personal history

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The irony, of course, is Arnold has done his best to expunge his own personal history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The personal history between Blanche and Trump came up repeatedly during the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, with Senator Jack Reed comparing him at one point to a mafia adviser.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

This notion of a relentless, unshakable personal history serves as the novel’s through line: Try as they might, none of its characters can avoid the fallout of mistakes and misdeeds committed long ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Doesn’t she have a kind of tangled personal history and reasons not to maybe want to have this American oversight?

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026

It’s not just our personal history that gets mangled.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García