Brookings
Americannoun
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Robert Somers 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
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a city in E South Dakota.
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“It’s really meant to be used as a tool to get intelligence and obtain evidence,” Vanda Brown of the Brookings Institution said of the program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
At Brookings, Fed experts laid out the top lessons to consider.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
David Wessel was a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal and is director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Mr. Poznansky is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Then, after promising DuQuesne to keep him informed of developments, and giving him an instrument similar to the one he himself carried, Brookings took his leave.
From The Skylark of Space by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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