Alan
Americannoun
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“That’s disappointing,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates, a compensation consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Alan had worked as a landscape gardener before launching a training and life-coaching business, while Katie was an actuary, or risk assessor, for a financial firm.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
"We're yet to see whether he will regret those decisions," former England captain Alan Shearer said on BBC Radio 5 Live.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
Alan Greenspan was the first to “show me what this role demands,” Warsh said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
Another Cambridge mathematician, Alan Turing, reclines in a chair with his feet up on a wooden table, staring at the ceiling.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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