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When U2 and Apple forcibly gave away the band’s latest album, it was a misstep for a group that has fought to avoid fading into the background of the pop culture landscape.
No matter how long you have played, no matter how often you have been labeled a coach on the court, you are never prepared for the extent to which coaching can take over your life.
Lawrence Baldwin is one of the more well-known and valuable allies of financial institutions in their fight against online crime, but the nature of his work means he keeps a very low profile.
With heads of state and corporate chieftains in Beijing for a major economic summit meeting this week, China’s increasing economic nationalism is expected to be heavily debated.
As chairman, Alan F. Horn has helped turn Walt Disney Studios into a highly successful movie operation, making a record $1.55 billion profit.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 5, 2014, covering November 10, 2014.
Slipknot
T.I.
Neil Diamond
Logic
Florida Georgia Line
2014Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (born 1920)[†]
Josip Boljkovac was a Croatian politician who served as the first Minister of Internal Affairs in the Croatian Government, thus being one of the closest associates of former President Franjo Tudjman.
2014Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (born 1951)[†]
Wayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996, becoming the first Labor Premier of the state in over 32 years. Prior to entering politics, Goss was a solicitor, and after leaving politics he served as Chairman of the Queensland Art Gallery and Chairman of Deloitte Australia.
2014John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)[†]
John Hans Krebs was an Israeli-American politician and attorney who served two terms as a U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district from 1975 to 1979.
2014Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (born 1921)[†]
Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz was an American surfer and physician, who gave up practicing medicine for a living and decided to become a professional surfer. In 1972, he founded a surf camp run by his family, where campers could live alongside and surf with members of the Paskowitz family. He and his family have been referred to as the "First Family of Surfing".
2014Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1924)[†]
Allan McNab Renfrew was a hockey player at the University of Michigan in the late 1940s and a college hockey coach with Michigan Technological University (1951–1956), the University of North Dakota (1956–1957), and the University of Michigan (1957–1973). Renfrew had a storied career as a player, coach and administrator at the University of Michigan, including NCAA championships as both a player and coach. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1986.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]