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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]
2014Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (born 1937)[†]
Charles Edward Haden was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz, evolving a style that sometimes complemented the soloist, and other times moved independently, liberating bassists from a strictly accompanying role.
2014Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934)[†]
Carin Mannheimer was a Swedish dramatist, screenwriter, author and film director, born in Osby, Sweden. She garnered acclaim with Rapport om kvinnor, which was published in 1969. The book is a collection of interviews with Swedish women from the working class. This was during a time period of awakening feminism in Sweden when women were assumed to want to work outside the home. The interviews, however, revealed that many women did not want to work outside the home, would have preferred to care for their children but had no economic choice. For this reason, Mannheimer was criticized by the women's movement in Sweden, and the book established her reputation as a social critic.
2014Bill McGill, American basketball player (born 1939)[†]
Bill "The Hill" McGill was an American basketball player best known for inventing the jump hook. McGill was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1962 NBA draft out of the University of Utah, with whom he led the NCAA in scoring with 38.8 points per game in the 1961–1962 season.
2014Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949)[†]
Thomas Erdelyi, known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was an American musician. He was the drummer for the influential punk rock band the Ramones from its debut in 1974 to 1978, later serving as its producer, and was the longest-surviving original member of the Ramones.
2014John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (born 1927)[†]
John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights.
2014Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958)[†]
Randall Paul Stout was a Los Angeles, California based architect.
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Property owners are caught between the need to cooperate with increasing the energy supply and the desire to protect their land.
Some are observing a generational shift as Jewish youth in Israel express a distinct anti-Arab attitude that was not learned in the home.
Edward Klein’s “Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas,” a 320-page unauthorized and barely sourced account, has toppled “Hard Choices” from its spot on the best-seller list.
Romeo Santos’s consecutive sold-out shows at Yankee Stadium are a testament to the popularity of bachata music and to the growing influence of Hispanics.
Confronting a shrinking market of smokers, a deal would unite some of the best-selling brands in cigarettes, including Camel and Newport.
Secretary of State John Kerry visited Afghanistan in an effort to resolve an impasse between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, who each claim to have won the presidency.
Martin Windrow’s memoir is about his 15-year relationship with the tawny owl who changed his life.
Matthew Gavin Frank’s wide-ranging book explores an amateur naturalist’s compulsion to understand the mystery of the giant squid.
Camp directors in and around New York City say the children of well-off families now annually descend upon the city to join their American peers in what has become, for those who can afford it, an international rite of passage.
To some New Yorkers, members of their building’s staff — perhaps the superintendent or a doorman, or both — are more than staff. They are pals.
Research shows that what people think now that they will want to do in retirement will probably change. The right planning can prepare for that shift.
In recent years, a number of companies have cropped up that promise to ease the hardships of moving, for a price.