Successive Iranian rulers believed that dams, deep wells, and inter-basin transfers could outsmart geography and climate.
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Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Regardless, its existence was a political statement and a sign of wealth, as large rectangular stone towers were generally limited to rival Anglo-Norman lords and rulers.
In early-modern Europe, the Medicis and other potentates created what were the microfinance schemes of their time, lending small sums of money to poor citizens.
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Mark Malloch-Brown,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Jan. 2024
The police don’t seem to know whether to go with what the stewards are recommending or what their bosses have set out.
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James Pearce,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
The Amazon gift bestsellers span little luxuries that make easy gifts for women, practical picks that double as gifts for men, and culinary crowd-pleasers for bosses or housewarmings.
The belief is that it was gifted by King Umberto, one of the last kings of Italy, to that family, and stayed in the family’s possession for that whole time.
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Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
Another important aspect is the South Sudanese tribes that were filmed look like kings and queens in their colors and in their beads.
While the 1930s Santa Cruz surfers may have been shown as primarily white men, the sport dates back to 12th-century Polynesia and was first demonstrated in Santa Cruz by three Hawaiian princes in 1885.
Are finance chiefs simply adapting to this unending unpredictability?
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Superman proved to fire off the new DC under chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran, while the original gambles that Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy have made at the larger Warner Bros Motion Picture Group with Sinners and F1, as well as new IP A Minecraft Movie, have been smashing successes.
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