Whalen
Americannoun
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"I think the Knicks have just taken away a lot of the excitement right now," said Vanessa Whalen, owner of an English-style pub in Brooklyn, the Black Bull.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
While the Getty Center remains closed to the public, Whalen said it will be “business as usual” for the staff of the museum, its conservation and research institutes and the Getty Foundation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Over time, though, art that celebrated properties like “Ghostbusters,” “Back to the Future” and “The Goonies” started to overwhelm the market, causing “a lot of the 1970s and ‘80s movies to become stale,” Whalen says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Christopher Whalen, chairman of credit-markets research and advisory firm Whalen Global Advisors, fears “a Lehman kind of moment,” referring to when Lehman Brothers failed in 2008 after lenders yanked funds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
“An’ de Whalen kids is all fixed up, too,” he added.
From The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
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