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Though not much has been heard from Gibson or Stallone on this effort, Voight has been making the rounds with different union reps and studio executives (as per Deadline).—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025 -
The article is a smorgasbord of detail, brimming with characters, including C-suite executives, public-relations staffers, marketing V.P.s, and Lauder herself, for whom Fraser reserves her best descriptions.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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That was just a completely different life, and Lisa was also my boss.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
29 Apr. 2025
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My boss tried to take full credit during the meeting.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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McRaven retired in 2014 as a four-star admiral and the ninth commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).—
Chris Harris,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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A number of senior Russian commanders have been killed in Ukraine.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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In other words, employers burned by labor shortages during the pandemic are still reluctant to lay off workers despite the uncertainty spawned by the import fees.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Business leaders are feeling the impact as high housing costs have curbed labor mobility, return-to-office plans and the ability for employers to recruit in places like Silicon Valley.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2025
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During the 2019 crisis between Pakistan and India, General Munir served as director general of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.—
Salman Masood,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Read more Attorney general The Dire Conditions of New Mexico's Immigration Detention Facilities and the Dismantling of Humanitarian Release | Opinion Donald Trump Is Making America Dumber—On Purpose | Opinion Is Trump Making America Great Again in First 100 Days?—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, companies are adding higher-level supply-chain executives as companies move their goods sourcing from China to the U.S. or other Asian countries, said Kareem Bakr, managing director of Phaidon International, a recruiting agency.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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As a result of Buchanan’s termination, the board has determined to withdraw his nomination for election as a director of the company at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on May 14.—
Time,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Indeed, Dubrovsky himself had publicly attacked a university policy that required professors to submit their work to administrators before publishing or presenting it abroad.—
Anastasiia Vorozhtsova,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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The White House has said, though, that Amy Gleason, who worked at DOGE's predecessor entity, U.S. Digital Service, is formally the administrator of DOGE.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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The city’s transit supervisors are set to vote against the MTA rank and file in the upcoming primary for Gotham’s comptroller.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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The two Democratic supervisors want to change how the county calculates its minimum reserve amount and expand the definition of what counts as reserves.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
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“Higher-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher-up. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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