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LEAD: After days of contentious negotiations, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ratified an agreement today in which for the first time in two years all 13 members accepted a quota system intended to limit production and raise oil prices.
LEAD: There are not many people in New Jersey, America or indeed the world who know poverty as Dawit Wolde Giorgis does.
LEAD: In an attempt to remedy a growing discontent among its consulting partners, Arthur Andersen & Company today proposed to revise its compensation system and to restructure its business into separate consulting and accounting operations.
LEAD: President Reagan is expected to recommend in his last budget that Federal spending plans be prepared for at least two years at a time, a proposal that could ease President-elect Bush's struggles to lower the deficit.
LEAD: The Cuomo administration asked the trustee of New York State's $36 billion pension fund today to halt further investment in corporate takeovers.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 23, 1988, covering November 29, 1988.
U2
Anita Baker
Guns N' Roses
Bon Jovi
Soundtrack
1988Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player[†]
Abby Bishop is an Australian former professional basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) between 2005 and 2025 for the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra Capitals, Dandenong Rangers, Adelaide Lightning, Townsville Fire and Southside Flyers. She played three seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), winning a WNBA championship in 2010 with the Seattle Storm. She was a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
1988Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder[†]
Ashley Mae Sebera, is an American professional wrestler and former bodybuilder, gymnast, fitness competitor, and model. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she performs under the ring name Ash by Elegance and is one-half of TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions in her first reign. Sebera is also known for her time in WWE from 2013 to 2023, where she performed under the ring name Dana Brooke.
1988Damon Harrison, American football player[†]
Damon Paul Harrison is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at William Penn University and was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He was also a member of the New York Giants, Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers. According to Pro Football Focus, he led the league in run-stop percentage between 2013 and 2016.
1988Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer[†]
Bradley Hudson-Odoi is a Ghanaian footballer who last played as a striker for National League South side, Woking.
1988Russell Wilson, American football player[†]
Russell Carrington Wilson is an American professional football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He has primarily played for the Seattle Seahawks. With the Seahawks, Wilson was named to the Pro Bowl nine times and helped Seattle win their first Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl XLVIII. He is regarded as one of the greatest dual-threat quarterbacks of all time.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]