Liquidating talent is a short-term accounting trick; augmenting talent is a long-term growth strategy.
—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
On his last record, Reduction of Man, Jaffe inverted his approach, triggering events for his group to respond to rather than augmenting his own playing.
Still, mainstream Democrats and the Democratic Party seemed inclined to hitch their fates to many of the issues which currently define a politics of domination, like threatening Venezuela or increasing ICE funding, even though for the first time, more voters want to abolish ICE than to keep it.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
But the increasing state support comes amid a dramatic overall decline.
In essence, the Dukes had become the elite of the FCS, winning or playing for titles, spending more than $10 million on football, enlarging its on-campus stadium and even drawing ESPN’s GameDay to campus.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
However, some fear the export boom risks further enlarging trade deficits.
Together, this configuration allows surface vibrations and high-speed electrons to interact directly, creating the perfect environment for amplifying acoustic waves.
That storied student paper published something last week that caught our eye, amplifying the university president’s comments on free speech on campus during a podcast interview.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
Add to it all locations with high foot traffic, and the potential for revenue keeps multiplying.
—
Anna Rahmanan,
thehustle.co,
9 Jan. 2026
Communities across the United States are reading about — and learning from — each other’s battles against data center proposals that are fast multiplying in number and size to meet steep demand as developers branch out in search of faster connections to power sources.
Over the years, Harold’s Chicken grew far beyond its original location, expanding into a regional brand with restaurants across eight states.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
Mitsubishi is looking to capitalize on rising power needs from data centers, manufacturing, as well as LNG exports, by expanding in the the world's largest gas market, citing domestic consumption, production, exports, and further demand growth.
Pilates, by contrast, typically emphasizes both the concentric and eccentric, or lengthening, phases, Rothstein said.
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Currie Engel,
Health,
13 Jan. 2026
Despite being flat to the ground, the sleek and streamlined design of a slim sneaker elongates your legs, creating a lengthening effect that balances your proportions beautifully.
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