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LEAD: Zhe Zeng, an 18-year-old junior at Seward Park High School in lower Manhattan, translates the term ''model minority'' to mean that Asian-Americans are terrific in math and science. Mr. Zeng is terrific in math and science, but he insists that his life is no model for anyone.
LEAD: In the latest move in a trend toward American-Japanese alliances in microelectronics, the most successful United States semiconductor maker in Japan, Texas Instruments Inc., said today that it would form a joint venture with Kobe Steel Ltd.
LEAD: Rail service between Manhattan and Queens was shut down for several hours last night, stranding tens of thousands of riders as workers cautiously re-railed a freight car containing 33,000 gallons of liquid propane that had jumped the tracks in Queens.
LEAD: After a long flight from a vacation in his native Nigeria, a young man who is a legal United States resident and who works as a pharmacist here retrieved his bags and headed for what he thought would be a routine walk through the customs check at Intercontinental Airport.
LEAD: The question of how a single fertilized egg blossoms into a complete human infant is one of the magnificent puzzles of biology, and scientists are just beginning to pinpoint the key genes and molecules that direct the intricate unfolding. But in a rush of new experiments, researchers have made the surprising discovery that one of those crucial impresario molecules of life is not some exotic or arcane compound, but retinoic acid, a familiar derivative of vitamin A.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 14, 1990, covering March 20, 1990.
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Phil Collins
Milli Vanilli
The B-52s
1990Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player[†]
Blake Ferguson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.
1990Brad Hand, American baseball player[†]
Bradley Richard Hand is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida/Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies, and Atlanta Braves.
1990Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer[†]
Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Boca Juniors, where he is captain.
1990Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1907)[†]
Maurice Cloche was a French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film Monsieur Vincent (1947) he won a 1948 Special Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
1990Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (born 1929)[†]
Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Soviet professional footballer considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport. He was the first and only goalkeeper to win a Ballon d'Or, a feat which no other goalkeeper has been able to accomplish to this day. He was known for his athleticism, positioning, imposing presence in goal, and acrobatic reflex saves. He was also deputy chairman of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union.
1990Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.[†]
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the country under martial law from 1972 to 1981, granting himself expanded powers under the 1973 Constitution. Marcos described his philosophy as "constitutional authoritarianism". He was deposed in 1986 by the People Power Revolution and was succeeded as president by Corazon Aquino.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]