Grave of the Fireflies is about the horrors and degradations of war.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
For Parisian Jews in 1941 and 1942, these thefts were compounded by a cascade of other degradations, including the loss of distinguished positions at the Sorbonne, in banking, science, and medicine, with more devastation to come.
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Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
To recap, Anastasia Beverly Hills missed a term payment on its $650 million loan in August and paid the price with downgrades to its credit rating from both Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service.
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Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
20 Jan. 2026
Dabrowski, the former president of the Wirepoints conservative policy advocacy group, also noted that past state credit rating downgrades under previous governors were signs of fiscal mismanagement.
Like California, New York state has also seen production spend declines as studio slates have contracted.
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Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Jan. 2026
Those declines were sharper among more affluent households and younger shoppers, with a 7 percentage point year-over-year drop among households with an annual income of more than $100,000 and a 6 percentage point year-over-year fall among shoppers between the ages of 25 and 34, the survey found.
Now, as crypto analysts speculate whether further downfalls are in Bitcoin’s future, crypto bros are struggling to maintain a cohesive narrative in the face of such epic volatility.
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Joe Wilkins Published Jan 29,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
One of the Miami Hurricanes’ biggest downfalls last season was their lack of cornerback depth, and how quickly that was exposed as soon as injuries hit.
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