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The Senate — the legislative body designed as the saucer to cool the House’s tempestuous teacup — has become a deep freeze, but filibuster reform could have a thawing effect.
When the season started, many pundits tabbed U.S.C. as the top team. Instead, Notre Dame entered Saturday’s game undefeated, and left that way, too, en route to the national title game in January.
Judges and lawmakers across the country are wrangling over whether and when law enforcement authorities can search suspects’ cellphones without a warrant, and interpretations range widely.
New York City Ballet began its annual season of George Balanchine’s “Nutcracker” with three performances in two days.
President Mohamed Morsi defended his decree, but his justice minister urged a retreat following a plunge in the country’s stock market and the threat of more street protests.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 21, 2012, covering November 25, 2012.
Taylor Swift
Various Artists
Rod Stewart
Ne-Yo
Aerosmith
2012Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (born 1931)[†]
Lars Valter Hörmander was a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations". Hörmander was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 and the Wolf Prize in 1988. In 2006 he was awarded the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his four-volume textbook Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators, which is considered a foundational work on the subject.
2012Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (born 1930)[†]
David James Sexton was an English football manager and player. He was notable for managing Chelsea to their first European trophy.
2012Dinah Sheridan, English actress (born 1920)[†]
Dinah Sheridan was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieve (1953) and The Railway Children (1970), the long-running BBC comedy series Don't Wait Up (1983–1990), and for her distinguished theatre career in London's West End.
2012Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (born 1933)[†]
James Arthur Temp was an American football player, businessman, and philanthropist.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]