2013Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)[†]
Francisco "Frank" Chavez was a Filipino lawyer. He was the Solicitor General of the Philippines during the Aquino administration.
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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]
2013Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)[†]
Francisco "Frank" Chavez was a Filipino lawyer. He was the Solicitor General of the Philippines during the Aquino administration.
2013Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)[†]
Albert Jacquard was a French geneticist, popularizer of science and essayist.
2013Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)[†]
Andrzej Wojciech Trybulec was a Polish mathematician and computer scientist noted for work on the Mizar system.
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A unanimous decision found little merit in Google’s legal maneuverings, stating at one critical point that the company was basically inventing meanings in an effort to declare its actions legal.
Bill de Blasio held a wide lead in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. Joseph J. Lhota, the former Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief, won the Republican primary.
Deciding how much should be invested in fighting climate change depends on your investment outlook.
India’s developers are holding on to a growing inventory of unsold apartments because of worries that discounts could cause a market rout.
Large numbers of foreign troops would almost certainly be needed to safeguard inspectors working in the midst of the civil war.
A commercial featuring Bill de Blasio’s son transformed the fortunes of a fourth-place campaign and gave the candidate confidence to attack the mayor and the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactic.
Two Democrats who supported tough gun-control laws were recalled in what had become a proxy battle, with outside support from advocates on both sides.
The Republican Joseph J. Lhota’s candidacy is viewed by players in both parties as their best hope for salvaging the business-friendly government of the Bloomberg era.
In a significant departure from his “Saturday Night Live” days, Andy Samberg plays a police detective in the new Fox comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
Verizon Communications sold $49 billion worth of bonds in the largest investment grade corporate bond sale ever, trumping the previous record set by Apple’s $17 billion bond sale in April.
Jonathan Lethem’s tragicomic new novel, “Dissident Gardens,” covers generations of leftists.
Jesmyn Ward’s new memoir, “Men We Reaped,” looks at the deaths of five young men in her hometown, DeLisle, Miss.