16 mei 2014 was een vrijdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♉. Het was de 135e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Barack Obama.
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Date: 17 May 2014
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Alessandra STANLEY
Alessandra Stanley observes that Barbara Walters, influential television interviewer who is retiring from her role hosting show The View, stands out for her unfiltered comments and unvarnished personality; holds that her legacy is in opening doors for female anchors and television stars and getting people to speak their minds.
Date: 17 May 2014
By KATE MURPHY
Kate MURPHY
News analysis; study published in journal Environment and Behavior finds that adults were more likely to choose Trix cereal over competing brands if cartoon rabbit on cereal box was looking at them; report follows flurry of research on magnetic and mesmeric nature of eye contact and its essential role in developing emotional stability and social fluency.
Date: 16 May 2014
By JONATHAN MAHLER
Jonathan MAHLER
Barbara Walters, 84-year-old queen of the television celebrity 'big get,' is retiring after five decades in television; she turned the celebrity interview into a kind of art form, but ratings have plunged in crowded environment with stars and politicians turning to social media, and no longer needing networks, to reach their public.
Date: 16 May 2014
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
David
Egyptian court says three jailed Al Jazeera journalists must pay $170,000 for a copy of the video footage that prosecutors say shows the defendants fabricated news reports to foment unrest; all three have been in jail since December 2013 on charges that they had formed an Islamist cell and conspired with the Muslim Brotherhood, charges they deny.
Date: 16 May 2014
By LESLIE KAUFMAN and RAVI SOMAIYA
Leslie KAUFMAN
New York Times Company finds itself having to reassure employees and rebut reports that dismissal of Jill Abramson, The Times's first female executive editor, was related to her complaints about receiving less pay than her male predecessors.
Date: 16 May 2014
By CHRISTIAN ROMAN
Christian ROMAN
As Narendra Modi swept into power as prime minister-elect Friday, a look at what the defeat of the Indian National Congress signifies.
Date: 16 May 2014
By CARRIE HALPERIN
Carrie HALPERIN
The Times’s Joe Drape with a preview of Saturday’s second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.