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The Economy Bank loans for real estate projects are likely to be restricted again, a number of senators and the head of the nation's bank insurance fund say. The curbs, which were lifted in 1982, would be added even as real estate values continue to decline, more banks totter near insolvency and developers face bankruptcy. [ Page D1. ]
For close to 20 years, the clean, cheap power generated by Canada's dams has been the solution whenever New York's utilities have looked for more electricity. Now, pressure is mounting on the state and the Consolidated Edison Company to put their long-term investments into something even cleaner and possibly cheaper: conservation. Mayor David N. Dinkins plans to ask New York State today to delay signing a new contract that would provide Con Ed with large amounts of hydroelectricity from Canada from 1995 to 2016. His administration says that the $6.1 billion that the contract would cost Con Ed would be better spent on subsidies to businesses and homeowners to adopt a variety of energy-saving devices. Investing in conservation and buying electricity from small independent generators, city officials say, would be cheaper and possibly more secure.
They have watched the Republicans turn "liberal" into an insult. They have been told, again and again, that their national party is out of touch, enfeebled, doomed to fail unless it changes. They are heading into a Presidential campaign that is widely expected to be their fourth straight defeat. It is not surprising then that many of the Democratic faithful are ripe for Senator Tom Harkin, the rough-edged, true-believing Iowan testing the waters for a Presidential campaign.
In a small Midwestern city, a 42-year-old woman, a school librarian, is pregnant with her own grandchildren. The woman, Arlette Schweitzer of Aberdeen, S.D., is carrying twins produced from her daughter's eggs, fertilized in a laboratory dish with sperm from her daughter's husband. The embryos that resulted were implanted in
The Giants finished preparations today for their exhibition season opener Monday night against the Buffalo Bills, the team they beat by a point in January in Super Bowl XXV. Now comes question time.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 31, 1991, covering August 5, 1991.
Natalie Cole
Van Halen
Paula Abdul
C+C Music Factory
Soundtrack
1991Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver[†]
Esteban Manuel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez is a Mexican former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2016.
1991Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player[†]
Konileti "Konrad" Hurrell is a Tongan professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for Bradford Bulls in the RFL Championship on loan from St Helens in the Super League and Tonga at international level.
1991Daniëlle van de Donk, Dutch footballer[†]
Daniëlle van de Donk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Lyon and the Netherlands national team. She helped her national team to win the UEFA Euro 2017 and finish second at the 2019 FIFA World Cup.
1991Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer[†]
Andreas Weimann is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers and the Austria national team.
1991Paul Brown, American football player and coach (born 1908)[†]
Paul Eugene Brown was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the National Football League (NFL), and the American Football League (AFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Cleveland Browns, a team named after him, and later co-founded the Cincinnati Bengals. His teams won seven league championships in a professional coaching career spanning 25 seasons.
1991Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (born 1906)[†]
Soichiro Honda was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer.
In 1991, the world population was approximately 5,418,735,891 people[†]