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MarketWatch: Your seminal 1975 Financial Analysts Journal article, “The Loser’s Game,” argued that most professional money managers cannot beat the market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
In 1998 she wrote the seminal essay on official Washington’s state of mind during Ken Starr’s investigation into Bill Clinton.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Or take a seminal moment of the dot-com boom: In December 1998, internet analyst Henry Blodget put an audacious price target on Amazon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The beloved singer, 51, rose to fame as part of The Fugees and released her seminal solo record The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998 - still her only studio album.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Du Bois included in his seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk, a brilliant but haunting short story.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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