Many of Washington’s monuments, buildings and sites have been carefully planned over decades to reflect significant moments in the nation’s history and to evoke symbolism through sightlines that connect them to other sites.
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Matthew Daly,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Aug. 2026
Public monuments condemning slavery have been removed, and Confederate names have been restored to Army bases.
Volkswagen’s prosperity was recently based on two pillars – huge profits earned in China, and the highly successful German base where its engineers led the world for decades in making and exporting advanced sedans and SUVs.
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Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2026
Narrower set of engines Next week's nonfarm payrolls report could also give some reassurance on how the economy is doing, which remains robust but with weakening pillars of support.
But Jarmond later worked with a search committee that included prominent UCLA figures Bob Myers, Adam Peters and Casey Wasserman on the hiring of Bob Chesney, who quickly injected hope and optimism into the football program.
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Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2026
The backlash went beyond online and reached political figures like New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who sent The Met committee a letter urging them to reconsider honoring Galliano.
Following the sudden death of Hayden Panettiere, many industry friends, former co-stars and collaborators, and other notables are taking to social media to pay tribute to the actress.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Aug. 2026
The Madden 27 Soundtrack has been released and the 80-song tracklist features notables such as Super Bowl 60 halftime performer Bad Bunny, Nipsey Hussle, Ozzy Osbourne and the return of Good Charlotte.
In front of a rowdy Queens crowd, the superstars surged in their debut to a 5-3, 4-1 victory against Routliffe and Glasspool, despite a slow start.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
25 Aug. 2026
Who else could pay to acquire superstars Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Snell while building up a farm system that could produce prospects who were used to acquire Tarik Skubal?
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Aug. 2026
One plays on the name of the crew’s hangout, Hamburger Hamlet, drawing Murphy-ish parallels between the characters and Shakespeare’s tragic personages that are so overwrought, they can’t be salvaged by self-awareness.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2026
Eximious had a royal warrant, a seal of approval issued to those supplying goods to royal personages, from then-Prince Charles.
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