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She later completed a PhD in fluid dynamics, and last year became Cambridge University's first professor of the public understanding of mathematics.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
According to a former Mexican police commander who became a U.S. law enforcement informant, Guzmán met with Félix Gallardo in the late 1980s to secure federal police protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
He became the rare CEO to take on celebrity-like status, with leather jackets his fashion default.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2026
The US-born pope not only lived in Peru for long periods between 1985 and 2023 but also became a citizen of the country in 2015, forging close ties with local communities.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
It sounded like a distant humming at first, then it became a droning, like a swarm of bees, a swarm that was coming closer, ever closer.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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