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LEAD: First they tried their hand at United States Treasury securities. Then they dabbled in New York skyscrapers. Now the next stage of Japanese investment in America has arrived - the acquisition of United States companies.
LEAD: Challenging the constitutionality of the law on independent prosecutors, Solicitor General Charles Fried argued today before the Supreme Court that the proper mechanism for checking abuse by the executive branch was ''the long, deep shadow of Congress's power of impeachment.''
LEAD: The economy grew at a 2.3 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year as spending by business and consumers rebounded from a sluggish fall pace, the Commerce Department reported today.
LEAD: The National Transportation Safety Board today cited inadequate maintenance as the major ''probable cause'' of the collapse last year of the Schoharie Creek bridge on the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway in which 10 motorists were killed. It blamed the New York State Thruway Authority for failing to buttress the bridge's piers.
LEAD: Oil Cutbacks Proposed Seven oil-producing nations have offered to reduce exports by 5 percent if OPEC will join them in steps to bolster the price of oil. Page D1. Saudis Break Ties With Iran Saudi Arabia said it was breaking relations with Iran and gave Iranian diplomats a week to leave.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 27, 1988, covering April 27, 1988.
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George Michael
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Michael Jackson
INXS
1988Lizzo, American singer and rapper[†]
Melissa Viviane Jefferson, known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer and rapper. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Texas, with her family at the age of ten. After college, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her recording career in hip-hop. Prior to signing with Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records, Lizzo released two studio albums, Lizzobangers (2013) and Big Grrrl Small World (2015). Her first major-label extended play (EP), Coconut Oil, was released in 2016.
1988Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Semyon Aleksandrovich Varlamov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1988Fred Bear, American hunter and author (born 1902)[†]
Fred Bear was an American bow hunter and manufacturer. Although he did not start bow hunting until he was 29 and did not master the skill for many years, he is widely regarded as a pioneer in the bow hunting community. Bear was a world traveler, film producer, and the founder of Bear Archery. He died in Gainesville, Florida and is inducted in the Bowhunters Hall of Fame.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]