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This is an awful lot of work for $2,333 each.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
The collection captures and celebrates one of the most compelling bodies of work in jazz of the past 50 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
That was one of the most compelling draws for McDaniel, the chance to work with a quarterback who can make every throw, and to coach with Jim Harbaugh, who has had success at every stop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Kushner, now 80, graduated from college and pursued a career in family planning and social work.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Jesuits are widely known for their focus on social justice and human rights, as well as a devotion to theology, missionary work, and education.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The deal will guarantee that at least 1,200 out of 1,800 jobs are preserved at the factory, VW's works council said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
One unusual aspect of these works is that they were not composed on the piano but directly on the sax, with fellow quartet members Hamiet Bluiett, Oliver Lake and David Murray in mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Cats and Stray Cat Alliance, and works closely with the groups to highlight adoptable cats in the storefront’s showcase windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
A new Inbetweeners movie is officially in the works, Netflix has confirmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Led by the USGS, this coalition helps not only to monitor volcanoes around the world but also works to train local scientists and emergency responders to prepare for an eruption.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Richard, who worked at an abortion clinic in Louisiana in the late 1970s, moved to Maine in 1980.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Department of Justice told us it was unable to comment on matters and decisions from 25 years ago, involving staff who no longer worked there.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
To investigate these hidden cell populations, Alexis worked with Dr. Maria Secrier's computational biology team at UCL to construct a detailed picture of the tumor and the immune and support cells surrounding it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other organizations worked closely together to evacuate hundreds of local staff and their families and help them resettle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
With sudden urgency, women embraced husbands and sweethearts who worked beside them at Phillips.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“It has none of those elements one sees so often: festivals of wrought iron, little Juliet balconies, guitars strumming in every corner,” he recalled in his 1998 interview.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
When they start shooting a movie together, they begin to understand their connection to this ancient evil, and their place in a cyclical inferno wrought by absent parents and bad weather.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
But the transformations wrought by Gaudí and his collaborators are a triumph of architectural and sculptural imagination that has no real analogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A toxic dump that humans couldn’t see or smell wrought perhaps the worst damage on the ocean in one place from a single poison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
“It’s that house there, on the right,” Zara says, pointing at a mansion-sized house at the end of a long driveway, flanked on either side by wrought iron light posts.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Asked about potential cooperation with the iPhone maker, Zhao said the company remains open to working with customers worldwide but declined to discuss specific commercial relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Scott also managed to use some previous experience of working on a film about D-Day to help with his performance.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“We’re all smart and we’re really working at the top of our intelligence,” he recalled thinking as he and the crew tried to make sense of their time with Holmes and Evans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Our AI is tailored to capture the dual-purpose drugs that are working in aging and disease,” Zhavoronkov said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Arlo keeps working on the sandwich while he remains deep in thought.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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