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Known for its wealthy Franco American clientele, the ocean liner was the first one to be built after World War I that had an Art Deco interior.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
Written and directed by Coogler, Sinners stars the filmmaker’s Black Panther and Creed collaborator Jordan as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return home to Mississippi in 1932 after serving in World War I and working for the mob in Chicago.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
The law was invoked only three times before Trump, each during a war declared by Congress: the War of 1812 (with the United Kingdom), World War I, and World War II.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Vienna experienced severe shortages during World War I and turned to socialist housing policies that included a freeze on rents and forcing private owners to sell vacant land to the city at a small fraction of peacetime values.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
Written and directed by Coogler, Sinners stars the filmmaker’s Black Panther and Creed collaborator Jordan as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return home to Mississippi in 1932 after serving in World War I and working for the mob in Chicago.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
The law was invoked only three times before Trump, each during a war declared by Congress: the War of 1812 (with the United Kingdom), World War I, and World War II.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Vienna experienced severe shortages during World War I and turned to socialist housing policies that included a freeze on rents and forcing private owners to sell vacant land to the city at a small fraction of peacetime values.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
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“World War I.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20War%20I. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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