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John Nichols, a former accountant, and his son Larry, a former law clerk to Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, founded Devon in 1971.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Claire Slater, who was watching alongside her son Cohen, said she felt "absolutely ecstatic".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He donates the venison to food pantries because he has alpha-gal and his son “almost died from anaphylactic shock from two Advil gel caps,” he told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Williams bought his son a $60 used bat, avoids pricey out-of-state tournaments and practices with his son at a local park rather than paying for private lessons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Though he was a preacher’s son, it was at school where he learned to turn the other cheek.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
“They almost view it like an investment, and it’s a horrible investment,” said Bobby Minor, who raised two sons in baseball, one of whom plays in college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Rosie Whitfield says she felt overwhelmed by the amount of parenting advice online when looking for guidance on raising her two sons.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
"I think men need to come into the conversation as well, and I'm not just talking husbands and partners, I'm talking sons," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
It also omits Lee and focuses primarily on James Dean’s Cal Trask, one of Cathy’s sons, leaving most of her story to secondhand whispers.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
He must have been one of Mrs. Caruthers’s lost sons Cook had mentioned.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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