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Much of the power of “Billy Elliot” as an honest tear-jerker lies in its ability to give equal weight to the sweet dreams of terpsichorean flight and the sourness of a dream-denying reality.
Across the country, cabins are being reimagined in sustainable yet stylish ways and there’s nothing musty, creaky, saggy or squeaky about them.
Motorists’ gas bills are down but instead of spending the money, they are putting it in the bank and paying debt.
Home of Harvard and M.I.T., the town is an inspiring place to spend a few days if your idea of fun is probing the structure of DNA or designing a faster toy bobsled.
More than a month after the government began a financial rescue of Wall Street, many of the nation’s financial arteries seem as clogged as they were before.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 12, 2008, covering November 14, 2008.
AC/DC
P!nk
Soundtrack
John Legend
Toby Keith
2008Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (born 1931)[†]
Kristin Elaine Hunter was an African-American writer from Pennsylvania. She sometimes wrote under the name Kristin Hunter Lattany. She is best known for her first novel, God Bless the Child, published in 1964.
2008Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (born 1927)[†]
Robert E. Valett was an American psychology professor who wrote more than 20 books primarily focused on educational psychology. He earned the distinguished psychologist award from the San Joaquin Psychological Association and was a president of the California Association of School Psychologists.
2008The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.[†]
The 2008 G20 Washington Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy was the first meeting, held in Washington, D.C., United States. It achieved general agreement amongst the G20 on how to cooperate in key areas so as to strengthen economic growth, deal with the 2008 financial crisis, and lay the foundation for reform to avoid similar crises in the future. The Summit resulted from an initiative by the French and European Union President, Nicolas Sarkozy, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. In connection with the G7 finance ministers on October 11, 2008, United States President George W. Bush stated that the next meeting of the G20 would be important in finding solutions to the 2008 financial crisis. Since many economists and politicians called for a new Bretton Woods system to overhaul the world's financial structure, the meeting has sometimes been described by the media as Bretton Woods II.
2008Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.[†]
Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011. STS-134 was expected to be the final mission of the Space Shuttle program, but with the authorization of STS-135 by the United States Congress, Atlantis became the last shuttle to fly.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]