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My wife and I are retired, elderly and proud of our family, which includes three daughters and several grandchildren. Fortunately, we have had the ability to be financially generous with our family and have established educational trusts for each of our grandchildren’s college tuition. #ifttt #magazine #nyt

In the past 50 years, scientists have mapped the entire human genome and eradicated smallpox. Here in the United States, infant-mortality rates and deaths from heart disease have fallen by roughly 70 percent, and the average American has gained almost a decade of life. #ifttt #magazine #nyt

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. In March 2017, an engineer at G.E. Aviation in Cincinnati whom I will refer to using part of his Chinese given name — received a request on LinkedIn. #ifttt #magazine #nyt

My father was an Englishman who left Liverpool, his rainy hometown, and settled in sunny Honolulu, where he nevertheless complained that his feet were always cold. In the kitchen, he kept a reminder of his birthright: a dark, skinny-necked bottle of Worcestershire sauce. #ifttt #magazine #nyt

We have an employee we would like to have fired months ago because of his lack of reliability and poor work ethic. He has been with our company for almost a decade — since he graduated from college — but his productivity and commitment have been declining for a long time. #ifttt #magazine #nyt

I have a childhood friend who recently moved into my home. Everything has been going well, except she is dating an inmate who was convicted of murdering one of his family members. This inmate is somebody we knew when we were younger; our friend group was very affected by the murder. #ifttt #magazine #nyt

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