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November 24, 1990

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Headlines from November 24, 1990

Fear Abates Among Chinese But Few Find Cause for Hope

By Nicholas D. Kristof, Special To the New York Times

These days peasants are lighting fires for warmth underneath the platform beds they call the kang, and workers are buying winter jackets with English lettering for a cosmopolitan touch. But neither a warm kang nor a down jacket can dispel the political and economic winter that has lasted nearly 18 months and shows little sign of easing. The fear that gripped China after the crackdown on the democracy movement led by students in June 1989 has largely subsided, but it has been replaced by a bleak pessimism that matches the overcast skies and the air that is gritty with coal dust. The dominant emotions seem to be neither fear nor fury but rather cynicism and hopelessness.

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To Poor, Florio's Tax Plan Is Just Another Promise

By Peter Kerr, Special To the New York Times

"What happened to all the money?" asks Shirley Taylor, a New Jerseyan who distrusts her Governor, fumes at higher taxes and says that do-good government programs often do best for self-seeking bureaucrats. Ms. Taylor is not part of the suburban tax revolt against Gov. Jim Florio. She is a poor mother on welfare in Newark, one of the very people Mr. Florio's programs are intended to help.

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Japanese Portables Threaten American Lead in Computers

By Andrew Pollack

It happened in cars and in office copiers. Now the computer industry, a star of the American economy, is being threatened by a new wave of small Japanese products. In the last two years, lightweight portable computers have become the fastest-growing part of the computer business. And as the machines get smaller and smaller, the Japanese have used their expertise in miniaturizing computer electronics to strengthen their foothold, industry executives and analysts say.

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Economic Pulse: Florida - A Special Report; Economists Predict Florida Can Keep Recession At Bay

By Peter T. Kilborn, Special To the New York Times

Can Orlando's economy of hotels and amusement parks help save Florida from the apparent recession up north? Economists and business leaders here are persuaded that it can, thanks to people like Mr. and Mrs. George Seagroatt. The Seagroatts live near Oxford, England. They brought their son and daughter-in-law and two grandchildren to spend two weeks touring Walt Disney World and the surrounding attractions. One night, all the Seagroatts went to dinner at Fort Liberty, a restaurant that advertises "hoot-hollerin' good times" in a cowboys and Indians setting.

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INSIDE

By Unknown Author

One Nation, Indivisible? President Gorbachev outlined his proposed treaty of national union, but it seems unlikely to sway Soviet republics from separatism. Page 3. Huge Dam Is Blocked The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he would veto construction of the $1 billion Two Forks Dam in Colorado. Page 8. Markdowns Start Early Nervous retailers refused to take much for granted as the holiday selling season began. Sales and promotions greeted shoppers. Page 27. Daily News Loses More Ads Macy's said it had stopped buying advertising in the strikebound Daily News, and union officials said Abraham & Straus had too. Page 23. Roald Dahl Is Dead The British writer, known for his children's books, short stories and screenplays, was 74. Page 26.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 21, 1990, covering November 24, 1990.

  1. 1
    Album cover for To The Extreme by Vanilla Ice

    To The Extreme

    Vanilla Ice

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em by M.C. Hammer

    Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em

    M.C. Hammer

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    38
  3. 3
    Album cover for Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    22
  4. 4
    Album cover for Rhythm Of The Saints by Paul Simon

    Rhythm Of The Saints

    Paul Simon

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    4
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Razors Edge by AC/DC

    The Razors Edge

    AC/DC

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Mario Gaspar

1990Mario Gaspar, Spanish footballer[†]

Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Elche.

Sarah Hyland

1990Sarah Hyland, American actress[†]

Sarah Jane Hyland is an American actress. Born in Manhattan, she attended the Professional Performing Arts School before having minor roles in the films Private Parts (1997), Annie (1999) and Blind Date (2007). She is best known for playing Haley Dunphy in the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020), for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. From 2022 to 2023, Hyland hosted Love Island USA on Peacock.

Tom Odell

1990Tom Odell, English singer-songwriter[†]

Thomas Peter Odell is an English singer-songwriter. He released his debut extended play, Songs from Another Love, in 2012. He won the BRITs Critics' Choice Award in early 2013. Odell's debut studio album, Long Way Down, was issued on 24 June 2013. Three years later, his follow-up studio album, Wrong Crowd, was released, on 10 June 2016. His seventh album is due for release in 2025.

Michael Oldfield (rugby league)

1990Michael Oldfield, Australian rugby league player[†]

Michael Oldfield is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who last played as a winger and centre for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

Notable Deaths

Juan Manuel Bordeu

1990Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (born 1934)[†]

Juan Manuel Bordeu was a racing driver from Balcarce, Argentina. A protégé of Juan Manuel Fangio, Bordeu had a successful early career but a bad testing accident wrecked his chances in Formula One. His only World Championship Formula One entry was at the 1961 French Grand Prix in a Lotus run by the UDT Laystall team, but the car was eventually driven by Lucien Bianchi.

Fred Shero

1990Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)[†]

Frederick Alexander Shero was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. Nicknamed The Fog, he played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), but spent most of his playing career in the minor leagues. Following his playing career, Shero spent 13 years coaching in the minor leagues before making it to the NHL. As the head coach of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, Shero won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 and reached the Stanley Cup Finals a third time, in 1976. He also had four consecutive seasons of having a 0.700 or better winning percentage and remains the Flyers all-time leader in coaching victories. Shero controversially left the Flyers following the 1977–78 season to become the head coach of the New York Rangers, whom he led to the Stanley Cup Finals in his first season. He resigned from the Rangers after coaching for less than three seasons. Shero had a unique style of coaching that led to several innovations that are still used today. He was the first coach to hire a full-time assistant coach, employ systems, have his players use in season strength training, study film, and he was one of the first coaches to utilize a morning skate. In 2013 Shero was recognized for his contributions when he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder.

Dodie Smith

1990Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (born 1896)[†]

Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear Octopus (1938) and The Starlight Barking (1967). The Hundred and One Dalmatians was adapted into a 1961 animated film and a 1996 live-action film, both produced by Disney. Her novel I Capture the Castle was voted number 82 as "one of the nation's 100 best-loved novels" by the British public as part of the BBC's The Big Read (2003), and was adapted into a film released the same year.

Marion Post Wolcott

1990Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (born 1910)[†]

Marion Post Wolcott was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation.

1990BĂŒlent Arel, Turkish-American composer and educator (born 1919)[†]

BĂŒlent Arel was a Turkish-born composer of contemporary classical music and electronic music.

Historical Context for November 24, 1990

In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]