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Mitt Romney admitted that he was bracing for a far rougher slog through the early Republican nominating contests than he had envisioned.
For the third time this year, Congress is dancing on the edge of a precipice as it is locked in a partisan battle over fiscal measures.
“Lysistrata Jones” is a throwback to the perishable good-time musicals in which peppy kids delivered of-the-moment jokes and lively dances.
The University of California, Berkeley says families earning up to $140,000 would be expected to pay no more than 15 percent of their annual income.
Some hospitals have begun limiting the use of computers, smartphones and other devices in critical settings.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 14, 2011, covering December 15, 2011.
Michael Buble
Adele
Justin Bieber
Drake
Nickelback
2011Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (born 1929)[†]
Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre, before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. He received eight Grammy Award nominations during his lifetime.
2011Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (born 1949)[†]
Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist. He was the author of 18 books on faith, religion, culture, politics, and literature. He was born and educated in Britain, graduating in 1970 from the University of Oxford with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. In the early 1980s, he emigrated to the United States and wrote for The Nation and Vanity Fair. Known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, he gained prominence as a columnist and speaker. His epistemological razor, which states that "what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence", is still of mark in philosophy and law. Hitchens's political views evolved greatly throughout his life. Originally describing himself as a democratic socialist, he was a member of various socialist organisations in his early life, including the Trotskyist International Socialists.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]