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May 18, 2012

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Headlines from May 18, 2012

A Greek Exit? Euro Zone May Be Ready

By Binyamin Appelbaum

Years of foot-dragging and brinkmanship have prepared the currency union for life without Greece.

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A Museum, Reborn, Remains True to Its Old Self, Only Better

By Roberta Smith

Some lovers of the Barnes Foundation’s art collection were fearful that moving it to a new space in Philadelphia would be disastrous. They were wrong, the critic Roberta Smith says.

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How’s the Weather Down There?

By Alexei Barrionuevo

Developers are playing a game of “Can you top this?” as apartment buildings grow ever taller.

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‘Princelings’ in China Use Family Ties to Gain Riches

By David Barboza and Sharon LaFraniere

The authorities are eager to paint the fallen official Bo Xilai, whose family has a substantial fortune, as a rogue operator. But other officials’ relatives have also amassed vast wealth.

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Preferred Style: Don’t Flaunt It in Silicon Valley

By Somini Sengupta

At Facebook, ground zero for the nouveau tech riche in Silicon Valley, peer pressure dictates that consumption be kept on the down low.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 16, 2012, covering May 18, 2012.

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Blown Away
Carrie Underwood
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...Little Broken Hearts
Norah Jones
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Various Artists
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Adele
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Strange Clouds
B.o.B
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Notable Deaths

2012Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (born 1925)^[†]

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, particularly "Winterreise" of which his recordings with accompanists Gerald Moore and Jörg Demus are still critically acclaimed half a century after their release.

2012Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (born 1967)^[†]

Peter Robert Jones was an English-born Australian musician. He replaced Paul Hester on drums for Crowded House in mid-1994. After the band split up in June 1996, he played in Deadstar with Caroline Kennedy and Nick Seymour, but did not return to Crowded House when they re-formed in 2006 about a year after Hester's death. Jones worked as a secondary teacher in Melbourne and on 18 May 2012, he died from brain cancer, aged 49.

2012Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (born 1927)^[†]

Alan Oakley was a British bicycle designer from Nottingham who worked for the Raleigh Bicycle Company.

Historical Context for May 18, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people^[†]

Headlines from May 18, 2012

A Greek Exit? Euro Zone May Be Ready

A Museum, Reborn, Remains True to Its Old Self, Only Better

How’s the Weather Down There?

‘Princelings’ in China Use Family Ties to Gain Riches

Preferred Style: Don’t Flaunt It in Silicon Valley

Blown Away

...Little Broken Hearts

NOW 42

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Strange Clouds

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for May 18, 2012