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What began as refuges from racial discrimination, old English boozers run by South Asian immigrants serving the food of their homelands, have become a distinct part of the city’s culinary fabric, beloved institutions where British ales and Indian curries exist in beautiful synergy.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025 -
Honored as celebrities abroad, the jazz ambassadors, who were overwhelmingly African Americans, returned home to racial discrimination and deferred dreams.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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This wasn't quite as effective, with the accuracy of fly navigation dropping to about 80 percent.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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The small size of the green does not help either, requiring exceptional accuracy on the approach.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This enables them to ensure that the right products, shelf modules and aisles are monitored at the right frequency and precision.—
Samuel Mueller,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Future missions will provide more detailed data, allowing for better observations of planets farther from their stars and smaller planets with greater precision.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Selectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectivity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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