Bala
Americannoun
noun
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“Universities really need to develop a vision of what we do, what we teach, how we teach it, what research we do, how we do it,” Kavita Bala, Cornell’s provost, said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“The companies are moving very fast and external regulation is moving slower — the IPO event itself might be a self-regulating event,” Bala said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The way my twin responds to you online is exactly how I would personally,” says Bala Sathyanarayanan, chief human-resources officer at industrial-packaging company Greif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Political analyst Bala Yusuf told the BBC the move could reshape Nigeria's electoral landscape.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
He joined Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, and took up position near Bala Hissar, the old citadel walls that loomed over the city from the Koh-e-Shirdawaza mountains.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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