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LEAD: New York State moved last week to strengthen legal measures against blockbusting, the practice used by real-estate agents to pressure homeowners into selling their homes, sometimes at prices below their true values.
LEAD: Last week, the Bristol-Myers Company and the Squibb Corporation announced their intention to merge in a deal valued at about $12 billion. Together, the newly merged companies would be the second-largest pharmaceutical maker after Merck & Company and would have combined sales of about $9 billion. The deal will be accomplished by an exchange of stock.
LEAD: Whether by chance or calculation, television series often provide remarkable reflections of the real world. Program forms, from situation comedies to action adventures, may remain the same, but content is always being adjusted to fit the changing times. As Nancy Reagan's glittering gowns gave way to Barbara Bush's sensible shoes, so ''Dynasty'' is about to be replaced by less upscale, possibly even gentler diversions.
LEAD: The Mets may have spiraled from disaster to downfall today when they tried to sneak the rookie pitcher Wally Whitehurst past the galloping Chicago Cubs and did not survive.
LEAD: The climate for real estate investment in New York City for Asians has never been better, according to Heo-Peh Lee, who retired from Baruch College as a professor of library science a decade ago to become a developer and has prospered. As evidence, Mr. Lee cited two Queens projects, the $12 million World Plaza office building in College Point that he and four Asian partners completed last month and a $12 million condominium that his company, Shie Jie Construction, is to undertake next fall in
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 26, 1989, covering July 30, 1989.
Prince
Fine Young Cannibals
New Kids on the Block
Bobby Brown
Milli Vanilli
1989Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer[†]
Aleix Espargaró Villà is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He was the Spanish 2004 FIM CEV 125cc International Champion and has competed since 2017 in the MotoGP class using Aprilia machines. He retired from Grand Prix racing at the end of the 2024 season and signed as a test rider for Honda Racing Corporation.
1989Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer[†]
Wayne Dillon Parnell is a South African professional cricketer who has played Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket for the South Africa national cricket team. At domestic level he played for Cape Cobras, Warriors and Eastern Province in South Africa and for a range of teams in competitions around the world.
1989Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (born 1963)[†]
Lane Clyde Frost was an American professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding, and competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He was the 1987 PRCA World Champion bull rider. He was also the only rider ever to score a qualified ride on Red Rock, the 1987 PRCA Bucking Bull of the Year.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]