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In the late ’60s, the media portrayed Solanas as just another radical member of the divisive second-wave feminist movement taking hold in America.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
TD Cowen had downgraded Rogers to hold in early April, along with telecom peers BCE and Telus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
That’s because this event is reminiscent of “the blob” — a massive marine heat wave that took hold in the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of California from roughly 2014 to 2016.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
“This would mark only a marginal improvement from the recent string of hot PCE inflation prints and should keep the Fed firmly on hold in the near-term,” writes Stephen Juneau, U.S. economist at BofA Securities.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Zero had taken hold in the West, and despite the papacy's objections, it was too strong to be exiled once more.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
