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Recent Examples of negotiatorsThis time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
Earlier this week, Vance sent a letter via Qatari mediators to Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, proposing a framework for talks.
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Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2026
Muslims can similarly turn to religious scholars or mediators for guidance on family or financial disputes.
Thanks to African intermediaries guiding these military explorers, Binger discovered that the fabled Kong Mountains, which stretched across most 19th-century maps, did not exist.
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Thomas J Bassett,
The Conversation,
29 Oct. 2026
In diving into the global web of handlers, financial intermediaries and money launderers bolstering the fake identities, investigators discovered key parts of that machinery operating in Russia.
But personnel conflicts, professional friction and workplace animosity between administrative staff, registers of wills and sitting jurists are human dynamics that can occur on any bench.
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Eric Wargotz,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Nov. 2026
Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time.