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Reston

American  
[res-tuhn] / ˈrɛs tən /

noun

  1. James (Barrett) Scotty, 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.


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Town Center Drive in Santa Clarita and Birch Street Promenade in Brea are smaller examples of the town center concept that dates to the early 1990s, after the success of Reston Town Center in Virginia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Witness the private letters and memos of big time, Cold War-era reporters like the Times’s Scotty Reston, CBS’s Eric Sevareid and Chalmers Roberts of the Washington Post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

He was also the first designer to ban underweight models from the runway, after the death of model Ana Carolina Reston in 2006 from anorexia nervosa.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

While that area makes the most sense to Marsden, the legislation would allow the county to pick a site anywhere near one of the Silver Line Metro stations, including Reston.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

While Reston sat at his desk, puffing on a pipe, Sheehan told the group of the origin of the Pentagon Papers, and of how the study clearly documented government lies about the war.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin