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The Critical Response Command, whose ranks will swell to 527 officers by the end of the year, shows the city’s evolving approach to fighting terrorism.
The F.D.A.’s stance on labeling has not changed, but it has added some confusion to the mix for consumers and for those companies that are voluntarily including more information on their packaging.
For Nadal, who is now ranked fifth, the road back to No. 1 gets more difficult each passing year. But a late-season resurgence this year brings hope for the next.
Lego has made new products based on its interlocking bricks, and its creations have been featured in animated films. Its success has encouraged competition.
The competition between the two groups, first provoked by differing strategies in Syria, will be hard to stamp out even if armies can weaken the jihadists in the Middle East and Africa.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 18, 2015, covering November 21, 2015.
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Eric Church
Various Artists
The Weeknd
2015Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)[†]
Gilbert Joseph "Gil" Cardinal was a Canadian filmmaker of Métis descent. Born in Edmonton in 1950, and placed in a foster home at the age of two, Cardinal only discovered his Métis roots while making his documentary Foster Child. This 1987 National Film Board of Canada (NFB) film received over 10 international film awards, including a Gemini Award for best direction for a documentary program, following its broadcast on CBC's Man Alive series.
2015Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (born 1939)[†]
Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem was a Pakistani populist left-wing figure and a poet. He was the senior vice-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, chairman of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and former chairman of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy.
2015Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (born 1938)[†]
Robert Wayne Foster was an American professional boxer who fought as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. He won the world light heavyweight title from Dick Tiger in 1968 via fourth-round knockout, and went on to defend the title fourteen times against thirteen different fighters in total from 1968 to 1974. Foster challenged Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali during his career, but was knocked out by both. He was named to Ring's list of 100 Greatest Punchers of all time. He was also named to Ring's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years, ranking at No. 55. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.
2015Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (born 1935)[†]
Anthony Read was an English television producer, screenwriter, script editor and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, which included a period as a script editor and writer of Doctor Who from 1977 to 1979, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999.
2015Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (born 1932)[†]
Joseph Harry Silverstein was an American violinist and conductor.
2015The government of Belgium imposes a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, and public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.[†]
The Federal Government of Belgium exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretaries of state drawn from the political parties which form the governing coalition. The federal government is led by the prime minister of Belgium, and ministers lead ministries of the government. Ministers together form the Council of Ministers, which is the supreme executive organ of the government.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]