Harper and Yasmin, who’s emerged as the series’ co-lead, started out among Pierpoint’s newest hires; by the end of Season 3, the firm had been effectively dissolved, its novice traders scattered to the winds.
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Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
The story of how 36-year-old novice producer Robert Evans became the head of production at Paramount in 1966 is the stuff of legend.
Greenblatt said the newcomers have also drawn much of their business from the more skilled bettors — known as sharps — who tend to be less profitable for gambling companies.
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Peyton Forte,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
Eight candidates, most of them newcomers, are seeking six available seats on the La Jolla Community Planning Association board in its annual election.
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Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
Lawmakers in European powerhouse Germany have approved a government plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed by Russia.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
In Washington state, some of the most sweeping police reforms were passed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, including requiring recruits in all departments across the state to get the same standard use of force training.
The novitiate, in this case, is Colin Smith (Harry Melling), a genial young man from the southeast London suburb of Bromley.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Community shapes people into better versions of themselves Schloegel remembers feeling anxious at the start of his novitiate, the period of living in community with other Augustinians before taking his vows.
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