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The uneven nature of the recovery — between a group of strong countries in the north and a larger swath of weak nations in the southern rim — has made it difficult for the overall economy to gain momentum.
Senior editors met with employees to reiterate that Jill Abramson’s departure did not reflect sexism and was not about pay disparity, but about a style of leadership.
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party’s enormous victory clearly reflects a rapid change in Indian society as urbanization and economic growth break down old voting patterns.
Battleground Texas’s goal was to make the state competitive, but when State Senator Wendy Davis, a Democrat, announced her candidacy, their fates became intertwined.
Buildings are creating amenities for market-rate tenants only, leaving regulated renters out in the cold.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 14, 2014, covering May 16, 2014.
Soundtrack
Lindsey Stirling
Ray LaMontagne
Passion
Iggy Azalea
2014Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (born 1933)[†]
Christopher Anthony Russell Duckworth was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in two Tests for South Africa in 1957.
2014Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (born 1932)[†]
Vito Favero was an Italian road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1956 to 1962. In the 1958 Tour de France, he finished second. Stage 14 of the 1958 Tour was won by Federico Bahamontes but Favero took over the Yellow Jersey. At that point he was already the 8th different rider to lead the race and he would hold his lead for four stages when Charly Gaul won stage 18 and Raphaël Géminiani took over as the 9th different rider to lead the race. Géminiani would hold the lead for three stages but in stage 21 Favero retook the lead as Gaul added another stage win. Favero would remain in Yellow for another two stages until Gaul won the final time trial and became the record setting eleventh rider to wear the Maillot Jaune in a single edition of the Tour.
2014Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (born 1943)[†]
Buddy Ryan "Bud" Hollowell was an American professional baseball player and minor league manager. After his athletic career, he became an educator and author.
2014Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (born 1928)[†]
Clyde Snow was an American forensic anthropologist. Some of his skeletal confirmations include John F. Kennedy, victims of John Wayne Gacy, King Tutankhamun, victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, and Nazi doctor Josef Mengele.
2014Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.[†]
On 16 May 2014, two improvised explosive devices were detonated simultaneously in the Gikomba market in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 12 people and injuring 70. The first blast came from a minibus and the second from within the market. Two people were reportedly arrested at the site of the explosions. Shortly after the attacks, hundreds of people swarmed onto the crime scene despite police efforts to stop them.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]