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“What surprises people is how much work it is,” said Martin, who began offering tours 30 years ago, and still spends the winter months working his offshore lobster traps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"If I had a problem with a Democrat, he could work it out."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The U.S. economy was “really moving up in 1992, and if he couldn’t make it work, it wasn’t my fault,” Greenspan said in a 2007 interview with the Sunday Times of London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
And if it doesn’t work, it may be time to move on.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Watson knew immediately that the structure would not work: it was energetically unstable.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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