This week's question: Entrepreneurs have opened the first DivorceHotel in upstate New York, where guests can check in married and check out single, all in one weekend. In seven words or fewer, please come up with a catchy advertising slogan for this unusual business.
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THE WINNER: "Let us upgrade you to a single"
Brian Devaney, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: "A room with adieu"
Robert Stickley, Sonoma, Calif.
THIRD PLACE: "Where breaking up's not hard to do"
Diane Elliot, El Sobrante, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"We have the ultimate cancellation policy"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, S.C.
"Where parting is such suite sorrow"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
"Fresh food, fresh sheets, fresh start"
Todd Lebowitz, Solon, Ohio
"You snooze, you lose (your spouse)"
Chuck Gaston, Lancaster, Pa.
"Just the grounds you need"
Richard S. Lee, Flourtown, Pa.
"Call it a day's inn"
Carol Ann Sackett, East Amherst, N.Y.
"We've redefined checking out"
Mark Chervincky, Goffstown, N.H.
"'Til checkout do you part"
Ken Radziwanowski, East Windsor, N.J.
"The getaway where you can get away"
Michael Agenbroad, New Hope, Pa.
"The place for a quick break"
Amy Pal, Mountain View, Calif.
"Check in hitched, check out ditched"
Tom Daly, Manchester, N.J.
"Bed & breakup"
Kevin Sullivan, Rego Park, N.Y.
"No faulty towers"
Angela Lynn, Charlottesville, Va.
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Movies to watch in Februarythe week recommends Time travelers, multiverse hoppers and an Iraqi parable highlight this month’s offerings during the depths of winter
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ICE’s facial scanning is the tip of the surveillance icebergIN THE SPOTLIGHT Federal troops are increasingly turning to high-tech tracking tools that push the boundaries of personal privacy
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
