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But that was just weeks before Bessent flew to Malaysia to meet with Chinese counterparts and hash out the framework of a deal that crucially included a commitment to buy American soybeans.
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
The dummies' design is informed by data taken from living people's bodies, as well as from cadavers put through their own crash tests — and the new female dummy design, crucially, is informed by data from female bodies.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Having co-created the eponymous pooch, writer Bob Baker retained some of the rights to the character, but crucially not to the design or his connections to a certain Time Lord — hence the extensive makeover and the lack of references to the metal mutt's adventures in space and time.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Many of the leaders-in-waiting lack the stature or vision, and those that appear to have it — Universal’s Donna Langley and Disney’s Dana Walden or Josh D’Amaro come to mind — have to fight boards, share prices and, most crucially, falling profits that don’t facilitate risktaking and vision.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
The dummies' design is informed by data taken from living people's bodies, as well as from cadavers put through their own crash tests — and the new female dummy design, crucially, is informed by data from female bodies.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Having co-created the eponymous pooch, writer Bob Baker retained some of the rights to the character, but crucially not to the design or his connections to a certain Time Lord — hence the extensive makeover and the lack of references to the metal mutt's adventures in space and time.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Many of the leaders-in-waiting lack the stature or vision, and those that appear to have it — Universal’s Donna Langley and Disney’s Dana Walden or Josh D’Amaro come to mind — have to fight boards, share prices and, most crucially, falling profits that don’t facilitate risktaking and vision.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Crucially.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crucially. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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