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The first time was in November against Texas, when the Bruins — now a program-record 35-1 — suffered their only loss this season.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
McEvoy's time was faster than the unofficial 20.89 that Enhanced Games swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev claimed last year at a trial in the United States - for which he received $1m.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Despite the political uncertainty, Machado said the time was right to invest Venezuela, which has the world's largest oil reserves.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Descartes made a strict separation between mind and matter: mind was immaterial and immortal, so that mind’s relationship to the sensory world of space and time was inherently problematic.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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