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After receiving what he describes in the book as “a full-court, hard sell,” he joined Sea Org “for … wait for it … one billion years.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2026
With yet another treatise on this topic having been published, Slate book critic Laura Miller declares that it’s time for the discourse to evolve.
From Slate β Oct. 13, 2026
Doctolib is a private website that allows patients to book appointments with doctors, but has also begun to allow patients to store medical information to more easily share their records.
From Barron's β Oct. 13, 2026
This updated version comes from ”Exponential Wealth,” an authoritative book just published by the CFA Institute, the financial analysts’ group.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 13, 2026
Tansy had an arithmetic book, The Western Calculator, from the high school.
From "The Teacherβs Funeral" by Richard Peck
By Yiyun Li Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 352 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2026
A cheery disposition didn’t keep Friedman from seeing that a “tyranny of the status quo”—the title of one of the books he wrote with his wife, Rose—often blocked the adoption of good policies.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 13, 2026
By Chuck Lorre Chuck Lorre: 368 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2026
The results were hit by a $658 million loss on investment securities on the bank’s books.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 13, 2026
“That’s great! I knew I saw something special in you. I’ve had this concert on the books ever since that day. Did you draft a rider?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
When fully booked, this could be as many as 30 times a month.
From BBC β Oct. 13, 2026
Giuseppe Sette, president and co-founder of the AI investment analytics platform Reflexivity, told MarketWatch that Monday’s market action didn’t signal any “crack in optical demand, which remains booked out for years.”
From MarketWatch β Oct. 12, 2026
The incident took place at 5:30 p.m. when the Delta Airlines passenger, who was booked on a flight to Seattle, breached Gate 12 of the airport, the spokesperson said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 8, 2026
“It said, ‘I went ahead and booked this,’” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 8, 2026
The Goldman traders had booked profits of somewhere between $1.5 billion and $3 billion—even by bond market standards, a breathtaking sum.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Agentic software can autonomously perform specific tasks such as coding, research, shopping, booking reservations or shopping.
From Barron's β Oct. 12, 2026
The difference between a regular chatbot and an agent is that users typically ask agents to carry out tasks, like organizing their calendar or booking an appointment.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 8, 2026
Tui apologised and blamed low water levels on the Danube, adding that customers continued their holidays on amended itineraries under its standard booking conditions.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
Emmanuel Banuelos spent weeks planning the perfect proposal, selecting a picturesque spot at a Laguna Beach park, enlisting his soon-to-be sister-in-law as a videographer and booking a mariachi band to play his girlfriend’s favorite music.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 5, 2026
"I need you to fix me, Camellia. Mother is making me earn my own spintria now, just like everybody else, booking these appointments all day long."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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