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A freshman said she was sexually assaulted at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The school’s handling of the investigation left her wishing she had remained silent.
Is resistance to Amazon futile in the book publishing world? Its battle with Hachette has many on edge.
How a raid in Libya and a feat of accounting led Citigroup and the Justice Department to a breakthrough in settlement talks.
The Bolshoi Opera’s concert version of “The Tsar’s Bride” at the Lincoln Center Festival shows this venerable company in its home repertory.
Mario Götze broke a scoreless tie in the 113th minute to give Germany its fourth World Cup title, consigning Lionel Messi and Argentina to defeat and setting off celebrations in Brazil.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 9, 2014, covering July 13, 2014.
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
G-Eazy
Lana Del Rey
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2014Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (born 1924)[†]
Thomas Louis Berger was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure.
2014Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919)[†]
Alfred de Grazia, born in Chicago, Illinois, was a political scientist and author. He developed techniques of computer-based social network analysis in the 1950s, developed new ideas about personal digital archives in the 1970s, and defended the catastrophism thesis of Immanuel Velikovsky.
2014Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)[†]
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity".
2014Jeff Leiding, American football player (born 1961)[†]
Jeffrey James Leiding was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL).
2014Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1930)[†]
Lorin Varencove Maazel was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. He served as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, among other posts. Maazel was well regarded in baton technique and had a photographic memory for scores. Described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed in old age.
2014Germany wins the 2014 FIFA World Cup defeating Argentina in the final following a 1-0 win after extra time.[†]
The Germany national football team represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association, founded in 1900. Between 1949 and 1990, separate German national teams were recognised by FIFA due to Allied occupation and division: the DFB's team representing the Federal Republic of Germany, the Saarland team representing the Saar Protectorate (1950–1956) and the East Germany team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). The latter two were absorbed along with their records; the present team represents the reunified Federal Republic. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following reunification in 1990.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]