Baily
Britishnoun
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Personal computers, which economists credit for a productivity boom starting in the mid-1990s, were initially clunky and took years to become more user-friendly, said Martin Neil Baily, an economist at the Brookings Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Owen Goodman sticks out a left hand to deny Baily Cargill's point-blank header with a stunning stop.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
Therapeutic boarding schools like Whetstone should be regulated similarly to state-licensed daycare centers, with complaints tracked and publicly accessible, to the extent possible, Baily said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
The endorsement, made in a central Illinois fairground, is unlikely to win Baily many voters closer to Chicago.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022
Anthony was a rail-thin six-footer with a goatee; his friend Ben Baily was a somewhat rounder and softer man with an easy laugh.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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