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If a subway would work anywhere in modern Los Angeles, conventional wisdom said, it was along Wilshire Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
From courtroom standoffs to tense encounters with highway robbers, hats in early modern England carried far more meaning than simple fashion.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Sophocles’ Theban plays have dominated New York theater lately, but many other ancient dramas are crying out to be shared with the modern world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Amazon is using its most modern drone, the MK30, in Darlington.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
But in Miss Penelope Lumley’s day, modern art had not yet been invented, and a painting of a sheep was universally expected to show legs, wool, and a fluffy tail.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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