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The rain was not hard enough yesterday to halt the final between Vitas Gerulaitis and John McEnroe in the Tournament of Champions, but it was steady enough to lift Gerulaitis past his New York rival, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, for the $100,000 top prize.
The annual rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, is slowing sharply and should be below 10 percent by the end of the year, according to a broad spectrum of economists.
The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court is investigating the conduct of partners in a major Manhattan law firm in representing investors in a company competing for the city's lucrative bus shelter franchise, according to people familiar with the inquiry.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 7, 1980, covering May 12, 1980.
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Pink Floyd
Billy Joel
Linda Ronstadt
The Brothers Johnson
1980Rishi Sunak, English politician[†]
Rishi Sunak is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2022 to 2024. Following his defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party in the 2024 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition, serving in this role from July to November 2024. He previously held two Cabinet positions under Boris Johnson, latterly as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022. Sunak has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond and Northallerton, previously Richmond (Yorks), since 2015.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]