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“Going forward, the court expects all parties to have an ‘all-hands’ mentality,” the judge wrote in a tentative ruling earlier this week, which he adopted Friday morning.

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The previous signs of a tentative recovery in the sector have now been erased, Capital Economics economist Franziska Palmas said in a note to clients.

Regulators expressed tentative satisfaction with the plane maker’s efforts to improve its manufacturing quality.

As I recovered, regaining trust in my body was hard — progress felt so tentative, and the fear of regression was so stark.

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That star June Squibb’s warm, humorous and slightly spiky performance elevates the wobbly material and tentative direction.

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