A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly . . . Then the United States delegation, embracing the interests of infant formula manufacturers, upended the deliberations . . . they turned to threats, according to diplomats and government officials who took part in the discussions.
NYT
a child who is fed from the breast
considers himself very blessed.
a formula lad
may turn out quite bad.
(perhaps that's why Trump turned out pest.)
With an extensive collection at his disposal, Mr. Lamdin sometimes switches watches multiple times a day, and he doesn’t pause to set each one. It’s more accurate just to check his phone . . . . . .“One does not wear a vintage watch to tell the time. You wear a vintage watch to experience the passage of time,” declared Mr. Lamdin, obliquely referring to an older watch’s potential to accrue value over the years.
WSJ
The Timex I carry with me
keeps time to a certain degree.
But mostly I wear
the thing to compare
with friends who are not broke as me.
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter’s shares tanked on Monday following a Washington Post article that the company suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June — a clean-up of the platform that may affect user growth.
Washington Post
were not gold, though they may glitter.
my broker I shot,
my banker is not
saying much more than a titter.
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