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SUPERINTENDENTS in most of the county's 40 school districts are spending fewer years in one school district, preferring instead to move on to better-paying jobs in larger, more challenging districts, according to a number of school administrators.
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation moved through the Bronx yesterday afternoon serving more than 20 subpoenas on Bronx politicians and alleged members of organized crime. The subpoenas demanded financial records for a Federal grand jury.
LAKE PLACID, N.Y., Feb. 9--A justice of the State Supreme Court Appellate Division signed an order today that temporarily prevents Liang Renguay, ...
YONKERS THE sloop Woody Guthrie, the first of the "Clearwater children," will be joined on the Hudson River this year by a sister vessel, Sojourner Truth, now nearing completion on the Yonkers waterfront.
IN the 1960's and early 1970's, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was allowed to publish his work only after protracted negotiations involving Party bureau crats and the editors of the journal Novy Mir. Printed here are the opening pages of "The Oak and the Calf," Solzhenitsyn's memoir of Russian literary politics in those years, to be published in May by Harper Row.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 6, 1980, covering February 10, 1980.
Pink Floyd
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Eagles
Michael Jackson
Kenny Rogers
1980César Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player[†]
César David Izturis is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals, and Cincinnati Reds. He is the half-brother of shortstop Maicer Izturis.
1980Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer[†]
Enzo Maresca is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea.
1980Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Michael Tavares Ribeiro is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Originally selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, 45th overall, of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Ribeiro has played in the NHL for the Canadiens, Dallas Stars, Washington Capitals, Phoenix Coyotes and the Nashville Predators.
1980Bruno Šundov, Croatian basketball player[†]
Bruno Šundov is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.18 m, he played the center position. He played for five NBA teams and over 20 clubs around the world.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]