The long way around: Syunik and the weight of the word
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Manufacturing revival creates tailwinds for US infrastructure spending
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Mike Brown is quickly reaching a crushing realization Knicks fans already knew
Mike Brown's Reality Check Mike Brown is quickly realizing what Knicks fans already knew: the team has a problem with Josh Hart that's dif…
Criminal justice trends Autumn 2025
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A sovereign alternative: Armenia’s revival, built at home and hedged on all sides (Part 2)
A Sovereign Alternative for Armenia Armenia's revival can be built at home and hedged on all sides, creating a sovereign alternative. …
Thunder, 76ers pull off come-from behind wins to stay unscathed
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Pashinyan Links Armenia’s Poverty Rate to Inadequate Public Education
Pashinyan Links Armenia’s Poverty Rate to Inadequate Public Education Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan linked the country’s 23% poverty rate to…
Reneé Rapp Is Officially Heading Down Under Next Year - Star Observer
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Prime Minister Pashinyan should be excommunicated and arrested
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Obituaries – Week of Oct. 27, 2025 - The Observer
Obituary: Timothy Carrell Dykes Timothy Carrell Dykes, 45, of Eufaula, Alabama, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, at UAB Hospital in Birmingh…