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Three men standing at a podium
Global Politics
President Trump, how will you cover needy families under your plan to replace Obamacare?
Ospizio al Colle del Piccolo S.Bernardo, Italy. Languages such as Italian ('ospizio') and Spanish ('hospicio') have words that sound like 'hospice'. But they mean something different: old people's home, poorhouse, refuge for migrants.
Health & Medicine
What happens when the doctor says ‘hospice’ and you understand ‘poorhouse’?