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In 1867 he seized the mighty New York Central in a fight with its new management by cutting off New York City from all rail traffic to the interior, causing its stock price to collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Rather than causing cancer, however, these mutations may contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

As a former beauty pageant organizer, the president also notoriously comments on women's looks, once causing a diplomatic stir by praising Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It works by engineering a civil war within the immune system – to get one part to destroy the part causing disease.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

I pulled up the tab on a can of diabetic wet food and yanked the metal top off with the familiar whoosh, causing Fig to “mrow” repeatedly.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas