The Case of the Truly Incorrigible Cubicle Yakker

NYT Business Sunday 30 August 2026, 09:01 UTC By Max Read 1 min read

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For decades, a sprawling stretch of land along Nevada’s Carson River had a rather unusual place in the state’s history. In the 1940s and 1950s, part of the property operated as a “divorce ranch”, offering a temporary refuge for people seeking to end their marriages under Nevada’s famously lenient divorce laws. Now, more than 70 years later, the same 1,627-acre landscape is beginning a completely different chapter.

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The Case of the Truly Incorrigible Cubicle Yakker

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