revolution
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The trip prompted personal reflections for Poole González, who was born in the U.S. to a mother who departed Cuba with her family a decade after the revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Wigglesworth is the author of “Trillions,” a history of the index-fund revolution, and his new book, “A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World,” is out Sept. 29 from Portfolio/Penguin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The striking thing about “An Unexpected Life,” considering that its author lived for decades at the intersection of journalism and cultural revolution, is how bland it is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
While the chips are powering the AI revolution, there are already examples in Wales where the technology is creating new roles and changing existing jobs.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Although Copernicus, Galileo and Newton were well aware that their ideas were momentous, and we can legitimately describe their work as revolutionary, they never explicitly said to themselves, ‘I am making a revolution.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
That is the lesson from past technological revolutions, which boosted workers’ productivity, making it easier for businesses to meet demand without raising prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“There were demonstrations in the streets, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, drug revolutions, sex revolutions, riots, race riots. So we thought, what a good time to go out and do Black and white comedy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
"But we're not afraid of revolutions when they are peaceful, well-thought and meant to last."
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
But this one, her sixth, dances us through her evolution and many revolutions, serving up everything from jazz to funk to Chicago house on the dance track “Right Here Right Now.”
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
The embryo is hungry; day in, day out, the blood-surrogate pump unceasingly turns its eight hundred revolutions a minute.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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