My starting point when assessing allegations of huge conspiracies is that secrets become exponentially harder to keep for every extra person who knows about them.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
Once the threat level jumps to Defcon 1, so does the movie, and the cross-cutting between various parties issuing emergency orders and assessing the situation in terse acronym-heavy jargon begins in earnest.
There’s no discounting the appeal of a true movie star — and Anne Hathaway certainly fits that bill.
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Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
Richard Westenberger, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Carter’s, said tariffs are delivering blows to the business, which has caused the company to hike its prices and decrease its discounting efforts.
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