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Using newly released data from major dark energy observatories, he concludes that the cosmos will continue expanding for roughly another 11 billion years before reaching its largest size.

From Science Daily

Three days before McLeod's death, they featured in their first and only game together when starting in an FA Trophy win at South Shields.

From BBC

The father-of-four was rushing to plaster the outside walls before returning to work in Riyadh, leaving his family and the snow-capped Himalayas on the horizon behind yet again.

From Barron's

"If a medicine was short in the market before, a call was made to Pakistan, and the medicine was delivered in two to three days," he said.

From Barron's

Albertson began looking into the subject as an undergraduate at Purdue University Fort Wayne, out of an interest in different investment strategies, before earning a master’s degree in applied economics from Georgetown.

From Barron's