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Artwork by Alisa Galitsyna enlivens the room.—
Kathryn O'Shea-Evans,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Yet each performer enlivens a role that looks a bit beleaguered on the page.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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This conception of the self animates rational choice theory in the social sciences, with its reliance on the model of the utility-maximizing subject.—
Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Yet what distinguishes Bowles’s work—what animates those strange, angular sentences, with their unexpected rhythms and turns of phrase and rabid energy—isn’t its interest in nonconformity but its obsession with spiritual transformation.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Pierpaolo Piccioli also infuses his vision of Balenciaga with a more literally glamorous take on femininity, which he has been known for at Valentino, of course.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
5 Oct. 2025
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Add Architectural Detail Reserve Home content creator Mallory Fletcher is well-known for the French flea market-style decor that infuses her Brooklyn apartment—and for her DIY chops.—
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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Witnessing Hoosiers standing in front of public officials speaking passionately about a topic even as their voice shakes always invigorates my passion for this job.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
25 Aug. 2025
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An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Aug. 2025
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The archetype is, of course, familiar—but Hawke imbues each of these characters with infectious zeal and a solemn, even sacred, severity.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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But Hoffman also imbues the character with an innocent, slippery charisma.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the committee said young children should receive one vaccine for chickenpox and a different shot known as MMR that inoculates against measles, mumps and rubella.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Develop Character To Combat Cognitive Warfare Developing and strengthening character inoculates individuals.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Leavens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavens. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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