Month: January 2015

Vince Camuto

J. Vincent Camuto (c. 1936 – January 21, 2015) was an American women’s footwear designer, known for co-founding the women’s fashion brand Nine West. He was CEO/Chief Creative Officer of the fashion company, Camuto Group.

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Sheldon Silver

Sheldon “Shelly” Silver (born February 13, 1944) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New York. He has held the office of Speaker of the New York State Assembly since 1994.

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Chikungunya

Chikungunya (/ˌtʃɪkənˈɡʌnjə/ CHI-kən-GUUN-yə; Makonde for “that which bends up”) is an infection caused by the Chikungunya virus. It features sudden onset fever usually lasting two to seven days, and joint pains typically lasting weeks or months but sometimes years. The

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Edgewater fire

Downtown Miami is an urban residential neighborhood, and the central business district of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and South Florida in the United States. Brickell Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard are the main north-south roads, and Flagler Street is the main east-west

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Frilled Shark

The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is one of two extant species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae, with a wide but patchy distribution in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This rare species is found over the outer continental shelf and

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State of the Union address

The State of the Union is the address presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but

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Deflate Gate

This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names in scholarly sources include a “-gate” suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal. This list also includes controversies that are widely referred to with a “-gate” suffix, but may be

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Patriots Cheating

Cheating is the getting of reward for ability by dishonest means or finding an easy way out of an unpleasant situation. It is generally used for the breaking of rules to gain unfair advantage in a competitive situation. This broad

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Alan Gross

Alan Phillip Gross (born May 2, 1949) is a United States government contractor employed by U.S. Agency for International Development.

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New Kids On The Block

New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band’s original name was Nynuk. The band consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey

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