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Hockett

American  
[hok-it] / ˈhɒk ɪt /

noun

  1. Charles, 1916–2000, U.S. linguist and anthropologist.


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“There’s a public ritual that lawmakers feel a need to engage in to yell about ‘holding the fat cats responsible,’” said Bob Hockett, a Cornell law professor who specializes in finance.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2023

Robert Hockett, a financial regulation expert at Cornell University, believes it’s time to make the overarching guarantee explicit.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

That needs to be encouraged, Mr. Hockett says.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

There was this sense that there were no limits in American policy — it was very vertiginous, almost dizzying,” Hockett said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2022

Not long before he’d walked out the door for Las Vegas, he’d dashed an e-mail off to his partner Ben Hockett, who planned to meet him there, and Jamie Mai, who didn’t.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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