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Jessica Donovan, a certified financial planner in Los Angeles, cites a client in his late 70s who from the start declared that he expected market-beating returns.

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“She’s like a peacock. It’s not like she’s trying to get attention. But she has her own vision and doesn’t really care what’s going on. She knows what’s cool,” says Staunton, who cites Kurata as the biggest “inspiration” for the store.

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He cites his successes as governor renovating LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports and opening the first leg of the long-awaited Second Avenue subway.

Mr. Plokhy cites the Labour prime minister, Clement Attlee: “The answer to an atomic bomb on London is an atomic bomb on another great city.”

He cites a sad poll of veterans from 1945: When asked “if the army had hurt them more than it helped,” 58% answered “hurt.”

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