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The federal government’s success in strong-arming Ryan to resign and the UVA Board’s acquiescence to it have been viewed by higher education officials as one more alarming step by the Trump administration to strip away university autonomy and self-governance.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025 -
Too many have chosen the politics of non-engagement, which is at best a hair’s breadth away from acquiescence or complicity.—
Kamila Shamsie
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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But in deference to the surrender seeker, only one section of the trip will be shared at a time.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Trump speaks about free speech but lawsuits serve as warning signal Paramount and CBS are following what is — by now — a well worn path of corporate deference to Trump.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
2 July 2025
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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Instead of offering a comment, Brigitte is resorting to trying to bully a reporter into submission.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Trump extended ByteDance’s compliance deadline until Sept. 17.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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By automating the deregulation process, the administration aims to reduce government spending and compliance burdens significantly.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Without realizing it, the relationship can start to operate like a system of emotional over-functioning and under-functioning, where one person takes more responsibility for the emotional health of the relationship, while the other slowly disappears into passivity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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For Arkel Benitez, a Guatemalan security analyst and lawyer, the problem is that what’s visible in the videos circulating is, at best, passivity by Guatemalan police and soldiers and, at worst, collusion in the face of something that was an obvious threat to Guatemalan citizens.—
Edgar H. Clemente,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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Fellow lawmakers and leaders described him Saturday as a gentle man of humility and integrity who was deeply respected on both sides of the aisle and who fought for his fellow firefighters until the end of his life.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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Accountability, collaboration, courage, humility, justice, temperance, drive, integrity, judgment, transcendence, and humanity.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
16 July 2025
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Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2025
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