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“It’s going to take a long time to address these issues that make it challenging in addition to making it very unique,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Groups, often regardless of political affiliation, are fighting back in town council meetings and local government sessions where most of these projects are approved.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
The DIP will set out how these commitments will be funded; however its publication has been increasingly delayed by internal departmental wrangling over where the money will come from.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
“I couldn’t believe that somehow the message we have been trying to drive into these young people didn’t stick.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The anatomical evidence from Phineas rules out nine of these.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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