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USAir Inc. said yesterday that it would cut 3,585 employees, including 660 pilots, as part of major new reduction in flights to try to survive through the current period of slumping traffic and high fuel costs. The cut, which is about 6 percent of USAir's 50,000 workers, is one of the largest furloughs by a major carrier that has not sought bankruptcy protection.
THE secret to a sunny disposition, or a doleful one for that matter, may lie in a specific pattern of brain activity, recent studies suggest. People with more activity in the left frontal cortex than in the right, the data suggest, tend to have a cheerful temperament. Typically they react with delight and interest to people and situations of all sorts.
A proposal by bankers to refinance the shaky deposit insurance fund began circulating here today, and regulators and bank lobbyists cautioned that parts of it faced strong opposition. The proposal calls for borrowing up to $10 billion from the banking industry. It resulted from nearly a month of meetings here of representatives of the industry.
NEW YORK Government offices: Federan and state open. City closed. Post offices: Regular service. Banks: Option to close. Parking: Alternate-side rules suspended. Sanitation: No pickups or street cleanings. Schools: Open. Financial markets: Open. Transportation: Busses, subways, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North on regular schedule. New York Schools Are Open New York's public schools are open today. The Times erroneously reported yesterday that they would be closed for Lincoln's Birthday. NEW JERSEY Government offices: Federal open, state closed. Local option. Post offices: Regular service. Banks: Option to close. Schools: Local option. Transportation: N.J. Transit on regular schedule. CONNECTICUT Government offices: Federal open, state closed. Local option. Post offices: Regular service. Banks: Closed. Schools: Closed. Transportation: Metro-North on regular schedule.
The stock market caught fire yesterday, scoring strong new gains in heavy trading and rising to its highest level since just before Iraq invaded Kuwait in August. Building on a 100-point advance last week, the nation's most widely followed market index, the Dow Jones industrial average, soared 71.54 points yesterday, or 2.5 percent, to a high for the year of 2,902.23.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 6, 1991, covering February 12, 1991.
Vanilla Ice
Mariah Carey
Madonna
The Simpsons
M.C. Hammer
1991Patrick Herrmann, German footballer[†]
Patrick Herrmann is a German former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He spent his career with Borussia Mönchengladbach, coming off their youth ranks, before retiring in 2024.
1991Kane Richardson, Australian cricketer[†]
Kane William Richardson is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Queensland and Melbourne Renegades.
1991Roger Patterson, American bass player (born 1968)[†]
Roger Patterson was an American bass player known for his work in the Florida technical death metal band Atheist. His playing style is characterized by its speed and complexity. Alex Webster, bassist with Cannibal Corpse, has acknowledged Patterson as "a big influence", describing his playing on the album Piece of Time as "phenomenal".
In 1991, the world population was approximately 5,418,735,891 people[†]