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LEAD: WHAT do females want? Every man who has ever rolled his eyes heavenward in apparent bafflement at this great enigma might do well to follow the example of evolutionary biologists: stop speculating and start paying attention to the evidence at hand.
LEAD: EARLY findings from the most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease are challenging much of American dietary dogma. The study, being conducted in China, paints a bold portrait of a plant-based eating plan that is more likely to promote health than disease.
LEAD: The Bass family of Fort Worth, Tex., gave Yale University $20 million today to establish an Institute of Biospheric Studies that will greatly expand the university's research into environmental issues.
LEAD: German reunification will spur economic growth in Europe and the world, and contrary to widespread expectations, should not set off more world inflation and higher interest rates, West German officials said at a global monetary conference here today. ''The stability of the D-Mark and the soundness of public finances remain safeguarded,'' Theo Waigel, the West German Finance Minister, said at the policy-making Interim Committee meeting of the 152-nation International Monetary
LEAD: Most people in Washington now think some kind of tax increase is inevitable, and the holdouts, President Bush included, are finding it harder and harder to hold the line as the deficit soars.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 2, 1990, covering May 8, 1990.
Sinead O'Connor
Janet Jackson
Michael Bolton
M.C. Hammer
Paula Abdul
1990Lane Johnson, American football player[†]
David Lane Johnson is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Eagles fourth overall in the 2013 NFL draft. He played college football for the Kilgore Rangers before transferring to the Oklahoma Sooners.
1990Iyo Sky, Japanese wrestler[†]
Masami Odate is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Iyo Sky and is the current Women’s World Champion in her first reign. She is also a former two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Dakota Kai, as well as a former Women's Money in the Bank contract holder and former WWE Women's Champion. Known for her athleticism and in-ring ability, she is regarded as one of the best women's wrestlers in the world.
1990Kemba Walker, American basketball player[†]
Kemba Hudley Walker is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is a player enhancement coach for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was picked ninth overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2011 NBA draft and also played for the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and the Dallas Mavericks, before finishing his career with AS Monaco. He played college basketball for the Connecticut Huskies. In their 2010–11 season, Walker was the nation's second-leading scorer and was named consensus first-team All-American; he also led the Huskies to a 2011 NCAA championship victory and claimed the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award. Walker is a four-time NBA All-Star, a one-time All-NBA Team member, two-time winner of the NBA Sportsmanship Award, as well as a LNB Élite champion.
1990Luigi Nono, Italian composer and educator (born 1924)[†]
Luigi Nono was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]