Brookings
Americannoun
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Robert Somers 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
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a city in E South Dakota.
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“It’s really meant to be used as a tool to get intelligence and obtain evidence,” Vanda Brown of the Brookings Institution said of the program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Glenn Hutchins, co-chair of the board of Brookings and co-founder of Silver Lake Partners, said that Powell’s swift actions prevented disaster.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
David Wessel, a former economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, is a senior fellow and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"Mr. Warsh insists that he will defend the Fed's independence in monetary policy," said David Wessel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Brookings, caught in his duplicity and half-convinced of the truth of DuQuesne's statements, still temporized.
From The Skylark of Space by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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