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In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[â ]
1990Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver[â ]
Earl Anderson Bamber is a New Zealand professional racing driver and racing team owner who currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota and Cadillac Whelen. He is a factory driver for Corvette Racing, having previously driven in a factory capacity for Porsche.
1990FĂĄbio, Brazilian footballer[â ]
Fabio Pereira da Silva, known as Fabio, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played as a full-back for Brazilian club GrĂȘmio.
1990Rafael, Brazilian footballer[â ]
Rafael Pereira da Silva, commonly known as Rafael or Rafael da Silva, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played for Campeonato Brasileiro SĂ©rie A club Botafogo. He normally played as a right-back, but he has also been deployed as a midfielder.
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LEAD: As thousands of temporary Census Bureau workers wrap up their work this summer, they are finding that they may not be able to collect unemployment checks because of a cost-cutting move by Congress six weeks ago.
LEAD: Breaking its own rules on buying major new weapons, the Pentagon is pressing ahead with a $4 billion electronic radar-jamming device that has failed crucial flight tests on fighter planes it is designed to protect.
LEAD: For 30 years Willard Johnson fought an often thankless battle in Boston, protesting racial inequities in a country most Americans knew little about. He helped organize some of the earliest demonstrations against South Africa's system of racial separation and was even arrested for it once.
LEAD: West Germany won the World Cup for the third time yesterday when they defeated Argentina, 1-0, on a penalty kick by Andreas Brehme after a controversial foul in the 84th minute. Winning ugly, losing ugly: George Vecsey writes that the final game of the World Cup was just plain ugly. Beckenbauer's future: Franz Beckenbauer, the West German coach, is rumored to be in line for a major role in United States soccer.
LEAD: Prosecutors in Manhattan have agreed to a reduced sentence for a defendant in a rape case in exchange for the man's promise to take an AIDS test and provide the results to his victim.
LEAD: Donald J. Trump is set to announce this morning that France's largest retailer has signed a 25-year lease in Trump Tower in a deal worth tens of millions of dollars, bankers said.
LEAD: President Bush plans to tell the United States' six main industrial allies this week that he is prepared to send teams of experts to the Soviet Union to help it rebuild rail and communications networks, grain storage sites, food distribution systems and other essential services, senior White House officials said today.
LEAD: West Germany won the 1990 World Cup tonight, defeating the defending champion, Argentina, in a match that typified the enduring themes of the monthlong tournament - few goals, nasty play and dull games.
LEAD: Republican and Democratic challengers in Congressional campaigns across the country are seizing upon the savings and loan crisis as the issue they say will make many incumbents vulnerable this year.
LEAD: The rate of growth at many leading law firms slowed considerably in 1989, but the legal business was nonetheless highly profitable, a study scheduled to be released today has found.
LEAD: Mass Killings in Yugoslavia The discovery of secret graves has led to reports of mass killings 45 years ago by the Communist Partisans led by Marshal Tito. Page A6. Tales of Brutality in Liberia Accounts of atrocities war have multiplied as nearly 2,000 civilians have been killed and many more wounded, say relief workers, missionaries and diplomats.
LEAD: The International Business Machines Corporation is in negotiations to license its most advanced memory-chip technology to Motorola Inc., several Government and industry officials say.