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LEAD: Vice President Bush and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, each saying momentum was on his side and each warning against the dangers posed by the other's victory, battled for votes in the Rocky Mountains and on the West Coast yesterday as a suddenly spirited 1988 Presidential campaign neared its end.
LEAD: Behind the broken bricks of a Brooklyn shooting gallery, Roberto, an addict in his late 30's, sets up his practice as a ''hit doctor'' each day. For a fee of drugs or dollars he will reach inside his rumpled jacket and provide a used hypodermic syringe and may help a fellow addict find a vein able to accept the surge of freshly cooked heroin.
LEAD: They have already begun to challenge the Heartbreak Hills of their careers as marathon runners, the inevitable stretch when lingering pain undermines ability and age waits patiently to defeat their competitiveness.
LEAD: On a sweeping curve of empty beach, edged with coconut palms and towering pines, construction crews are laying the foundation for a 250-room hotel. A few miles away, other crews are finishing the renovation of a long-abandoned hotel. An ambitious restoration of the cruise ship harbor, near the old
LEAD: It was a wearing-down rather than a spectacular triumph, but the Colts produced a 38-14 victory over the Jets today, using touchdowns from the wishbone as bookends.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 2, 1988, covering November 7, 1988.
Bon Jovi
Guns N' Roses
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
U2
1988Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player[†]
Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov, formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in January 2012.
1988Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player[†]
Simone Favaro is a retired Italian international rugby union player. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 20 June 2009. He formerly played for Glasgow Warriors and Treviso in the Pro12. Favaro plays at flanker.
1988Gani Lawal, Nigerian-American basketball player[†]
Gani Oladimeji Lawal Jr. is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Georgia Tech.
1988Thomas Schneider, German sprinter[†]
Thomas Schneider is a German sprint athlete.
1988Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer[†]
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, better known by his stage name Tinie, is a British rapper and singer. He has been signed to Parlophone since 2009, now a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. He created his own entertainment company Disturbing London in 2006, along with his Dumi Oburota.
1988Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (born 1926)[†]
William Pierce Hoest was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip The Lockhorns, distributed by King Features Syndicate to 500 newspapers in 23 countries, and Laugh Parade for Parade. He also created other syndicated strips and panels for King Features. His wife Bunny Hoest succeeded him as writer for The Lockhorns after his death, continuing to this day.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]