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Following a brief stint on the singing competition “Operación Triunfo” three years later, La Cruz was closeted and found his momentum stifled.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
In the “Revolutionary Leader” gallery, there’s a timeline of important battles and brief explanations of each.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
It all traces back to an over-30-year-old legal brief from Big Tobacco: They created the modern liability shield playbook and invented the legal interpretation that its successors are now trying to complete.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently revealed that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped object that has been shaped by collisions, sunlight, and even a brief encounter with liquid water long ago.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
After a brief discussion, they decided to make eerie ghostie noises.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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