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In their first week before congressional panels, Mr. Trump’s cabinet nominees broke with him on almost every major policy that has put Mr. Trump outside Republican orthodoxy.
The announcement by the online giant reflects what an economist sees as an inevitable process in which new industries rise and replace old ones.
Representative Mike Pompeo made clear he was ready to take on America’s old adversary, even as President-elect Donald J. Trump denigrates the nation’s spy agencies.
The fee was for a work that depicts Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka. “I decided the Trumps are not art,” Mr. Prince said.
That film image of Ms. Monroe’s skirt rising high in a gust of air? It’s a reshoot of a discarded and more risqué scene seldom seen until now.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 11, 2017, covering January 13, 2017.
Pentatonix
The Weeknd
Bruno Mars
J. Cole
Original Broadway Cast
2017Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930)[†]
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon was a British photographer. He is best known internationally for his portraits of world notables, many of them published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, and other major venues. More than 280 of his photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery. From 1968 through 1973, he also made several television documentary films.
2017Dick Gautier, American actor (born 1931)[†]
Richard Gilbert Gautier was an American actor. He was known for his television roles as Hymie the Robot in the television series Get Smart, and Robin Hood in the TV comedy series When Things Were Rotten, as well as for originating the role of Conrad Birdie in the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie.
2017Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (born 1942)[†]
Yannis Alexis Mardas, also known as Magic Alex, was a Greek self-professed inventor who was closely associated with the Beatles. His nickname was given to him by John Lennon when he was involved with the group between 1965 and 1969, during which time he became head of Apple Electronics.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]