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The idea of history being celebrated and preserved courses through “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” a conversational documentary belatedly assembled from a 1972 gathering of Harlem Renaissance giants at Duke Ellington’s apartment.

From Los Angeles Times

Marc Prokosch, a lawyer representing the family, said the boy and his father were being held at a detention centre in San Antonio, Texas.

From BBC

"That's how we break his power over us, by being together," Shannon said.

From BBC

The view among many observers I've spoken to is that some form of consolidation in the sector seems, at some point, inevitable — whether that means supermarkets breaking up, being sold, or merging.

From BBC

"It's taken about six years of slowly learning, having fights, hanging up the phone angry, and not being able to communicate properly," says Jordan, now 33, speaking from her home in California.

From BBC