Hester
Americannoun
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Analyst John Hester says Paragon Care might consider a special levy to pass on costs to pharmacists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Britain's Hester Poole will be making her Paralympic debut aged 18 with guide Ali Hall.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Born June 11, 1928 in Massillon, Ohio, one of three sons to Hester and Titus Bamberger, John David Bamberger grew up penniless, with no electricity or running water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
“The sound of her humiliating cackle still haunts me,” Morticia tells her daughter, recounting the experience of her own mom, Hester, reading one of her earlier manuscripts and shaming her for it.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025
The next morning, he went to a dry-goods store on Hester Street and bought a hundred yards of gingham and fifty yards of white crossbar.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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