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Geiser said that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Academic studies, including randomized controlled trials, have found that microfinance doesn’t improve the economic conditions of most borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The criminal probe was a significant escalation in the yearslong effort to police serial pollution offenses by Virginia-based Southern Coal and dozens of affiliated mining operations controlled by the family.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

In the end, England's midfielders were too passive and easily controlled by Spain, while the usually explosive frontline of Alessia Russo, Lauren Hemp and Lauren James proved ineffective.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The policy at corporate was the Customer Is Always Right, though the customer was not usually the resident but the relatives who controlled the purse strings.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman