Peterson
Americannoun
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Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
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Roger Tory, 1908–1996, U.S. ornithologist, author, and artist.
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The brief extension "was the preferred position of the Americans," Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute for International Economics told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Not even Netflix would give “The Peterson Show” the greenlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Peterson Foundation’s survey also found 70% of voters think candidates aren’t talking enough about the debt and its impact on the cost of living.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
The person who got it done was a young, athletic-looking white guy with a buzzcut named Bill Peterson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I knew I was scared, but I didn’t know, as Bill Peterson told me later on, that he was scared of me, too.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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