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Several former elected officials, including former Councilmember Bernard C. Parks and former City Controller Laura Chick, have also endorsed Raman’s mayoral bid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Part of the challenge in fighting turnover is that, on a spreadsheet, nurses can look like a costly line item, said Omid Razmpour, a former ICU nurse and a researcher at Emory University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Johnson, a former creative with Walt Disney Imagineering, leads Gensler’s entertainment and experiences division, which is designing the bookshop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The former batter had spells as a player with Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Middlesex.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Charlie knew a prominent historian of financial crises, a former professor of his, and took to calling him.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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