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“My success in life has not been derived from superior abilities, or extensive knowledge, a very small and scanty share of either having fallen to my lot,” Willing wrote in a short autobiography in 1786.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
FCC, a 1990s case that affirmed the constitutionality of regulations derived from the scarcity of broadcast licenses, despite the rise of cable television at that point.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
First, retinoic acid, a molecule derived from vitamin A, is broken down, reducing the formation of new blue cones.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
One more California legal and constitutional regulation — a very disputatious, valuable and complicated one — derived from Spanish and Mexican practices, very different from East Coast ones: water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The mine had a lot of the solvent derived from coal tar, but it was too volatile.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
