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"Cheryl was not a case file, she was an amazing funny little girl," her elder brother Ricki Nash, told the inquiry on its first day of public hearings.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Wang, square-jawed with a trademark comb-over in his elder years, remade himself as an economic technocrat as China opened up, then was tapped by Xi as disciplinary chief in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The suit also claimed that the elder Pulte was for years “a valued member” of his grandson’s venture-capital firm.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Every June 4 since 1989, the elder Khamenei had delivered a speech at the commemoration of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The two women set up a studio there, aided by elder daughter Johanna, who soon afterward headed to Surinam herself.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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