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In several ways it is a new world for big-time college sports, including a change in how sexual assault is discussed in locker rooms.
While Don Draper wouldn’t recognize much of today’s advertising business, which is increasingly driven by technology, big personalities at the very top continue to reign.
When Tiger Woods, 39, tees it up next week at Augusta National, he will find himself in legends’ limbo.
In hashing out one of the hardest-to-negotiate arms control agreements in history, Iran and the United States took a simple approach: stay in the same hotel room until they figure out how to get along.
Karl-Anthony Towns will be the focal point of Kentucky’s effort to complete an undefeated season, and he will likely be one of the top two picks in the N.B.A. draft.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 1, 2015, covering April 4, 2015.
Kendrick Lamar
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Modest Mouse
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Taylor Swift
2015Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian engineer and politician (born 1951)[†]
Jamaluddin bin Mohd Jarjis was a Malaysian politician, diplomat and Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. He served as the Chairman of the 1 Malaysia Peoples' Housing (PR1MA) and Malaysian special envoy to the United States.
2015Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1918)[†]
Elmer James Lach was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 14 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). A centre, he was a member of the Punch line, along with Maurice Richard and Toe Blake. Lach led the NHL in scoring twice and was awarded the Hart Trophy in 1945 as the league's most valuable player.
2015Donald N. Levine, American sociologist and academic (born 1931)[†]
Donald Nathan Levine was an American sociologist, educator, social theorist and writer at the University of Chicago, where he served as Dean of the college. Within sociology, he is perhaps best known for his work in sociological theory and his translations and interpretations of Georg Simmel's classical texts into English, which led to a resurgence of interest in Simmel's work in the discipline. He was also a central figure in Ethiopian Studies.
2015Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (born 1931)[†]
Klaus Rifbjerg was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays. In 1965 he co-produced the film 4x4 which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]