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Not only are Chinese cars “ready for prime time in America,” but “U.S. car shoppers really are missing out,” according to testers at the car-buying site Edmunds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

In 1998, Orbán led Fidesz to election victory, and at 35 became Europe's youngest prime minister, taking Hungary into Nato in 1999.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

That’s a big drop from the period running from 1980 to 2007, when the baby boomers were in their prime working ages, and employment grew by 1.5% annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“You’ve got to be ready for prime time and you’re not,” said Birotte, a former U.S. attorney himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Winston Churchill, the British prime minister himself, sent warnings based on captured German codes to the Soviet government.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein