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How European agriculture got this way Despite its centrality to European politics and policy, agriculture is a very small industry within the bloc’s economy, making up about 1.4 percent of the EU’s GDP and no more than 5 percent of GDP in any of the Union’s 27 countries.
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Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 2 May 2024
The centrality of this approach to his electoral success was underscored Friday when a new paper from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center and Columbia University concluded that Trump’s appearance on The Apprentice enabled his win in 2016.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Thomas is particularly good at depicting the centrality of the Devil in ordinary life.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Given the centrality of the genocide in Rwandan memory and politics, the FDLR remains a symbolic threat that helps fuel a bunker mindset among security officials.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
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Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 2 May 2024
The centrality of this approach to his electoral success was underscored Friday when a new paper from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center and Columbia University concluded that Trump’s appearance on The Apprentice enabled his win in 2016.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Thomas is particularly good at depicting the centrality of the Devil in ordinary life.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Given the centrality of the genocide in Rwandan memory and politics, the FDLR remains a symbolic threat that helps fuel a bunker mindset among security officials.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
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Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Paul Johnson’s sweeping yet granular historical account of modernity’s emergence reinforces the role and essentiality of the individual, for good and for evil.Jack Butler, National Review, 3 Sep. 2023
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Lives, reputations, and financial futures are often on the line.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Looking across the aisle, Trump has not developed a reputation as a bipartisan dealmaker, though some Democrats facing tough reelection campaigns in 2024 have touted their ability to work with the former president on key issues.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Their opposition is threatening to not only turn the U.S. into a technological backwater, but also to imperil our country’s status as the world’s only superpower.Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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Meeting these thresholds during the 2025 calendar year will ensure your status for the remainder of that year and all of 2026.Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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During this treatment your skin will be cleansed and exfoliated with high-end products from brands like Swiss prestige skincare line Valmont.Rana Good, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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By our reckoning, future scholars of tennis’s vertiginous rise in prestige—with investment by luxury brands both the cause and the effect—may well cite, as another major catalytic moment, one from a few years earlier.Nick Scott, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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Yet still the power of those who govern benefits some to the detriment of others.Leslie Smith Reeves Faith Matters, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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China is seen as the most influential economic power in Southeast Asia; however, Beijing has territorial disputes in the South China Sea with ASEAN, a 10-nation bloc that includes the Philippines and Vietnam.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The microbiome of living soil offers beneficial compounds working together to increase the plant’s potency and yield.Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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Due to its potency, Delta-9 THC is more likely to induce elation rather than relaxation.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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The three winners, which do not yet have formal names, were then picked by a panel of judges.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Due to the state's open records laws, the lottery must, upon request, release the name and city of the winner.Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
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Despite his efforts, he was later dismissed from his position.PhotoVogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
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Teenagers run for position on soccer fields while couples play pickleball on a nearby court.Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Centrality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centrality. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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