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LEAD: Last year, fed up with what it claimed were high rates, the Chicago suburb of Geneva, Ill., stopped buying power from the local electric company, Commonwealth Edison, and began buying from the Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
LEAD: More than three decades ago, after struggling through pioneering computer projects with names like Eniac, Ordvac and even Maniac, the United States Government gave up trying to build the world's fastest computers by itself. The expense and the technological hurdles convinced Federal officials that private industry was better equipped to define the state of the art.
LEAD: Vice President Bush, long President Reagan's faithful No. 2, has gradually begun to take positions that differ, however subtly, from those of the White House.
LEAD: Less than four years ago, the exiled poet Joseph Brodsky, who lives in the United States, gave a lecture on the surrealistic novels of Andrei Platonov, a Soviet author, and was bitterly certain of one thing: ''These books never were published in Soviet Russia, and they never will be published there, for they come closest to doing to the system what it has done to its subjects.
LEAD: The surging financial market has pushed employment in the securities and commodities industry in New York City past 150,000 for the first time, part of a steady growth during the bull market of the last five years, according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 12, 1987, covering August 13, 1987.
Whitney Houston
Heart
Whitesnake
LL Cool J
U2
1987Jose Lorenzo Diokno, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Jose Lorenzo "Pepe" Aromin Diokno III is a Filipino film director, producer, and screenwriter. He received the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film and the Orizzonti Prize at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, and was awarded Best Director at the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival.
1987Devin McCourty, American football player[†]
Devin McCourty is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and was selected by the Patriots in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft. Missing only five games during his Patriots career, McCourty received two Pro Bowl selections and was also a member of three Super Bowl-winning teams. McCourty also has the most postseason starts for a defensive player. His twin brother, Jason McCourty, also played in the NFL. Since leaving the NFL in 2022, he has served as a commentator for NBC's Football Night in America.
1987Jason McCourty, American football player[†]
Jason McCourty is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL draft. McCourty also played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns, the New England Patriots, and ended his playing career with the Miami Dolphins. He primarily played cornerback throughout his first 11 NFL seasons, but moved to free safety while playing for the Miami Dolphins in 2021. His twin brother, Devin, also played in the NFL. In 2022, McCourty was hired by NFL Network to serve as an analyst on Good Morning Football, and by Westwood One to help call select Thursday Night Football radio broadcasts. In the fall of 2023, he was providing color commentary for college football telecasts on CBS.
1987Jamie Reed, Welsh footballer[†]
Jamie Lee Reed is a footballer and coach who plays as a striker for Ruthin Town. Born in England, he has represented Wales at semi-professional level.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]