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This campaign stuttered through matches against Nepal, West Indies, Scotland and Italy but now there is a feeling of real belief emanating from this squad.

From BBC

While Caro “wouldn’t describe wasteful spending as a defining boomer trait,” she noted that “many boomers were raised by parents who lived through the Great Depression. That experience tends to produce strong money beliefs — sometimes in the direction of extreme thrift, and sometimes in the opposite direction. In families where scarcity was intense, the next generation can either internalize ‘waste not, want not’ or subconsciously react against it.”

From MarketWatch

Dury said it was a "battle against time" to get the picture, which he captured using a wide lens.

From BBC

Originally inspired by traditional summer insect hunts in Japan, gameplay usually involves capturing and training fantastical "pocket monsters" resembling anything from mice to dragons, before sending them into battle against one another.

From Barron's

French President Emmanual Macron is Monday to reveal his vision for how France's nuclear arsenal could bolster defence in Europe, with the continent scrambling to re-arm against an aggressive Russia and as Washington turns away.

From Barron's