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In fact, argues Ron Chernow in a titanic new biography, Twain was “the largest literary personality that America has produced ...

Sampling the core, they found that they had hit the jackpot. The ice core sample contained two distinct layers, with the top layer dating to around 2.95 million years old. Beneath this layer ...

After a month of joining in the media frenzy over the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV, this column is glad to return to its bread and butter: obscure literary figures with ...

From Shakespearean authorship debates to AI-generated philosophical hoaxes, literature has a long history of playful ...

For example, a company may have a very high current ratio, but its accounts receivable may be very aged, perhaps because its customers pay slowly, which may be hidden in the current ratio.

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BRAC, often cited as the world's largest NGO, gives an example of the scale involved, with about 100,000 employees. While some NGOs maintain strict independence from governments—Amnesty ...