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In September, Beijing’s Tsinghua University poached Su Fei, one of Intel’s leading chip architects, and Liu Jun, a prominent statistician and data scientist at Harvard University.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The most prominent advocacy group to emerge from #MeToo, Time’s Up, shuttered years later amid internal discord and accusations of conflicts of interest.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Yawger said he is “certain there’s going to be elements inside Hezbollah who are reluctant to give up the fight,” so it will be important to see whether those voices become more prominent.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Seba was born in France to parents from Benin and is a prominent figure with 1.5 million followers online.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Both Isaac and Amy were prominent members of the Quaker faith and supported its then-radical ideas about equality in all forms.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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