early American

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He also headed up the team for the experimental XP-80, an early American jet built in response to the Nazis’ Messerschmitt Me 262.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Franklin and other early American contributors like John Jacob Astor and Cornelius Vanderbilt should probably rank higher than they do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Peter Mancall, a history professor at USC, has delved into major moments of political violence in early American history, and said a lot of it stemmed from “some perception of grievance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

Then the old nun would read from her favorite books, usually biographies of early American presidents.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez