principal
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“I’ll put the odds of a deal in the next 10 days at 90%,” says Brian McCarthy, managing principal of Macrolens, a boutique investment-research firm in Massachusetts.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
And then there was Maria Nichols, who looked like the school principal she once was.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
“The conflict is no longer about which side can strike more fixed targets,” said Norman Roule, who served as the principal U.S. intelligence community’s official on Iran matters from 2008 to 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
“Whether that marks the start of a rebalancing, or early anticipation of de-escalation, will be the key question for the sector in the weeks ahead,” said Kenneth Lamont, a principal at Morningstar.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
“So if I were the principal, and I needed to check on the well-being or current location of any of my students, I’d naturally need to log on to my computer,” Nurse Beverly said.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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