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However four of those five home losses came under former coach Alexander Straus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
A recent government report revealed that roughly one-third of the Education Ministry’s budget is siphoned off to cover pension checks for former civil servants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Bushby, a former paratrooper, is due to complete the challenge on Monday and will be met by his mother, his son and granddaughter when he arrives in Hull.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Running as a third-party Progressive in the 1912 presidential election, Roosevelt challenged his former ally, the institutionally conservative President William Howard Taft, splitting the Republican vote and handing the presidency to progressive Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Anxiety, depression, insomnia, and feelings of isolation were common in the workers, as well as in the former populations of the towns surrounding the plant.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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