Consider, for instance, the Pomodoro technique, invented by a university student in the 1980s who was trying to come up with a strategy to work more efficiently.
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Laura E. Knouse,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
Readers of The Meaning of Your Life could be forgiven for thinking that despair was invented in 2007, the year the first iPhone was released.
In the past year, many similar minyans have formed in such places as Brooklyn and Boston.
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Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
The church had formed a working team to determine its eligibility and capacity to make the initial application, and, having had a study and additional discussion with the Church Council, an application was made, according to the congregation.
Police said Wang had slashed their throats and concocted a story about arriving home and shooting at a fleeing intruder responsible for the killings.
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Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, scientists identified the virus, deciphered its secrets, concocted a vaccine, put it into production, and rendered the disease manageable – all within a year.
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