conservative
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In 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, he was appointed governor of the Bank of Canada by a conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I can’t all of a sudden erase my conservative views of the past 16 years in the Missouri Legislature,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
He made small investments, mostly in conservative U.S. index funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I went to extremely conservative school in an extremely conservative family,” argues their daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Morgan Stanley and Citigroup were now at 33:1, Goldman Sachs looked conservative at 25:1, but then Goldman had a gift for disguising how leveraged it actually was.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
So while it may seem like progressives and conservatives in the U.S. agree on little or nothing, they seem to be finding some common ground on solutions to the housing crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
But for liberals and conservatives alike, there were other aims, too, including a high school and maybe even college degree, and a stable job to follow it.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The company’s shares had been under pressure after Julie Masino, the outgoing chief executive, alienated some core customers and conservatives by changing the folksy logo and the menu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Since Scalia’s death, his influence has grown especially with the younger generation of conservatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“The liberals and the conservatives are both right in a sense,” McLanahan said.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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