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48
Number of minutes of exercise per day the average preschooler gets, according to Pediatrics; the recommended minimum is one hour
‘I do not ever again want to see this organization faced with a situation it is not prepared … to manage.’
DR. MARGARET CHAN, WHO Director-General, vowing reform in the wake of the Ebola outbreak; the agency plans to establish a $100 million contingency fund to safeguard against future emergencies
Nike
Recorded an all-time-high stock price after a visit from President Obama
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Under Armour
Pulled its Iwo Jima–inspired shirts amid criticism
‘I would not have gone into Iraq.’
JEB BUSH, likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate, reversing his position on whether he would have taken the same actions as his brother President George W. Bush regarding the 2003 invasion
483 m.p.h.
Top speed of the new Honda private jet, fastest in its class; it carries a $4.5 million price tag
‘They don’t see us as a powerful economic force, which is an incredible ignorance.’
SALMA HAYEK, actor, denouncing sexism in Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival; until recently, she added, studio heads believed women were interested only in seeing romantic comedies
‘Today will be remembered as one of the darkest days in Egypt’s history.’
AMR DARRAG, former Egyptian Cabinet member under ousted President Mohamed Morsi, reacting to Morsi’s death sentence, which was handed down by a national court
‘I want the time to give my love to the American people.’
ELIÁN GONZÁLEZ, former Cuban refugee who was sent back to Cuba in 2000, on his desire to visit the U.S. as a tourist
Sources: New York Times; Variety; ABC News; Reuters; Washington Post; Wall Street Journal; Guardian; Pediatrics
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