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LEAD: HO-HUM, let's rehearse once more the predictable answers to the 1987 Health and Fitness Quiz. What are they saying about coffee and tea? ''Potentially harmful stimulants.'' Salt and sugar? ''Detrimental if overused.'' Fried and fatty foods? ''Unhealthy in the extreme.'' Dietary fiber and bran flour?
LEAD: The British Petroleum Company and the Standard Oil Company agreed yesterday on a $7.82 billion price for B.P.'s purchase of the 45 percent of Standard Oil that it does not yet own.
LEAD: House Speaker Jim Wright, suffering an embarrassing reversal, announced today that he now favors a much larger bailout of the nearly depleted Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation than he had previously sought.
LEAD: The once-celebrated policies of Treasury Secretary James A. Baker 3d are eliciting growing skepticism as world economic growth persistently slows down.
LEAD: For a minute, it seemed like a sure thing. A nod from Walter Weiss at the door, a wave to Hubie Boscowitz at his regular table, an iron-grip handshake from Pete Kriendler and there in a Bernard Weatherill suit, Turnbull & Asser shirt and Lobb shoes would be John O'Hara, lounging against the bar and talking about Yale.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 29, 1987, covering April 29, 1987.
U2
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Poison
Paul Simon
1987Rob Atkinson, English footballer[†]
Robert Guy Atkinson is an English former professional footballer who plays as a defender.
1987Sara Errani, Italian tennis player[†]
Sara Errani is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former doubles world No. 1, achieved on 10 September 2012, major champion in doubles and mixed doubles, and a finalist in singles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. With nine singles titles and 35 doubles titles, she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of career titles.
1987Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer[†]
Andre Dwayne Russell, nicknamed Dre Russ, is a Jamaican international cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the world and periodically represents the West Indies in T20is. Russell was part of the 2012 and 2016 ICC World T20 winning West Indies teams. Russell is considered as one of the greatest cricketers in the T20 format, notable for his powerful hitting, and capability to bowl at speeds consistently above 140 km/h.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]