My book discussion this week will be 1873 by Liaquat Ahamed, an economic history of the crisis of that year, the financial crisis of that year, and of the long deflation that followed and that helped to doom the Reconstruction hopes that are encapsulated in the Fourteenth Amendment.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
The move perfectly encapsulated what Miller is trying to do with the 6-foot-3 Hanson.
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Shaun Goodwin
June 10,
Idaho Statesman,
10 June 2026
Metal barricades surrounded Madison Square Garden and police checkpoints were up around Penn Station as city officials scrambled to prevent a repeat of Wednesday night’s chaos, when dozens of fans were taken into custody after the Knicks’ historic comeback.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
Entering his fourth year on the Falcons’ defensive line, Harrison is surrounded by new faces and new skill sets after a makeover on the interior.
Adjacent to it, an informal dining space was conceived as a modern take on a veranda, with a circular table encircled by walls of glass on three sides.
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Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
The venue is encircled by a towering curtain of oaks, poplars, and pines, and each note seemed to hang in the air for the rapt audience.
Occupiers of apartments and houses had grown used to all these sounds, which, far from disturbing their sleep, cocooned it.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
But others enjoy seeing drivers add personality into a sport where emotion is often hard to spot during on-track sessions, because the drivers are cocooned in safety equipment for their own good.
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