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LEAD: FOR years, Americans have been the world's most determined, enthusiastic consumers. The simple living conveyed in Norman Rockwell's illustrations or Grant Wood's famous painting of a severe, Midwestern farmer and his wife, has been lost in the 1980's.
LEAD: ''Stardust'' is but a memory at the Biltmore Theater, though it still embellishes the marquee at 261 West 47th Street that once spoke of ''Barefoot in the Park'' and ''Hair.'' Since its last musical closed in May, the police say the theater has been used as a drug shooting gallery. On Feb. 16, it will be auctioned off at the Hotel
LEAD: EVEN after construction crews completed work two years ago on Riveredge, an office complex in Florham Park, N.J., plenty of work remained for Edward Blake and Donald Rotwein, who served as the project's architects.
LEAD: THE Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to request state authorization this month to spend $20 million on parking improvements at railroad stations owned by Metro-North, its subsidiary, over the next four years. County officials said that the move could significantly ease the growing problems faced by rail commuters.
LEAD: WITH the election of a Democrat, Sondra M. Bachety, last week as the Presiding Officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, Democrats solidified their control over a county in which they are outnumbered nearly 2 to 1 by Republicans and Conservatives.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 3, 1988, covering February 7, 1988.
George Michael
Tiffany
Soundtrack
INXS
Michael Jackson
1988Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress[†]
Ai Kago is a Japanese actress and singer. In 2000, Kago debuted as a 4th generation member of the idol girl group Morning Musume. During her time in the group, she was also part of Mini-Moni and other Hello! Project sub-groups. In 2004, Kago departed from Morning Musume and became part of the duo W with Nozomi Tsuji.
1988Matthew Stafford, American football player[†]
John Matthew Stafford is an American professional football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected first overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2009 NFL draft. Ranking in the top ten of all time in pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns, Stafford is currently sixth all-time in passing yards per game and is the fastest player in NFL history to have reached 40,000 career passing yards.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]