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LEAD: WHEN the students need a breather or something for the stomach, the really good place to go is Over the Counter. Not the market, but the cafeteria on the 14th floor of Merrill Hall. While you eat your sandwich, you can watch the two illuminated tickers on the wall, where the trades on the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock
LEAD: As they were coming off the field after the game, the two coaches hugged and Mike Gottfried of Pitt said to Dick MacPherson of Syracuse, ''Go win the national championship.''
LEAD: OFTEN A SONG CAN BE THE KEY TO THE evolution of a musical. With ''Into the Woods,'' the new Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine show opening Thursday at the Martin Beck Theater, the turning point came when the composer wrote the second-act ballad, ''No One Is Alone.'' The song is sung by Cinderella after her prince has disappeared, to Little Red Ridinghood, as they huddle together in the wake of a cataclysm.
LEAD: IN the past 20 years, J. D. Salinger has undoubtedly become the most famous - as well as the most read - recluse in the world. He has rarely been sighted in public, has not given an interview since 1953 and, although he continues to write fiction, hasn't published any of it since a short story appeared in The New Yorker in 1965.
LEAD: New York Yankee baseball in the Bronx, a 64-year tradition that spans 22 world championships, will continue for at least 45 more years under terms of an agreement announced last night.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 28, 1987, covering November 1, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Bruce Springsteen
Soundtrack
Pink Floyd
1987Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress[â ]
Ileana D'Cruz is a Portuguese actress who primarily appears in Telugu and Hindi films. She is the recipient of several accolades including a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare Awards South.
1987Bruce Irvin, American football player[â ]
Bruce Pernell Irvin Jr. is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round with the 15th overall pick of the 2012 NFL draft. Irvin won Super Bowl XLVIII over the Denver Broncos, and also played in Super Bowl XLIX where he became the first player ever to be ejected from a Super Bowl.
1987RenĂ© LĂ©vesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (born 1922)[â ]
René Lévesque was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to seek, through a referendum, a mandate to negotiate the political independence of Quebec. Starting his career as a reporter, and radio and television host, he later became known for his eminent role in Quebec's nationalization of hydro-electric companies and as an ardent defender of Quebec sovereignty. He was the founder of the Parti Québécois, and before that, a Liberal minister in the Lesage government from 1960 to 1966.
1987British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238Â km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.[â ]
The British Rail Class 43 (HST) is the TOPS classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train diesel-electric power cars, built by British Rail Engineering Limited from 1975 to 1982, and in service in the UK since 1976.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[â ]