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Your Resort’s ‘Perfect’ Beach Is a Lie

Let’s buck the trend, a local marine biologist suggested. In 2018, as the Maldives, a nation of nearly 1,200 islands in the Arabian Sea, continued its transformation into a luxury tourist destination, the country’s handbook for resort developers called sea grass meadows in the country’s shallow lagoons “aesthetically unappealing,” suggesting that it was “very important…

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A ‘Perfect Fit’ in Love and Fashion

In handwritten vows, followed by an exchange of rings, Mr. Marchetto told Mr. Bowen that their love transcends the kind that runs the risk of short-circuiting. “After 15 years together, we have empathy for each other,” he said. “Our love accommodates mistakes.” Mr. Bowen told Mr. Marchetto that their love strives “to nourish, not devour.”…

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