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Academic studies, including randomized controlled trials, have found that microfinance doesn’t improve the economic conditions of most borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"You have the trials and the tribulations, you win some, you lose some, you make progress, you sometimes have setbacks, but you have made it, and this day we've made it," added the CEO.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The diagnosis resonated and he began writing about his condition and the trials of fatherhood on Substack.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Albus Dumbledore had his trials too, you know—and Severus Snape, well, you know all about him— ALBUS: They were good men.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling




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