The accounts team logs in right on time, and the stupid dance of platitudes that precedes every meeting at every company around the world begins.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Surreal flashbacks show us how Teddy’s ill mom (Alicia Silverstone) suffered at the hands of Michelle’s company, how the empty corporate platitudes offered in exchange for his family’s horror merely confirmed his belief that there was more to what was being said and what had been done.
Incidents of such poisoning saw a sharp decline when the Food and Drug Administration phased out the use of bromides in pharmaceuticals between the mid 70s and late 1980s.
These half-zips are made from water-wicking fabric to keep you comfortable in all sorts of weather conditions.
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Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
The bottom of the bag zips, allowing for easy storage for sandals, glasses cases, and other small items.
The acting legend, who was baptized and became a minister at the end of 2024, has entered his zen era, content to reel off aphorisms about fame and filmmaking; taking shots while walking backwards into his own mystique.
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Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Minima Moralia, composed in the shadow of the Holocaust, collects quasi-Marxian fragments and aphorisms that even as postscript to atrocity read as terrible prophecy.
For the past 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has kept vital forests and grassland safe from bulldozers, saws, excavators and drilling equipment.
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Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Students with special needs learned how to use band saws, jigsaws, sanders, laser engravers and other power tools with the help of their peers who are taking Jeff Cassidy’s woodworking classes this semester.
Reading Proverbs did not manage to enlighten me to the possibility that my parents’ rules were devised in my best interest.
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Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
In West African traditions, the drum serves as both a musical instrument and a talking messenger, transmitting proverbs, praises, and official announcements in a language that reinforces the chief’s authority and the community’s history.
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