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London to welcome yacht crews as Clipper Round the World Race concludes

Edit Belfast Telegraph 30 Jul 2016
London will host the finishing parade of the Clipper Round the World Race as a 12-strong fleet of yachts marks a complete journey around the globe. Thousands of friends and family of the crew members who set sail from Den Helder, Netherlands, on Thursday will line the River Thames and Tower Bridge to welcome them into port on Saturday ... The first person to sail solo non-stop around the world in 1968-69, he said ... ....

What Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Will Learn In Classified Briefings

Edit Time Magazine 30 Jul 2016
Partisan concern over Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton handling classified information has created a public debate over whether they deserve to receive briefings from intelligence officials—a tradition that dates back more 60 years ... Why do the candidates receive briefings? ... Independent candidate John Anderson received briefings in 1980, and American Independent Party candidate George Wallace received them in 1968, Priess said. ....

Hibbard E. Williams, second dean at UC Davis School of Medicine, dies at 83 (UC Davis Health System)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016
(Source. UC Davis Health System). Hibbard E ... He was 83. Hibbard Earl Williams, 1932-2016. Since enrolling its first class of students in temporary buildings on the UC Davis campus in 1968 and establishing a university-based medical center in Sacramento in 1973, the School of Medicine has become one of the most highly regarded medical schools in the country, and the medical center consistently ranks among the best hospitals in the nation....

Dems can't repeat the mistakes of 1968

Edit Baltimore Sun 29 Jul 2016
Here's a word of advice for all those who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders during the primary season.. I was in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention as state treasurer of Sen. Eugene McCarthy's Maryland campaign. It was an experience of a lifetime, but not a pleasant one. Our people... ....

The Economy And Politics Of 1968: Now Playing In Reruns

Edit National Public Radio 29 Jul 2016
Demonstrators in Philadelphia during this week's Democratic convention echo another presidential election year, 1968 ... Demonstrators in Philadelphia during this week's Democratic convention echo another presidential election year, 1968 ... In so many ways, 1968 was a great year for middle-class Americans' wallets — and terrible for politics ... Adjusted for inflation, that's 31 cents in 1968 terms ... In June 1968, U.S....

Huge Pink Floyd Box Set Coming Soon; Details Their Early History

Edit Inquisitr 29 Jul 2016
Volume seven of the box set contains a variety of rare, unusual, and unreleased material including BBC radio sessions, a special television concert performance commemorating the 1969 moon landing, and Pink Floyd’s score to the 1968 art film The Committee, a very rare movie that was unavailable on home video for almost 40 years ... Their second album, released June of 1968, ultimately only featured one song from Barrett....

Rio 2016 Men’s Tournament Facts & Figures: Japan (AFC - Asian Football Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
(Source. AFC - Asian Football Confederation). Road to Rio. Some 48 years after making Asian history by winning their first men's Olympic football medal, Japan travel to Brazil still looking for their second ... With the top three teams in the U23 Championship guaranteed a place in Brazil, the moment that secured Japan's qualification was unforgettable ... 9 (2012, 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1968, 1964, 1956, 1936). Best finish. Bronze medal (1968)....

Steve Smith: Reviews of the Yardbirds in Pasadena and Turtles in Orange County; Stones to ...

Edit LA Daily News 29 Jul 2016
The original band formed in London in 1963 and disbanded in 1968 ... At London’s Crawdaddy club in 1964 with Clapton, their 1965 New Musical Express showcase with Beck, on German and French TV in 1967, and American TV appearances, and on the live albums recorded in 1964, in 1966 with Sonny Boy Williamson, and in 1968 at the Anderson Theatre in NYC, recorded for release but withheld but is readily available as a bootleg....

50 years later, Dylan's motorcycle crash remains mysterious

Edit Topix 29 Jul 2016
In this Jan. 20, 1968 file photo, Bob Dylan, center, performs with drummer Levon Helm, left, Rick Danko, second left, and Robbie Robertson of The Band at Carnegie Hall in New York, in Dylan's first public appearance after his 1966 motorcycle accident. Dylan's tumble from his Triumph 50 years ago, was the most analyzed motorcycle crash in pop-culture history, but for all its importance, details surrounding the crash remain foggy ... ....

Is Trump's call for 'law and order' a coded racial message?

Edit The Oklahoman 29 Jul 2016
... with Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign....

Bill Haisten: Dean Blevins crowns Jack Mildren, Sam Bradford as OU’s all-time best QBs

Edit Tulsa World 29 Jul 2016
Texas unveiled the wishbone attack in 1968. OU installed the wishbone in advance of its 1970 clash with the Longhorns. By the end of that season, Mildren had mastered the triple option and could execute it equally well on either side of the field ... ....

PBS explores 'Black America' in two-part documentary

Edit The Arizona Republic 29 Jul 2016
Tracing the good and bad since Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination ... ....

Visual-Effects Pioneer Douglas Trumbull on ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ Digital Innovations

Edit Variety 29 Jul 2016
Visual-effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull first appeared in Variety on Dec. 17, 1968, in a review of the sex satire “Candy,” for which he created two outer-space sequences. His other movie credit that year was more memorable. “2001. A Space Odyssey,” on which he was one of the masterminds behind the groundbreaking special effects. Trumbull —... Read more » ... ....
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