contemplates
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Paul McCartney releases an album inspired by his youth in Liverpool, Marilyn Monroe gets a centenary-celebrating exhibition in Los Angeles, Brendan Fraser’s Dwight D. Eisenhower contemplates storming the beaches of Normandy, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
One of the greatest operas of our time, John Adams’ “Doctor Atomic,” contemplates the creation of nuclear weapons as the functioning of a latter-day Faust, Goethe’s most lasting creation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
The film boldly contemplates the atmosphere of Brontë’s novel with both a straight face and a sense of humor.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
The dollar regained much of the ground lost after the jobs report, as Wall Street contemplates an extended period of uncertainty that could keep the Fed from cutting interest rates in December.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
The more one contemplates the hot viruses, the less they look like parasites and the more they begin to look like predators.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
