The colonial government promulgated a land-survey ordinance that forced landowners to report the size and area of their land.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
But every rule was promulgated under the threat of litigation and the teeth of the regulation relied on a law that was designed with a completely different purpose in mind.
The Uncollected Letters of Virginia Woolf, weighing in at a thousand pages and containing over 1,400 letters (additions to the 3,766 letters that were published in six volumes, edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann, between 1975 and 1980), is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Gabapentin has proved effective at helping some mastectomy patients with stubborn pain, while others have responded to electrodes implanted in their spinal column, according to the Baylor study, published in 2024.
However, officials in two southern California cities—Commerce and Bell Gardens—are proposing a sales tax increase after both cities declared a fiscal emergency over the new rules, which are set to come into effect on April 1.
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Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Health care’s rural-urban divide in Missouri Washington University’s research is the first look at insured rates following the end of the federal public health emergency declared as a result of COVID-19.
The suit claimed David severely misrepresented the calorie and fat content of each bar, which allegedly has 400% more fat and 80% more calories than advertised.
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
If the line holds up and Kohl and Gaines are as good as advertised, the Panthers could be dangerous.
Commissioners Alexis Pickering and Dave McKinney haven’t run for office in a partisan race or otherwise publicized their party affiliations.
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Mark Dee
April 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
This means that books can fall through the cracks; some are under-edited or under-publicized even if the people working on these books are trying their best.
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