Casey Scott refuses to shop on Black Friday and, he says, there’s no discount deep enough to change his mind.
Instead, he’s holding out for his favorite shopping holiday: Cyber Monday, when he plans to log on to his computer as soon as he wakes up. If all goes well, he says, he’ll knock out a few dozen gifts — for his wife and their seven children — by lunchtime. Read More...
By Myles BurkeFeatures correspondent
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)On this day in 1980, John Lennon was murdered outside his home in New York City, and ever since Beatles fans have speculated about what might have transpired with the band had he lived. A rediscovered 1975 interview with Lennon from the BBC archive gives some clues.
Beatle John Lennon met Mark Chapman – the man who was to kill him – twice on the day he died, 8 December 1980. Read More...
Alberto Vasconcelos da Costa e Silva is an outstanding diplomat, poet, essayist, memoirist and historian, from the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL) who met his death in the early hours on Sunday November 26, 2023 of a natural causes, at the age of 92.
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Alberto da Costa e Silva wife Vera Queiroz da Costa e Silva, a prize-winning translator who translated O Mundo se Pedaça by Chinua Achebe, was the spouse of Alberto da Costa e Silva. Read More...
