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LEAD: Credit market analysts say the Federal Reserve Board is likely to take the long-expected step of easing monetary policy in the next 10 days to two weeks.
LEAD: Alexander's Inc., the troubled 65-year-old department store chain, has been valued by its main owners in recent years more for the potential of its real estate than for its retailing business.
LEAD: He saw the man turn the corner and then he noticed the bulge of a gun.
LEAD: Moscow consumers today faced a new and ultimate insult, a bread shortage, as the city's bakeries failed before the appetites of residents flooding back into the city from their annual August vacations.
LEAD: ''Don't use the camp's name,'' said Phyllis Susser, an AIDS specialist. ''Please don't even mention the county where it's located.''
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 29, 1990, covering September 4, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Poison
Mariah Carey
Anita Baker
1990James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
James Michael Bay is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1990Jonny Lomax, English rugby player[†]
Jonathan Lomax is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for St Helens in the Super League, and England and Great Britain at international level. A versatile player, Lomax is primarily a stand-off but is equally comfortable at both scrum-half and fullback, and featured more regularly on the wing in the early stages of his professional career.
1990Danny Worsnop, English singer-songwriter[†]
Danny Robert Worsnop is an English singer most prominently known as the lead vocalist of rock bands Asking Alexandria and We Are Harlot. He has worked with several artists including I See Stars, Papa Roach, With One Last Breath, Breathe Carolina, Memphis May Fire, The Word Alive, All That Remains, The Funeral Portrait and Testarossa, providing guest vocals on several songs.
1990Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (born 1925)[†]
Lawrence Arthur Cremin was an American educational historian and administrator.
1990Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (born 1898)[†]
Irene Dunne was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.
1990Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (born 1934)[†]
Turan Dursun was a Turkish author and atheist who was a critic of Islam. A former Muslim cleric and scholar of Shia Islam, he became an atheist during his study of the history of monotheistic religions. Influenced by the 9th-century Iranian skeptic philosopher Ibn al-Rawandi, Dursun wrote a number of books about religion which included interpretations of Islamic texts, heavily criticizing Islam and the founders of its major branches.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]