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LEAD: HOUSES going up on land long untouched is a fact of life on the East End. While the development of each new piece means the loss of farmland and woods and attractive open space, it also can mean increased tax revenues and more employment.
LEAD: DENG XIAOPING is gambling again. The 85-year-old Chinese leader, who has proved an astute political oddsmaker, is betting that by ending martial law Beijing will reap economic and diplomatic benefits without risking further unrest.
LEAD: ELECTION 1990 is hardly uppermost in the minds of American voters. Non-presidential elections are often seen as mere housekeeping for democracy, and the stunning changes in Eastern Europe have overshadowed domestic politics.
LEAD: WITH its grand manor house, deep woods, owls, ospreys and rolling fields descending to glittering bays, Gardiners Island has been a private paradise off eastern Long Island spoiled only by disputes among descendants of the family that has owned and preserved it since 1639.
LEAD: THE slump in the New York region's real estate market, now in its third year, is increasing the financial strain on homeowners, would-be sellers and lenders alike as delinquent mortgage loans and foreclosures spread across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 10, 1990, covering January 14, 1990.
Milli Vanilli
Phil Collins
Billy Joel
Janet Jackson
Paula Abdul
1990Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and wrestler[â ]
Kacy Esther Catanzaro is an American professional wrestler and a former gymnast and obstacle racer. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Katana Chance. Alongside Kayden Carter, she is a one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion, holding the record for the longest reign in the title's history, and a one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion. Carter and Chance are also the first women's tag team to have won the WWE and NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.
1990Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner[â ]
Lelisa Desisa Benti is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who specialised in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he took the 10,000 metres gold medal.
1990Grant Gustin, American actor and singer[â ]
Thomas Grant Gustin is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Barry Allen / The Flash on The CW series The Flash (2014â2023) as part of the Arrowverse and as Sebastian Smythe on the Fox series Glee. Trained in musical theater, his first major credit was as part of the 2010 national tour of West Side Story; he returned to theater in the original Broadway production of Water for Elephants, originating the starring role of Jacob Jankowski.
1990Ăron SzilĂĄgyi, Hungarian fencer[â ]
Ăron SzilĂĄgyi is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer. A five-time Olympian, SzilĂĄgyi is a three-time individual Olympic champion, 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, and 2024 team Olympic silver medalist.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[â ]