHOTO: PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WSJ; PHOTO: ISTOCK |
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Are Latent Viruses Causing Long Covid-19 Symptoms? Patient Groups Push for Testing |
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| A new theory that reactivated older viruses are driving some of the coronavirus’s debilitating symptoms is gaining traction among some patient advocates, writes Your Health columnist Sumathi Reddy. Scientists still know very little about the causes of long Covid, where symptoms can persist for months, and have even fewer treatments to offer. SEE FULL STORY>> |
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 | | Anthony Bourdain is the subject of the new documentary ‘Roadrunner,’ directed by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville. PHOTO: CNN/FOCUS FEATURES |
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Telling Anthony Bourdain’s Darkest Story |
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| Director Morgan Neville talks to Ellen Gamerman about why he made the documentary “Roadrunner,” how he handled the celebrity chef's suicide and his relationship with Asia Argento. SEE FULL STORY>> |
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| The women who guided a powerful British clan; Shirley Jackson’s family circus; a moment of truth in divided Berlin; a tale of paternal vengeance and more books reviewed by WSJ critics. SEE FULL STORY>> |
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 | | Jackson Browne, front, performing at Mountain Aire in Angels Camp, Ca., in 1978, with Craig Doerge, left, Russ Kunkel, Bob Glaub and David Lindley. PHOTO: LARRY HULST/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES |
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Jackson Browne Explains the Genesis of 'Doctor My Eyes' |
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| While writing the song in 1969, Jackson Browne's eyes became infected so he went to a doctor who prescribed some medicine, writes Marc Myers. "It took a while for my eyes to return to normal. My eye trouble was the initial inspiration for the song’s lyrics. But as I wrote them, the eye issue became a metaphor for lost innocence and for having seen too much." SEE FULL STORY>> |
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