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At City Opera, thanks to a simple but effective production by the director Michael Kahn, “Vanessa” emerges as an authentic American masterpiece.
For years, the idea of grooming a successor was a job requirement of a chief executive and a priority for a company’s board. But that is no longer the case.
In New Orleans, a city known for its eclectic housing styles, a posthurricane vernacular is now emerging.
Investors and analysts say the large write-downs of mortgage securities by Citigroup and Merrill Lynch have unnerved the debt markets.
Former Jets receiver Wayne Chrebet knows concussions, which is why he urged receiver Laveranues Coles not to play in Sunday’s game against the Redskins.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 31, 2007, covering November 6, 2007.
Bruce Springsteen
Kid Rock
Rascal Flatts
Josh Groban
Jimmy Eat World
2007Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (born 1929)[†]
Hilda Braid was an English actress who had a long career on British television. She became well known in her later years for playing Victoria "Nana" Moon on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.
2007George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (born 1939)[†]
George Ned Grljusich was an Australian sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer. Born in Wiluna, Western Australia, he played 12 games of football for the South Fremantle Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League in 1960, before quitting football to pursue a media career. Grljusich later became a radio broadcaster, commentating for Perth-based radio stations 720 ABC Perth and 6PR. He died in 2007 at the age of 68, from lung cancer.
2007Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)[†]
Henry William Thompson was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]