In some ultra-competitive genres—Northern soul, hip-hop, jungle—selectors have been known to cover up the center stickers of their records, or leave white labels unmarked, to throw boothsnooping DJs off the scent.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
18 July 2026
The Edsel also introduced the Teletouch transmission, which placed push-button gear selectors in the center of the steering wheel.
Twice that day, Issa hears about earnest stuff Anton said to win voters over to Paul Baker’s side.
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Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2026
The disclosure contends that, because of the new procedures, a single scanning error in a batch of tens of thousands of ballot envelopes could prevent any from reaching voters.
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Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Sep. 2026
Stock pickers' market Lerner is not the only one noting the low correlation and high dispersion in the market.
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Sarah Min,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2026
Currently, informal waste pickers and scrap collectors make up a large portion of Vietnam’s collection system, so the new policy also will factor in that labor so that workers aren’t left behind.
As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.
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Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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