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The plane was registered to U.S. Bank executive Terry Dolan, the company confirmed Sunday.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025 -
Many put the blame on the meager tax credits offered by the California government, and while there are efforts underway to raise these figures, Glatter believes entertainment executives also need to do their part.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
30 Mar. 2025
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Ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, the three Formula One team bosses were asked for their take on the upcoming film's trailer.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Her boss, Helena Eagan (Britt Lower), is set to inherit the company.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Included among dozens of other characters are a submarine commander and his crew, a creepy coroner, a sweaty spy, an American flyboy, and even the soon-to-be spy novelist Ian Fleming.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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Murder, torture, rape and summary executions of prisoners of war ordered by commanders.—
Askold Haywas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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But what’s driving this change, and how can society ensure that this shift benefits employers and workers?—
Scott White,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Some of you may be offered a new job or a client could appear or decide to take on more projects with your employer.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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The building was being built by the China Railway Construction Corporation for Thailand’s government auditor general.—
David Rising,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Point seven demanded justice for all Russian war criminals, including Putin and his top generals.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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Maryland will hire a new athletic director, and that person will have the chance to decide what kind of department the state’s flagship university should have.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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With the Vogue Vintage Market in New York and London mere days away, for this Thursday’s episode of The Run-Through, model and writer Penelope Tree joined Chioma and Julia Hobbs, British Vogue’s fashion features director, to talk about her recent essay for the April issue.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
27 Mar. 2025
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Teacher turnover Educators who were frustrated by remote learning and other conditions quit teaching and departed from classrooms across the nation, leaving school administrators nationwide with shortages of teachers and substitutes on staff, according to a RAND survey from 2021.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Rubio will continue to be USAID's acting administrator, and the two political appointees will be deputy administrators.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Usually, the only way to identify these individuals is through irregularity reports submitted by test supervisors.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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