Lee Chae-rin (hangul: 이채린; hanja: 李彩麟; rr: I Chae-rin; MR: I Ch'ae-rin; 26 de fevereiro de 1991), conhecida profissionalmente como CL (hangul: 씨엘), é uma rapper, cantora, compositora, dançarina, modelo e atriz sul-coreana. Nascida em Seul, ela passou grande parte de sua infância e juventude no Japão e na França. Ela alcançou a fama como integrante e líder do grupo feminino 2NE1, que estreou em 2009 pela YG Entertainment. Elas se tornaram um dos grupos femininos sul-coreanos mais populares em todo o mundo e um dos grupos femininos mais vendidos da história. Como solista, CL fez sua estreia com o single "The Baddest Female" em maio de 2013 e lançou a faixa solo "MTBD" em fevereiro de 2014 como parte do último álbum de estúdio do 2NE1, Crush.
Após o hiato do grupo no início de 2015, CL seguiu carreira solo com o lançamento dos singles "Hello Bitches" (2015) e "Lifted" (2016). Este último single fez de CL a primeira solista coreana a entrar na Billboard Hot 100 e o terceiro ato musical coreano no geral a conquistar tal feito. Em novembro de 2016, a YG Entertainment anunciou o fim do 2NE1 após um hiato de quase dois anos, e CL permaneceu na gravadora. Pouco depois de deixar a YG em dezembro de 2019, ela lançou seu EP solo, In the Name of Love (2019), composto por seis faixas escritas durante os três anos desde seu single anterior, "Lifted". Seu álbum de estreia, Alpha, foi lançado em outubro de 2021. Após a reunião do 2NE1 em julho de 2024, CL retomou as atividades do grupo sob a tutela da YG Entertainment.
CL ficou em 2º e 25º lugar nas votações dos leitores da lista das 100 pessoas mais influentes do mundo da revista Time em 2015 e 2016, respectivamente. Ela figurou na lista Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (2019) e foi considerada uma das melhores integrantes de grupos femininos de todos os tempos pelo The Guardian. Fora do mundo da música, ela é reconhecida como um ícone de estilo por diversas publicações internacionais.
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Date: 26 February 1991
By Alan Finder
Alan Finder
Some leaders of the nine unions striking The Daily News, along with the unions' chief adviser, said yesterday that after seven days of marathon negotiations, they had little hope of a settlement in their four-month strike. The talks were recessed on Sunday by Bill Usery Jr., a private mediator, and are to reconvene tomorrow. The sides remain far apart, union officials said.
Date: 26 February 1991
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Like the start of the war itself, the opening of the ground phase of the war in the Persian Gulf brought renewed attention to network news coverage. ABC and NBC shared strong ratings for initial coverage of the ground war on Saturday night. NBC had a slightly larger audience overall, but ABC reaffirmed its strength with television news viewers by overcoming NBC's traditional appeal with viewers on that night.
Date: 27 February 1991
WAR IN THE GULF A18-23 Iraqi troops were in full retreat across Kuwait, the American command said, and allied forces entered Kuwait City, a smoking wreck, after its Iraqi occupiers fled. Page A1 Saddam Hussein publicly vowed to withdraw his forces from Kuwait. But President Bush said the promise was inadequate, pressed for virtual surrender and ordered allied forces to continue attacking. A1
Date: 26 February 1991
War in the Gulf A12-17 Iraq ordered its army to withdraw from Kuwait, the Baghdad radio said, but the Bush Administration parried the offer, saying the war would continue until Saddam Hussein committed to the conditions laid down by the White House on Friday. Page A1 Saddam Hussein sent a message to President Gorbachev stating that Iraq will withdraw its forces unconditionally from Kuwait and that the withdrawal orders have been issued, the Soviet Union said. A12
Date: 26 February 1991
Reuters
Australian Airlines, the Government-owned domestic carrier, is to begin talks this week with Singapore Airlines about a possible alliance. Ted Harris, chairman of Australian Air, said two executives would travel to Singapore to discuss areas like joint ticketing and catering. Mr. Harris said Singapore Airlines and the Indonesian airline Garuda had shown an interest in taking a stake in Australian Airlines.
Date: 27 February 1991
Special to The New York Times
In an effort to increase attendance, MCA Inc.'s Universal Studios Hollywood said today that it would offer residents of California a $5 discount on its $22.50 admission price from March 15 to May 5. The Walt Disney Company, which had been offering Southern California residents its own admission discount at Disneyland in Anaheim, said today that it would extend its discount one week, until March 10. The Disney discount offers $7.50 off the $27.50 admission price.
Date: 27 February 1991
By Milt Freudenheim
Milt Freudenheim
The Bolar Pharmaceutical Company has been charged with illegally distributing adulterated generic drugs and obstructing Federal and Congressional inquiries, Justice Department officials said yesterday. If convicted of all 20 charges, Bolar, which until early last year was a leader in the generic drug industry, will face maximum penalties of $10 million. Stuart M. Gerson, an Assistant Attorney General, and Breckinridge L. Willcox, the United States Attorney in Baltimore, said Bolar, based in Copiague, L.I., had mislabeled products and had used formulas and processes that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Date: 27 February 1991
Reuters
Merck & Company said its board had approved the purchases of an additional $1 billion worth of the company's common stock for its treasury. Under prior approvals between 1985 through 1990, Merck spent $2.7 billion to acquire 57 million shares of its stock on the open market. Merck now has about 387 million shares outstanding. These treasury stock purchases will be made on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions. Merck's stock fell $1.50 a share today, to $101.75, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Date: 26 February 1991
AP
The Chemed Corporation announced an agreement to sell its DuBois Chemicals Inc. subsidiary to the Molson Companies of Canada for $243 million. DuBois, which makes and sells institutional and industrial maintenance and cleaning products, is to be merged with Molson's Diversey Corporation subsidiary, a Toronto-based maker of cleaning products and systems, Chemed said. DuBois had sales last year of $275 million in the United States and more than 30 foreign countries, Chemed said. Diversey had 1990 sales of $700 million. Chemed's other businesses include the National Sanitary Supply Company and Roto-Rooter Inc. Molson also owns Molson Breweries, the Beaver Lumber Company and the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
Date: 26 February 1991
AP
Counterproposals by Harold C. Simmons to a plan to limit costs in his proxy war to unseat the board of the Lockheed Corporation were rejected by Daniel M. Tellep, chairman of the big military contractor. Mr. Simmons, who owns 20 percent of Lockheed and lost an expensive proxy contest in 1990, last week accepted Mr. Tellep's proposal that both sides forgo newspaper advertisements to solicit support for their positions. But Mr. Simmons's associate, J. Landis Martin, said he had been denied a request for four additional conditions, among which were a $5 million spending cap for each side, a limit of two mailings to small shareholders and a videotaped debate between Mr. Martin and Mr. Tellep. "Prearrangements with regard to the nature, timing and cost of shareholder communications are unnecessary and inappropriate," Mr. Tellep wrote in a letter released today rejecting new conditions. Mr. Martin did not return a telephone call seeking comment.