Example Sentences
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“If the tree falls in the forest, and no one was around to hear, did it actually make a sound?” said Laurie Grindle, Armstrong deputy center director who served as the project manager for the first abort test.
From Los Angeles Times
The prime minister's ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus later found Simons had not broken any rules.
From BBC
Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor in L.A. who now serves as a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, called the detention “alarming.”
From Los Angeles Times
As it stands, the combination of the stringent build-to-rent requirements and the relatively loose requirements for the exemption to boost homeownership will likely dissuade institutions from building new homes to rent out, wrote External link Parrott and Urban Institute fellow Laurie Goodman in a blog post on Monday.
From Barron's
Sir Laurie Magnus said documents released in relation to his appointment indicated "the relevant process for a political appointee was followed".
From BBC
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