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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]
2013Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (born 1914)[â ]
Ralph Milo Holman was an attorney and judge in the state of Oregon, United States. He was the 74th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Previously he was a circuit court judge for Clackamas County, Oregon. His great uncle was United States Senator Rufus C. Holman.
2013Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (born 1921)[â ]
Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz, was a veteran radio and television presenter in Mexico.
2013JosĂ© RamĂłn Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1929)[â ]
José Ramón Larraz Gil was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the erotic and bloody Vampyres (1974), The House that Vanished (1973), Symptoms (1974), Black Candles (1982) and Rest in Pieces (1987) among others.
2013Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (born 1933)[â ]
Janet Lembke, née Janet Nutt, was an American author, essayist, naturalist, translator and scholar.
2013Don Meineke, American basketball player (born 1930)[â ]
Don "Monk" Meineke was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Dayton and was a consensus second-team All-American in 1952. He later played professionally in the National Basketball Association and won the inaugural Rookie of the Year award in 1953.
2013Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (born 1925)[â ]
Lewis Frederick Morley was a photographer.
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Anticipation that Lawrence H. Summers will be President Obamaâs choice to lead the Federal Reserve Board has some investors speculating about a faster withdrawal of stimulus.
âThe Firm,â by Duff McDonald, chronicles the rise of the worldâs most influential management consulting firm, but also cites its many failures.
At campaign appearances, no one would ever guess that John A. Catsimatidis, a Republican, was the billionaire in the room, but he has run this yearâs most idiosyncratic race for New York City mayor.
Two recent diplomatic ventures have raised hopes that the United States will be able to strike Syria without compromising efforts toward easing tensions with Iran.
Much fanfare surrounded American efforts to âresetâ relations with Russia, but the two countries are now very far apart on issues like intervention in Syria.
Microsoft will acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for more than $7.1 billion in an all-cash deal, and Stephen Elop, the chief of Nokia and a former Microsoft executive, will rejoin Microsoft.
The Pixies are releasing a new EP and going on tour, without the beloved Kim Deal, who announced a few weeks ago that she was leaving the band.
President Obama won the support of Republican and Democratic leaders in the House for an attack on Syria, as a Senate panel agreed on the wording for a measure to permit military action.
White women who became denizens of black neighborhoods and culture during the Harlem Renaissance are the subject of Carla Kaplanâs âMiss Anne in Harlem.â
The combination of cuts and a breakdown in the budgeting process leaves offices reluctant to hire or to commit to big projects.
As tech start-ups push demand for office space in San Francisco, RocketSpace is responding with long tables, Internet access and rules against getting too big.
Women in New York are redefining the ritual of red meat and business talk.