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In the decades that followed, he helped transform U.S. retail by building shopping centers across America, starting with strip malls and moving onto giant projects such as the Mall of America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I understand why the many chefs who mucked up the “Crystal Lake” cauldron, starting with Bryan Fuller, were compelled to fill in the blanks of Pamela’s origin story.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

I’ll touch on three of the nastier downsides, starting with bad tenants.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Microsoft boss outlined the company's proposals to strengthen safety across the sector, starting with a requirement that AI agents be equipped with "safety brakes" that users could activate in the event of an incident.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The handover can be plotted in stages, starting with a slow, dreamy triplet shuffle in jazz violinist Joe Venuti’s 1929 track ‘Apple Blossoms’, then in a more frantic version in his ‘Really Blue’ of 1930.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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