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He followed Truman Capote around Kansas while the author was researching for his 1966 novel, “In Cold Blood.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
"Our findings suggest fear may blur the boundary between danger and safety rather than sharpen it," said senior author Mark Brandon, Associate Professor in McGill's Department of Psychiatry and Researcher at the Douglas.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The bestselling author behind “The Let Them Theory” and host of “The Mel Robbins Podcast” spent years raising her family outside of Boston before relocating to Southern Vermont.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Guests: G. Elliott Morris, pollster, journalist, author of Strength in Numbers substack.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Isaac Granger grew up on Thomas Jefferson’s plantation during the American Revolution and lived among the enslaved people who were called “family” by the author of the Declaration of Independence.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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The authors emphasize that larger, more rigorous clinical trials are needed before it can be confidently recommended for improving sleep.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
The ratio works, according to the study’s authors, because gold and platinum react to different factors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The lawsuit was the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history, according to lawyers for the authors.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The film producer was intent on attacking Ashley Judd, the actress, activist and humanitarian who is one of the authors of this piece, saying she had “mental issues.”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
He read classical authors as if they were his contemporaries.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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French authored it: “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this,” he wrote.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Texas while inserting provocative advice on child emancipation that the real organization says it never authored or authorized.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
My dad authored five books on esoteric subjects such as the theory of elasticity, but he was a clear and graceful writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
As a council member, Von Wilpert authored bills to ban untraceable guns and launched housing grant initiatives for educators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Enstice's conclusion was further discredited by Dr. Werner Spitz, who had authored the medical treatise Enstice had relied on in her forensic pathology training.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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But he left an indelible mark on the environment, authoring legislation offering incentives to recycle, limiting advertisers’ inflated claims about products’ environmental benefits and combating water and air pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
His career accomplishments include founding the National Museum of African American History and Culture and authoring numerous books, including one on the NMAAHC's creation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
I’d hoped that authoring a guideline to movie theater etiquette at the start of 2025 might put enough determined energy into the universe to halt bad theater behavior once and for all.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
The artists credited with creating Franklin and authoring his books did not respond to requests from the BBC for comment.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
To be sure, men and women have long been authoring their own content, beginning with drawings on cave walls up through Gutenberg and the typewriter.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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