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Gordon Tobias teared up each of the four times he went to see Big Boy 4014 in action in Pennsylvania—twice at Valley Forge and twice at Conshohocken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Andy Tobias, whose father Lieutenant Colonel John Tobias MBE, said it was a "hugely momentous day"
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“He really steered that panel the way he wanted it, and he won,” Tobias said of the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Dealer-financed equity repo exposure has increased substantially relative to the investable equity base, while market leadership has narrowed to an unprecedented degree,” Tobias said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Math Anxiety A more common source of innumeracy than psychological illusions is what Sheila Tobias calls math anxiety.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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