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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]
2013Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (born 1933)[†]
Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture, known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece.
2013Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (born 1919)[†]
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the RPK light machine gun and PK machine gun.
2013Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (born 1920)[†]
Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States.
2013Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (born 1954)[†]
William Riser III, better known as Ricky Lawson or Ricky Remo, was an American drummer and composer. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he worked extensively as a session musician, collaborating with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, Steely Dan, Earl Klugh, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and other artists. He co-founded the jazz-fusion band Yellowjackets and won the 1987 Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance for "And You Know That" from their album Shades.
2013G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (born 1926)[†]
Guggari Shanthaveerappa Shivarudrappa, or colloquially GSS, was an Indian Kannada poet, writer, and researcher who was awarded the title of Rashtrakavi by the Government of Karnataka in 2006.
2013Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (born 1928)[†]
Robert Warne Wilson was an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and art collector.
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Brad Grey of Paramount Pictures has chosen to produce fewer films, giving up revenue, but increasing profitability as the industry moves into survival mode.
Despite the furor over the rollout of HealthCare.gov, there is little evidence that the Obama administration is moving quickly to change how the government hires and manages private technology companies.
The rise of skyscrapers that dwarf their neighbors, sometimes elegantly but too often not, has prompted an argument: Should New York City put more limits on its skyline?
Immigrant leaders see a broad community impact as deportations separate parents from children and undocumented immigrants from those here legally.
Since the financial crisis, the popularity of a securities structure, the master limited partnership, has soared, and it is outperforming the broader stock market.
Viewers expect and deserve the show to bring its A game when it takes on a huge issue like the N.S.A., to serve as a stand-in for the American people and ask the uncomfortable questions.
The Waterloo area in Ontario remains a magnet for the high-tech industry, despite the misfortunes of its best-known success story.
Airlines are shrinking the size of their seats, raising revenue but also tensions between frustrated passengers.
Despite a policy against using plants that breach safety laws, the United States government spends more than $1.5 billion a year at overseas factories with a pattern of violations.
The execution of the uncle of Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, is said to have had its roots in a firefight over who would profit from the country’s most lucrative exports: coal, clams and crabs.
Every December, just about every restaurant chef, pastry chef and bonbon-maker in France feels compelled to do something — simple, spectacular or silly — with chocolate.
Those sales bolster the view that the console business is turning into a two-horse race, with Nintendo a distant third.