Slocum
Americannoun
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Such collaboration has been done before—think Harvey Slocum, who shaped the Bhakra Nangal Dam alongside Indian engineers, and Norman Borlaug, whose high-yielding wheat with M.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
“There is absolutely a movement here,” says Tyson Slocum, director of the energy program at Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Slocum, of Public Citizen, said that communities are objecting to a process that has been shrouded in secrecy, with public officials sometimes being asked to sign nondisclosure agreements about the projects.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
“We’re not seeing so much pain right now,” said Slocum, chief executive of Green Development Co. of Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
“The teacher gathered up his books and moved Bernadette Slocum into his seat and said, ‘Well, we’ll certainly miss Kenneth, won’t we?’
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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