Brookings
Americannoun
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Robert Somers 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
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a city in E South Dakota.
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“It’s really meant to be used as a tool to get intelligence and obtain evidence,” Vanda Brown of the Brookings Institution said of the program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
David Wessel was a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal and is director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
David Wessel, a former economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, is a senior fellow and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
While Putin's visit is not expected to receive the same pomp as Trump's, "the Xi-Putin relationship does not require that kind of performative reassurance", said Patricia Kim from the Brookings Institution in Washington.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Dr. N. E. Hansen of Brookings, South Dakota, has made a few selections of the common hazelnut found in Manitoba and is now propagating the best of these for distribution.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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