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Popular throughout New England in the late 1960s for their vocal-harmony ballads and club performances, the Tavares brothers—first performing as Chubby and the Turnpikes and then as just the Turnpikes—struggled to gain national exposure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
August brings modest gains, with the S&P marking an average annualized gain of 0.9% and 0.2% over the past decade and the last 20 years, respectively.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Researchers say the work may help scientists gain greater control over ultrafast processes in quantum materials, potentially contributing to future information technologies and next generation memory devices.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
The River Ouse in Sussex became the first in England to gain a charter, but the Wye is the first river in Wales to be covered by such a document.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Someone who exploits the resources for gain only in the present, leaving them ruined for future use, would not be considered a steward.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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