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In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]
1989Tibor Pleiß, German basketball player[†]
Tibor Pleiß is a German professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m), he plays at the center position. He is also a regular member of the German national team.
1989Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player[†]
Natalie Ann Pluskota is an American former tennis player.
1989Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Luke Schenn is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Schenn played junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In his final WHL season, Schenn was named to the League's Second All-Star Team. He was a highly touted prospect heading into the 2008 NHL entry draft, where he was selected in the first round, fifth overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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LEAD: What do a poodle wearing sunglasses, the cast of ''The Wizard of Oz'' and convicted murderers have in common? They are all being used to attack candidates in what many are saying is New Jersey's slickest, and maybe nastiest, election for the State Assembly.
LEAD: Seeking to regain a tactical advantage in his fight for a cut in the capital gains tax, President Bush is seriously considering proposals to make permanent the $16 billion in automatic spending cuts that took effect on Oct. 16, Republican Congressional leaders said today.
LEAD: As twilight faded, Stanley Gardiner - a man known for his modesty, quick smile and conviviality - was seen driving into his Staten Island garage.
LEAD: M. Danny Wall, the nation's top savings and loan regulator, today defended his handling of the costliest savings and loan failure to date. He asserted that his office lacked sufficient proof in 1987 that the $6 billion Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, Calif., was insolvent.
LEAD: Because South Korea, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia have started cracking down on pirated versions of American films, records, pharmaceuticals, software and other products, the United States eased a threat of trade sanctions against them. But Washington left five other countries on its priority watch list: Brazil, India, Mexico, China and
LEAD: The Bush Administration will be challenging many more large mergers and suing more companies for false advertising than the Reagan Administration did, Administration officials and antitrust experts are predicting.
LEAD: The new East German Communist leader, Egon Krenz, said in Moscow that the protests in his country were a healthy sign of change. Page A11.
LEAD: The book publishing industry was stunned yesterday by the news that the man who has headed Random House for 23 years would step down at the end of the year and that no successor had been chosen.
LEAD: Fujitsu Ltd., the world's second-largest computer maker, has plunged into deeper trouble after disclosures that it had won at least four substantial Government computer contracts with bids ranging from three quarters of a cent to $71.
LEAD: The chief executive of the Campbell Soup Company said yesterday that he would take early retirement. His responsibilities were quickly divided between two top executives of the company, and its stock jumped on the news.
LEAD: BEFORE he was asked to design one, Christopher Alviar, a 27-year-old industrial designer in Beaverton, Ore., had not paid much attention to squeegees. To him, a bathroom squeegee was akin to a toilet-bowl plunger, ''something that you wanted to keep out of sight,'' he said.
LEAD: President Carlos Salinas de Gortari said today that Mexico is still waiting for most of its commercial bank creditors to decide how they plan to carry out July's historic debt reduction agreement, and he also expressed concern that the Mexican economy may be overheating.