Common calls came for gaps to be bridged, capacity to be built, benefits to be shared, stakeholders to be consulted, and inequalities to be redressed.
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Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
But those sets needed to be redressed for all the other installments to represent the post-crash Maginot, plus there are lots of guest actors playing the crew, plus there are multiple action sequences.
The pro-union, NYCHA-founding leader who fought Tammany Hall and improved New York City’s public infrastructure proves there’s precedent for big social change in this town.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Postsurgery, nearly 80% of them improved their performance on the eye chart by 20 letters, and 84% of them could read letters, numbers, and words at home.
Meanwhile, majorities said the Republican president has definitely or probably not improved the functioning of government (59%) or bettered the nation’s standing on the world stage (60%).
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Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
And then a burly Irishman saw his competition hit the shot of his golfing life, and bettered him.
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