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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Warsh is "either going to completely disappoint the markets, or he runs the risk that he's going to start to anger Donald Trump", said David Wessel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I fear there is a considerable risk of much higher gas and diesel prices in the weeks to come,” said Michael O’Hanlon, director of research of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Robin Brooks, senior economist at the Brookings Institution, thinks the “current strengthening of the yen has all the signs of hidden intervention,” meaning that authorities may have intervened more than they publicly have let on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Deductibles have gotten bigger,” said Matthew Fiedler, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on Health Policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
As Perkins slid out, Brookings spoke into his telephone, and soon Chambers, his chief chemist, appeared.
From The Skylark of Space by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
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