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The findings, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, reveal how caffeine acts on a well-defined brain pathway involved in social memory, the ability to recognize and distinguish people we have encountered before.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The attorney general acts as the chief legal adviser to the government and the Crown as well as overseeing the Law Officers' Departments.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The organization also says that it acts as “the official public-private partnership that connects, aligns, and amplifies national and local efforts to deliver the defining presidential moments of this anniversary year.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The next catalyst for the stock is likely to be announcements at the Computex conference, the annual event which acts as a showcase for Taiwan’s technology industry.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

One of his last acts as president was to place on file in the State Department his rejoinder to Bache’s accusations, which historians have long since discovered were based on forged English documents.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis