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Get more updates and analysis in the NPR Politics newsletter.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025 -
The Boston Fed paper noted its analysis assumed that tariffs would be passed along and accepted by consumers.—
Michael S. Derby,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The book follows Tom’s moral development, guided by three matriarchal fairies—with political and scientific asides—and the whole can be read as an allegory for the moral principles inhering in evolutionary processes.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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As an aside, Guentzel’s agent is Ben Hankinson, who works for the same firm, Octagon, as Rantanen’s agent, Scott.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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The robot questions its meaning and purpose and tries to combine dark humor and social commentary about the monotony of work and the inevitability of technological progress.—
Matthew Pittman,
The Conversation,
6 Feb. 2025
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Beijing’s official commentary previously emphasized the willingness to negotiate.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Obiter dictum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dictum. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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