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The operation in Syria — still relatively limited — has become, in effect, a testing ground for an increasingly confrontational and defiant Russia under Mr. Putin.
TÜV Nord, the company at the forefront of finding a new testing regimen for European automakers, is also the company that signed off on Volkswagen’s emissions tests.
The inquiry, which places a focus on DraftKings, began after players and lawmakers described predatory tactics and questioned the use of inside information, according to players who said they were contacted.
D.L. Coburn’s 1976 play, which opened on Broadway on Wednesday, showcases the talents of these long-established actors, who keep seeking further heights to scale.
In Danai Gurira’s drama, the female prisoners of a rebel leader strive to preserve their humanity in the face of constant sexual abuse.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 14, 2015, covering October 15, 2015.
Fetty Wap
Drake & Future
Don Henley
George Strait
The Weeknd
2015Sergei Filippenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1971)[†]
Sergei Aleksandrovich Filippenkov was a Russian football manager and player.
2015Nate Huffman, American basketball player (born 1975)[†]
Nathaniel Thomas Huffman was an American professional basketball player, who played most of his career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was the 2001 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, as well as the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Player of the Year.
2015Neill Sheridan, American baseball player (born 1921)[†]
Neill Rawlins Sheridan, nicknamed "Wild Horse," was an American professional baseball player whose 12-season career (1943–1954) largely took place in the minor leagues. An outfielder by trade, he saw his only Major League service for the 1948 Boston Red Sox, appearing for a cup of coffee — one as a pinch hitter and one as a pinch runner. Born in Sacramento, California, Sheridan threw and batted right-handed; he stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg).
2015Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (born 1934)[†]
Kenneth Douglas Taylor was a Canadian diplomat, educator and businessman, best known for his role in the 1979 covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" when he was the Canadian ambassador to Iran. With the cooperation of the American Central Intelligence Agency, Taylor helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis by procuring Canadian passports for the Americans to deceive the Iranian Revolutionary guard by posing as a Canadian film crew scouting locations. Had the IRG known, every Canadian in the embassy would have been executed. Before the escape, the six Americans spent several weeks hiding in the homes of Taylor and another Canadian diplomat, John Sheardown.
2015Tyrone Young, American football player (born 1960)[†]
Tyrone Donnive Young was an American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the 1980s. Young played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the NFL's New Orleans Saints.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]