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The newly published Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary reflects the transformations unfolding in the unabridged third edition of the O.E.D.
Foundry workers have few protections as they make manhole covers for Con Edison and a city department.
One of the most watched rivalries in the video game business is between two games that put players in the role of rock musicians.
The library has acquired 280 linear feet of documents from Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., from his travel diaries of the 1930s to his phone message log from the 1980s.
Mr. Lewis was at sea: He couldn’t hear his voice or his piano.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 21, 2007, covering November 26, 2007.
Jay-Z
Eagles
Garth Brooks
Chris Brown
Carrie Underwood
2007Silvestre S. Herrera, Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917)[†]
Silvestre Santana Herrera was a private first class of the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Mertzwiller, France, during World War II.
2007Mel Tolkin, Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (born 1913)[†]
Mel Tolkin was an American television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows during the Golden Age of Television. There he presided over a staff that at times included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Danny Simon. The writers' room inspired the film My Favorite Year (1982), produced by Brooks, and the Broadway play Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993), written by Neil Simon.
2007Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (born 1922)[†]
The Hon. Herbert Henry McKenley OM was a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in six events in total, and won one gold and three silver medals.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]