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Bencic was ranked 421 at the start of the 2025 season, but making the last 16 at the Australian Open a year ago convinced her she could return to the upper echelons of tennis.
From Barron's
Measured in this way, the story of the past 50 years is steady progress out of the core middle class and into the upper middle class.
“Poor people are as bad off as in the special period, but a segment of middle and upper class have access to dollars and are not in such bad shape, which causes real social tension.”
Large-scale neon sculptures — a bunny, a martini glass — will grace the upper walls.
From Los Angeles Times
In this case, the solar wind can knock charged particles loose from Earth's upper atmosphere.
From Science Daily
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