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The company had to repay the debt not with cash, but with hundreds of tons of cables and rope—making it one of the earliest asset-backed loans, as well.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In 2022, after both parents had died, Ferrer opened a closet and found about 100 letters from Poly, the earliest less than a week after their departure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Oprah Winfrey, one of Chopra’s earliest champions and business partners, gave him a huge boost with TV appearances in the early 1990s.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered an early 9th century manuscript in Rome containing one of the oldest surviving versions of the earliest known poem written in English.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Campaigns could be won and lost on their earliest moves.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama