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You’re doing your own debate show now, but when you describe it more fully, you talk about conversation; you talk about creating dialog at a time when America is uniquely divided.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The showdown between the first family of the Lakers comes at a time when family ownership is increasingly rare in high-level professional sports, as franchises become astronomically valuable—thanks in part to visionaries like Jerry Buss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The researchers now want to determine whether the technique can move beyond connecting just two DNA fragments at a time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
“We launched it at a time when it was almost the golden age of independent, small publishing, a lot of which was translation-focused,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
She walked out into the water slowly, one careful step at a time, and stretched her nose to touch the finger the boy was holding out, as if they were old friends.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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