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[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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Dahlia also speaks with Andrew Weissmann, law professor at New York University and a veteran federal prosecutor, about President Trump’s latest nomination for attorney general and the state of the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

"It's created a stage that not only legal observers are watching, but regulators and lawmakers are watching closely as well," Eric Talley, a lawyer and professor at Columbia Law School, said.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He was a young economics professor at Chittagong University in Bangladesh visiting a village during a nationwide famine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“Money isn’t everything, even though it obviously helps,” said Andrea Godfrey Flynn, a marketing professor at the University of San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

He asked Gary Gorton, a Yale professor who had built the model that Cassano used to price the credit default swaps: Gorton guessed that the piles were no more than 10 percent subprime.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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