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In its move to Broadway, the show about Americaâs founding fathers is proof that the musical is not only surviving but evolving in ways that should allow it to thrive.
The emergence of Pershing Square Capital Management as a major investor in Mondelez highlights the widespread belief that opportunities for deals abound in the food sector.
A still-going suit brought by Eliot Spitzer against Maurice Greenberg and another executive in 2005 shows the effectiveness of certain tactics in prolonging proceedings.
The decision by Senator Chuck Schumer, an influential Jewish voice in Congress, paved the way for other Democrats on the fence to join critics of the deal.
Mr. Trump was put on the defensive from the start of the debate, not only by his rivals but by the debate moderators from Fox News.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 5, 2015, covering August 7, 2015.
Future
Taylor Swift
Tyrese
Tame Impala
Alan Jackson
2015Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (born 1929)[â ]
Juan Manuel "Mamo" Guillermo Contreras SepĂșlveda was a Chilean Army officer and the former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. In 1995, he was convicted of the murder of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC, and sentenced to seven years in prison, which he served until 2001. At the time of his death, Contreras was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison for kidnapping, forced disappearance, and assassination.
2015Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (born 1914)[â ]
Dr Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the lack of evidence regarding the drug's safety. Her concerns proved to be justified when it was shown that thalidomide caused serious birth defects. Kelsey's career intersected with the passage of laws strengthening FDA oversight of pharmaceuticals. Kelsey was the second woman to receive the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, awarded to her by John F. Kennedy in 1962.
2015Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (born 1923)[â ]
Mae Louise Suggs was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[â ]