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“I don’t think anybody is going to change a policy on a year or two of performance, but the opportunity cost of not having that exposure in your portfolio has increased pretty significantly,” Yates says.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"After a couple of weeks when you are a head coach you can always pretty precisely tell which players could become a coach."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“So both those guys are confident. They’re kind of a little older, so they’ve been around, and we’re very familiar with both those guys, so it should be pretty seamless.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Human brains function on a pretty strict use-it-or-lose-it policy: When they’re not engaged, they start to atrophy.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Nollie came out of the kitchen, her round pretty face flushed with baking.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
