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Landowners in communities adjacent to the park are still gearing up to face eminent domain challenges from the federal government.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
“Love and Death in the American Novel” made its case without bothering with notes or bibliography, yet garnered praise from such eminent critics as Lionel Trilling and George Steiner.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
While it’s usually applied when the federal government exercises eminent domain and takes title to land, the takings clause also covers the government’s outright destruction of personal property.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
During research for a book on my own PTSD, I remember a conversation with one of Britain's most eminent experts in the field, Prof Simon Wessely, former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
In a memo to FDR, Byrnes had urged that an outside panel of eminent scientists give the program a once-over—“rather a jittery and nervous memorandum and rather silly,” Stimson recalled.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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