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In John Clellon Holmes’s novel we’re plunged into “all the talk, the smoke and laughter, and the ceaseless movement by which people at a party disguise their self-consciousness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Regulation of these contracts should not be a legal coin flip decided by which courthouse a company gets sued in.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The significance of this work is that it identifies a mechanism by which a microbiota-derived metabolite can create durable epithelial T-cell crosstalk," Yu said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yes, yes it does—but in every category by which you might evaluate a mode of transportation, the people mover comes up short.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Luma argued that it would take the boys ten days to get players and hold tryouts, by which time they would have had to forfeit two games—their season would be shot.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
