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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“When a bank needs money in a hurry, that can help banks through a liquidity crunch,” he said on a Brookings Institution podcast.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Cars and other exports were a "major bright spot" in the data, said Kyle Chan, an analyst from the Brookings Institution.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
A 2010 Brookings Institution paper found people were unhappier on days when gasoline rose above $3.50 and $4.00 a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
A recent Brookings Institute report, though, showed the opposite: that kids who use a lot of AI “are not thinking for themselves,” as Rebecca Winthrop, one of the study’s authors, told NPR.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
In the innermost private office of Steel, Brookings and DuQuesne stared at each other across the massive desk.
From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
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