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LEAD: SAVING the planet and recycling, making the most of small spaces, lots of electronic gadgetry and plenty of humor - these are the lively and surprisingly timely themes at this year's Kips Bay Decorator Show House.
LEAD: In Paul Keye's view, the most effective way to combat smoking, especially among teen-agers and the underprivileged, is to undermine the advertising that portrays cigarettes as glamorous or ''cool.''
LEAD: Ending more than a decade of rule by the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated today as Nicaragua's President. In a gesture of reconciliation, she then retained the top Sandinista military leader as the senior commander in the armed forces.
LEAD: Saks Fifth Avenue, one of the world's premier high-fashion retailers, will be sold by its British owners for $1.5 billion to a Mideast financial group known as Investcorp.
LEAD: FOR the last month I have been the envy of every 8-year-old on my block. I have played pinball inside an alien's skull, my ball ricocheting against bones and eyeballs. I have changed from a muscle-bound weightlifter into a werewolf that can throw fire. And I have found myself, at long last, as a mustachioed
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 25, 1990, covering April 26, 1990.
Sinead O'Connor
Janet Jackson
Michael Bolton
Bonnie Raitt
Paula Abdul
1990Jonathan dos Santos, Mexican footballer[†]
Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club América.
1990Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player[†]
Mitch Rein is a former Australian rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).
1990Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (died 2012)[†]
Nevin Spence was an Irish rugby union player for Ulster in the Pro12. He played as a Centre, but could also play Wing. He was educated firstly at Dromore High School, where he was introduced to rugby, and then at Wallace High School. He played his club rugby with Ballynahinch. He was also a capable footballer, playing for the Northern Ireland U-16's.
1990Joey Wendle, American baseball player[†]
Joseph Patrick Wendle is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, and New York Mets. Wendle made his MLB debut in 2016 with the Athletics. He is one of the few MLB players to not use batting gloves.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]