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Hockett

American  
[hok-it] / ˈhɒk ɪt /

noun

  1. Charles, 1916–2000, U.S. linguist and anthropologist.


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Robert Hockett, a financial regulation expert at Cornell University, believes it’s time to make the overarching guarantee explicit.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

There was this sense that there were no limits in American policy — it was very vertiginous, almost dizzying,” Hockett said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2022

“It would be very easy through finance regulation to require banks and firms to absorb the risks of harm to people through climate change,” Hockett said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2021

“You’ll see Bernie setting the pace. He’ll be the one who is always prepared to go the furthest,” Mr. Hockett said.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2019

Not long before he’d walked out the door for Las Vegas, he’d dashed an e-mail off to his partner Ben Hockett, who planned to meet him there, and Jamie Mai, who didn’t.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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