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Compared with earlier generations, more recent groups of middle-aged Americans have accumulated less wealth and face greater financial insecurity.
From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026
This campaign of strikes has intensified significantly in recent months.
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
But China has also become much more competitive and in recent years, especially in the wake of the pandemic, youth have been hit hard by a sluggish Chinese economy.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
During South Carolina’s recent rash of measles, the state health department required students to quarantine for three weeks after possible exposure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
“But there has never been a publication like this in the history of the country,” Judge Murray Gurfein, a recent Nixon appointee, pointed out.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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