the works

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Other reforms are in the works.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Leiden’s Elizabeth Nogrady and the Norton’s Robert Evren and J. Rachel Gustafson have grouped the works thematically—“Fashioning Identities,” “From Market to Kitchen,” “Intellectual Life,” etc.—to present a picture of Dutch life and culture at a pivotal moment, when economic expansion created an environment in which innovation, artistic and otherwise, could flourish.

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Now he says he has an “amazing” Greenland deal in the works.

From Barron's

This year might also be a favorable time for broadening lending, with many Americans expecting higher tax refunds in 2026, in addition to other affordability measures in the works.

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Only courage—the kind inspired by the works of Lewis and Tolkien—can answer the crisis.

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