Those tasks include a wide variety of responsible, confidential and complex clerical duties; compiling, typing and proofreading documents; compiling and maintaining confidential materials; and responding to inquiries.
—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
The committee spent four months categorizing, typing, and then proofreading 750 handwritten recipes to create the manuscript.
Meanwhile, an Ohio State committee is reviewing a second formal request to remove Wexner’s name from multiple campus buildings, including the football team’s practice facility.
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Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Feb. 2026
That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found after reviewing a BatchData report from the third quarter of 2025 that calculates investor ownership of houses and townhomes nationwide.
Not even scientists who have dedicated their life to studying chemistry can totally pin down its essence.
—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
Troublingly, many of the early psychologists and educators who took the lead on studying and developing curricula for these children were steeped in eugenics, including the belief in intelligence as hereditary, race- and class-dependent, and largely fixed.
Health care professionals are now caught between deciphering new legislation and their duty to provide quality care.
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Eleanor Sobel,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
As an avalanche and dead bodies ratchet up the suspense, Zach must lean on his mother’s wisdom to fight for his life while deciphering a confusing undercurrent of danger, violence and betrayal among the survivors.
—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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